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Last night I was watching Rizzoli and Isles and they advertised (ON the show) Dr. Sholl’s high heel inserts. Just like on Days, it was in no way intergral to the storyline.
This practice seems to be seeping into other shows as well as Days. I sure hope it doesn’t become commonplace and all shows start doing it. It’s bad enough we already get 20 minutes of advertising/commercials for every hour of program. For the mathamatically challenged, that’s an entire 1/3 of the hour.
I remember when PBS only had a few "charitable sponsorships" mentioned but never any corporate ads. But now, they also have a whole string of commercials. <sigh>
Along the same lines, our local high school (in the town next to me) has advertising banners strung along their entire fence surrounding the football field. The city is very strict about the square footage of advertising business are allowed to do yet the school can get away with this. To me, it’s just urban blight polluting a very up-scale neighborhood. I even have been in a high-end restaurant’s restroom and they had ads plastered on the backs of the stall doors!
There are many instances of commericals during shows. Bones actors talk about the featues of their new car– nav, radio controls, The closer is always eating Reese’s peanut butter cups, and others.
As for stadium signs– it is a way of generating income so the teams are able to get new uniforms, special outfits to wear while traveling, other things that are not covered in school budgets. At least that is why our school did it. With education budgets being squeezed, this is one way that sports can be funded without students having to pay to play. Most high schools can make enough money on football to cover all sports in a district. Out sports started in 7th grade giving many students a way to find success on the playing field.
put a huge neon flashing sign on my roof for some soda product or McD’s to pay my household bills? Google or Bing Tokyo – practically every square inch is covered in advertisements. But that’s why I have a DVR – so I don’t have to sit through commercials, now with the shows inserting product ads might as just well watch "live" and in-living color. Think we all discussed this about a year or two ago, when Sami (?) was talking about ‘tater chips or something in the pub or was that Midol? EJ had a headache and was crabby…
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