An archive of blog entries about TV and film commercials.
Possibly the funniest thing ever: Brontë sister power dolls
Let the fake advert speak for itself: Brontë Sister power dolls!
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Commercials
US TV
Royal Pains/White Collar/Burn Notice/Psych crossover alert!
The USA Network, building on last year’s successful Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, is doing it again this year but far more ambitiously. Not only is there another Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, they’re also crossing over White Collar and Psych as well.
Here’s the Royal Pains/Burn Notice one – three of the five White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych crossovers after the jump.
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Monday’s Pompeii and Egypt news
The Daily News will return on Wednesday
Film
- Vera Farmiga to direct Higher Ground
- Trailer for The Other Guys
- The big Clash of the Titans rewrite [spoilers]
- Emile Hirsch to star on The Darkest Hour
Commercials
- KITT from Knight Rider in Kwik Fit ad
TV
- Pompeii mini-series being worked on
British TV
- Outnumbered gets 5.4m viewers
US TV
- Smallville and Miami Medical drop in ratings
- SyFy acquires Riese
- Holly Marie Combs joins Pretty Little Liars
- Chris Gethard replaces Jon Heder on Big Lake
- Pilot production leaving the coasts
- Rome co-creator working on Egypt
- FlashForward gets 5.5m
Monday’s Pompeii and Egypt news
The Daily News will return on Wednesday
Film
- Vera Farmiga to direct Higher Ground
- Trailer for The Other Guys
- The big Clash of the Titans rewrite [spoilers]
- Emile Hirsch to star on The Darkest Hour
Commercials
- KITT from Knight Rider in Kwik Fit ad
TV
- Pompeii mini-series being worked on
British TV
- Outnumbered gets 5.4m viewers
US TV
- Smallville and Miami Medical drop in ratings
- SyFy acquires Riese
- Holly Marie Combs joins Pretty Little Liars
- Chris Gethard replaces Jon Heder on Big Lake
- Pilot production leaving the coasts
- Rome co-creator working on Egypt
- FlashForward gets 5.5m
30 Rock’s Dr Spaceman meets Dr Pepper
Ads are getting odd. TV tie-ins are no new thing for ads – you can look back more than 50 years and find them – but these are generally designed to promote just the products using the influence of the TV shows.
Now we have a Dr Pepper ad featuring the character of Dr Spaceman (played by Chris Parnell, who also voices Cyril on Archer) from 30 Rock that’s promoting both the show and Dr Pepper. That’s just confusing.
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