Egregious Product Placement: The Biggest Loser
Subway. 24 Hour Fitness. Extra sugar free gum. Ziploc. Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes. All of these have enjoyed prominent product placement within episodes of The Biggest Loser…this season…which is...
View ArticleEgregious Product Placement: Toyota & Bones
Bones, “Bones on the Blue Line,” original airdate April 1, 2010 The scene: Daisy and Angela, driving down the road. Viewers are treated to a medium shot of a Toyota Sienna moving smoothly along a...
View ArticleEgregious Product Placement: Sex & the City & HP
I admit, the first time I saw new promotions linking Sex & the City 2 and HP, including the one below, it set my mind reeling. After all, it’s an 18-second commercial advertising product placement....
View ArticleEgregious Product Placement: The Closer & Hershey’s
The Closer‘s Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (recent Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick) is a real character. She’s no-nonsense, dresses in surprisingly girlish clothes, speaks with a strong (and phony…sorry...
View ArticleEgregious Product Placement? New Regulations in the UK
Trivia fans, take note–the first product placement in the UK featured a Nescafe coffeemaker. And it aired on February 28, 2011. Late last year, Ofcom, the United Kingdom’s telecommunications...
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