Romney and Obama aren't going to have much to talk about in Tuesday night's town hall-style debate, as cardboard circle manufacturer Pizza Hut has rescinded its request to have an attendee ask either candidate "Sausage or Pepperoni?" during the live telecast.
TV networks are pissed about a new DVR that can automatically skip over all ads in recorded content, no fast-forwarding necessary. Ha, fuck them, right? Fuck TV ads, right? Okay, well. I hope you love product placement and want to marry it.
America's worst ambassador, Kermit the Frog, has come under fire for violating German law after he appeared on television hawking the theatrical release of his film The Muppets.
At the end of a rant against the liberal machinery of Hollywood on tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert expressed his annoyance with the many product tie-ins being used to promote the new animated film the Lorax. Colbert expressed his feelings in Seussian verse and it was magnificent.
Harry Hurt III (pictured, with pal) used to write a column in the New York Times business section called "Executive Pursuits," in which Harry Hurt went off and did something wacky and upscale and wrote about it. It always struck me as a wholly unnecessary exercise in self-absorption, which had nothing to do with…
Oh dear. Mattel has gone and made a doll-promoting product-placement reality series called Genuine Ken: The Search for the Great American Boyfriend, hosted by Whitney Port. They've rolled out a preview clip and a fascinating website introducing the boytestants.
Paul Dinello popped up on last night's Colbert Report playing Stephen's evil fraternal twin. The two poked fun at the obscene amount of product placement on Days of our Lives in their own way, plugging Toaster Strudels and Cheerios instead.
This week on Castle, our hero had a handy gadget that helped him to solve the crime — the Windows Phone 7. A close-up of the phone reveals it's been heavily customized and he even uses Bing's voice-activated search function.
Soap Operas are having some trouble these days, and yet NBC's Days of Our Lives keeps going strong, even getting a new 3 year renewal. The secret to their success? Copious and ridiculous product placement! Five hilarious examples inside.
Chex Mix is good, but not this good. "You need to try it. It's like a million different flavors in your mouth." Thanks for shoving it down our throats. Can we get back to the delicious, delicious story?
Last night's episode of Community experimented with product placement by writing an entire script around a sponsor. KFC was that sponsor, which might have been difficult to advertise—had they not created a flight simulator fueled by the Colonel.
Many viewers find product placement despicable, but us post-ironists enjoy watching networks experiment with new ways of making television profitable. When Melissa first displaced her niece's Wii-ing to watch herself on TV last night, I barely noticed the conspicuous plug.
Here in America, product placement is an unstoppable commercial machine that will only continue to insert brand advertisements into ever more ridiculous niches. In Europe, though, they're awfully conflicted; they'll allow product placement, but only by making it awkward.
Claire Danes appeared on Today to talk about her Emmy nomination for her role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin. Within moments, the discussion of her acting turned to her fabulous eyelashes! Awkward zoomed-in camerawork ahead!
Even as she's about to head into jail, someone's still paying Lindsay Lohan to shill for their products. Now she's warning her fans not to Google her or their computers could fall victim to viruses. Wait, Lindsay still has fans?
Whoa whoa, product placement spending—the money that ensures that your TV shows, movies, video games, and every other damn thing feature lots of real quality car and soda brands—actually fell last year. But there's good news, brand fans!
The baby-faced leather daddy cop from Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" video has a name: Arkady. He is a 30-year-old Russian billionaire, and he paid $1 million for the cameo in Gaga's video, reports a Russian tabloid. Do we believe it?
Back when we were amateur bloggers, even a comment from someone who wasn't a friend could turn the whole day around. So we can see why a bunch of Brooklyn bloggers took up Absolut vodka's offer of schwag for posts.
Signs started popping up in Chelsea yesterday imploring (gay?) passersby to order a new cocktail, the "Sweet Coopie," in honor of Anderson Cooper's 43rd birthday on June 3. Which of the brands listed on the poster paid for the stunt?
NBC's marketing department, last seen turning the mediocre show Chuck into an elaborate vehicle for peddling Subway sandwiches, is now turning the good show 30 Rock into an elaborate vehicle for peddling Dr Pepper. Progress!
