Re: NBC bans sexy PETA ad
"Steve Newport" <NewportsRetro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:23154-49867F60-2983@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: masonbarge@xxxxxxxxxxx (Mason Barge) This may be the only
television show in history where more people pay attention to the
commercials than watch the show.
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Can you blame them? Says something about the show, though.
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Not really. The people watching the commercials and the people seated in
front of their television sets who aren't that interested in the show, are
driven by the huge number of people who consider the game itself to be
absolute, have-to-watch-it-live, number-one show-of-the-year television.
.
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