Posts with tag infomercials
Posted Nov 24th 2008 2:05PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Reality-Free
In an example of a changing economy and changing world, Fox will be
putting infomercials in its Saturday morning time slot. They're even giving the slot a name:
Weekend Marketplace.
It kind of makes sense. Unlike my own youth, children don't look to Saturday morning as the sole source of kid's fare. They only need to turn on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon or one of the plethora of Disney channels. Those channels are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For those interested in a historical look at the old Saturday morning cartoons, I recommend fellow Squadder
Rich's articles on the subject.
There are already 24 hour infomercial channels (Home Shopping Network to name one), so Fox already has competition in that regard. However, Fox is a network and not just a cable station. It's an interesting experiment on the part of Fox and I'm curious if it will work out. Without the interest of kids, what will run on the networks on Saturday mornings?
Posted Mar 17th 2007 1:43PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Aug 27th 2006 12:43PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Commercials
We already know that I absolutely HATE infomercials. They drive me nuts. I hate that on a day like today, I flick on the TV and 50% of the stations I surf through are airing a paid programming segment trying to sell me "the world's most amazing can opener!" It bugs me even more that people actually order this stuff. I love when I go to someone's house for the first time and I see one of those "As Seen on TV" items sitting in their kitchen. Makes me giggle. Do they actually find a lot of use for their solar-powered meat thermometer? 'Cause I can think of a couple.
So imagine my excitement when I stumbled on to this blog. Writer Matt Dinniman has taken my sentiments a step further and listed the ten most ridiculous items ever offered to consumers through the magic of television. Who could forget The Flowbee? Or that electroshock ab belt? I think it's a great list but I can't believe he left off that machine that re-seals bags of potato chips or the Oreck vacuum strong enough to pick up bowling balls. What could you possibly be doing to your rugs to require a vacuum with that much suction power? Anyone?
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