Kotex Wins With Funny Commercials

We’re all girls here, right? So I can talk about Kotex commercials without making y’all uncomfortable? Here’s the thing: I watch a lot of TV. That’s no secret. As a result, I see a lot of ads. A. Lot. Couple that with the hundreds of online, print, and radio ads I’m exposed to on a [...]

Lamest Commercials of the Season

Advertisers are constantly trying to come up with the next buzzworthy commercial to promote their product. Few actually hit it, most are just white noise, but now and then there’s a real stinker. Here are few of the most groan-worthy commercials I’ve seen recently. (Yes, despite my love of my DVR, I do still see [...]

DVR: TV Network’s New Best Friend?

A recent Nielsen report on DVR viewing habits, discussed in this New York Times article, shows that 46 percent of the coveted 18-49 demographic still sits through ads when watching shows on DVR. Wait, what? Wasn’t DVR supposed to kill network television because viewers could skip the ads? That was the cry from the networks [...]

Semi-Watching the Super Bowl

I DVR’d the Super Bowl so I could fast forward the game and just watch the commercials since my team wasn’t playing. (I know, as if the Chiefs even had a shot this year.) Except that when I did turn on the game about 15 minutes in, there was enough excitement that I had to [...]