Obtrusive Advertising – TBS Pauses Family Guy mid-show

This must be the some of the worst, most obtrusive advertising I’ve seen in a long time. Last night while watching Family Guy, TBS ran a lower-third banner ad, which paused the whole show, to draw attention to the advertisement. Seriously TBS? Pausing the programming to get in more ad time? This is a serious low, and turns me away from TBS even more – their other persistent annoyance is broadcasting a stretched 4:3 image as 16:9 on their HD channel. You can tell because the TBS Logo is always stretched out on the sides, and the whole image looks warped.. especially when panning.

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3 Comments

  1. Lucas
    Posted 2008/06/04 at 13:59 | Permalink

    Wow, that is RIDICULOUS!

  2. aaron
    Posted 2008/07/23 at 21:43 | Permalink

    great marketing stradegy,interupt the best show on network tv to advertise for the worst. GIT R OFF THE AIR!

  3. Posted 2010/02/14 at 21:42 | Permalink

    keep updating website , i like it

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