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Scranton's ABC Affiliate Refuses to Run Dunder Mifflin Ad During the Oscars Once-fictional brand linked to NBC takes its business to Utica

It's a dispute petty enough to be a subplot on The Office. WNEP-TV, the ABC affiliate for the show's hometown of Scranton, Pa., is refusing to run a TV spot…

February 21, 2013, 5:57 PM EST

Man Pretends to Be a Celebrity, So People Treat Him Like One Stealth marketing, or just an ad for Brett Cohen?

Here's a candidate for viral stunt of the year: A 21-year-old student named Brett Cohen assumes the trappings of a reality star—bodyguards, paparazzi and a ridiculous striped button-down—and waltzes into…

August 23, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT

Get Reamed With Real-Life Dunder Mifflin Paper Quill.com defictionalizes 'Office' product

Just in time for the holidays, here's your latest defictionalized product: Dunder Mifflin paper! Quill.com, which is itself a paper company, struck a licensing deal with NBC to bring the…

November 29, 2011, 8:51 AM EST

Ken Jeong PSA: Don't Cover Your Fridge in Shag Carpeting NBC stars go green in new spots

Ken Jeong is always a welcome face in advertising. He did that memorable Pepto-Bismol spot set inside the human digestive tract, and he's also done PSA work like this disco-thumpin'…

November 9, 2011, 3:58 PM EST

Brian Williams' New Show Off to Decent Start With Promos 'Rock Center' by way of '30 Rock'

Does anyone need to be reminded that Brian Williams is a sly dawg whose journalistic gravitas coexists easily with self-deprecating humor? Sure, why not? The dapper newsman stars in a…

October 25, 2011, 10:53 AM EDT

7 Advertisers Have Seen Enough of NBC's 'The Playboy Club' Because it's risqué or because it sucks?

Is it moral indignation that has caused seven advertisers to drop out of NBC's new series The Playboy Club? Or could it be pressure from Tim Winter and the often-apoplectic…

September 28, 2011, 2:51 PM EDT

Trump to Self: 'You're Fired!' The Donald ends Presidential charade at NBC upfront

Donald Trump on Monday hopped out of the clown car and onto the stage at NBC’s 2011-12 upfront presentation, ending his curious flirtation with the GOP in front of a…

May 16, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT

L.A. Times readers livid at full-front-page ad

If the Los Angeles Times thought it was a good idea to pass off a grisly Law & Order: Los Angeles advertisement as the front page of its newspaper…

September 30, 2010, 11:40 AM EDT

NBC nixes Jimmy Fallon's 'Mad Men' parody

A TV clip starring Jimmy Fallon has finally attracted criticism for reasons other than his talentlessness. Saturday Night Live's most infamous corpser spoofed Don Draper in the Mad Men-themed…

August 16, 2010, 11:42 AM EDT

TBS: Conan and NBC deserve Emmy Award

TBS wants Conan O'Brien to win an Emmy for his work on NBC's Tonight Show. Of course, this isn't as magnanimous as it appears, since O'Brien (a two-time Emmy…

June 11, 2010, 9:18 AM EDT

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