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Grey New York goes back to the future for DirecTV, revisiting a concept the satellite broadcaster introduced seven years ago in commercials from Deutsch.
Those original spots, directed by Christopher Guest, took place in a conference room and focused on the antics of some smug, inept and less-than-customer-centric executives at Cable Corp., a bland, soulless cable conglomerate. The last ad in the series aired in 2012.
This new iteration, directed by Hungry Man's Bryan Buckley, retains the wry humor and some of the actors from the earlier campaign.
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