Microsoft Pulls Out of Family Guy Special
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Specials, FOX, Commercials, Family Guy, Video,
Apparently there are things Microsoft won’t do to promote Windows 7.
The software corporation recently announced that it has severed ties from a FOX event it was set to exclusively sponsor. Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, a special airing next month, would have incorporated bits about the company’s new product in lieu of traditional commercials. Unfortunately, the execs had a change of heart after watching a taping earlier this month.
Although animated portions of the variety special reportedly cover controversial subjects like incest, feminine hygiene and the Holocaust, those segments were supposedly in line with a typical Family Guy episode. It’s the live segments Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin) taped before an audience that may have been considered questionable.
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Seinfeld-Gates Campaign Nixed
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Commercials, Gossip, Video,
Those somewhat odd and not-so-funny Microsoft ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld are being pulled from the air. You might think it’s because they’ve received such a negative reaction (the entertainment media has had a jolly time poking fun at them), but Microsoft says differently.
This company never admits failure or defeat of any kind. “This was the plan all along,” said spokesperson Frank Shaw. “All along we said we were having a teaser campaign,” he explained. “We’re getting ready to start the second phase.” Betcha it doesn’t involve putting founder Bill Gates in the ads, this “second phase.”
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LA Times
Season Premiere of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Debuts in Theaters
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, News,
Those who have been eagerly awaiting Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica may have the chance to see the show in a whole new way. The two-hour debut episode, Razor, will hit select movie theaters on November 12th—almost two weeks before its boob tube premiere.
The free screenings, co-sponsored by Microsoft, will be available to fans (17 or older) in only eight cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas and Seattle.
Razor, a ‘flashback’ episode that will include the return of Admiral Cain, will then make its small screen debut on Nov. 24th. Ten days later, an unrated version of the episode will also become available via DVD.
Variety
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