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Time To Dump Those Misleading NBC Promos

posted 16 years ago by BritCanuck
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Time to get rid of those annoying promos that open the show (and sometimes air midway through), I think. "Stay tuned for the ending you cannot miss", "This contestant goes for the big money", etc. etc. Last time Joe Cimpriano said "Stay tuned for the ending you cannot miss", didn't that contestant simply knock out the last remaining large amount and leave with $10 or something?

NBC is notorious for misleading promos. For example, if you believe NBC's promos that the new Christian Slater series "My Own Worst Enemy" is NBC's newest hit, you might want to read this.

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/11/twili ght-rob-pa.html
(scroll down to "Briefly, in Other TV News")

NBC confirmed this news last night, and it is now being reported by numerous other sources as well.

Now tell me if you trust NBC's promos.

Please let me know if there's some other way we can screw up tonight.
William Shatner, Star Trek 6

[–] arbilab 16 years ago

Network promo departments are like a car salesman telling you a Hummer will save on gas because the tank is bigger.

[–] BritCanuck 16 years ago

And the promos for tonight's second Thanksgiving episode another perfect example of how far NBC's trying to mislead us. Reeks of desperation, and with this week's announcement that the primetime DoND is going on an indefinate hiatus starting in January, I'm not the least bit surprised.

Summary (from an earlier post):
Don't be misled by the trailers - at no time during her game was tonight's contestant offered $1.1 Million dollars. That came up during the playout after she took a deal of just over $200,000. Neither did she take home the heavily advertised $2 Million dollars, although it was in her case. If anything, watch this episode for the cute turkeys that she's afraid of. Then watch tomorrow's Nielsens deliver another turkey for the soon-to-be-on-hiatus primetime DoND.

So when good ol' Joe opens his mouth, and he's not talking about "Beat the Banker", it's best that you utterly ignore him.

Please let me know if there's some other way we can screw up tonight.
William Shatner, Star Trek 6