Cool, BattleBots Season 5 premiers on August 20th at 10/9c on ComedyCentral. I look forward to that :).
Category: tv
Ad Council’s “Campaign for Freedom”
The Ad Council — the group that puts out all those public service announcements on TV — has a new collection of commercials that they call “Campaign for Freedom”.
For example, the “Library” PSA shows a young guy asking for a book from a librarian, who informs him that it is no longer available and then asks him why he wants to read it. They pan the library and all these government agents pop out of hiding.
The idea is something along the lines of “Look at what could happen if we weren’t protected by the Constitution — it’s a good thing are freedoms are intact in the U-S-of-A!” Really, the ads end up saying “Look at the direction we’re heading”. The Library spot in particular ends up frightningly close to the mark:
Those of us in the library community find the pro-liberty ad in which the young man is approached by unidentified security types after asking for particular library book interesting, particularly in light of the fact that the PATRIOT Act allows the FBI to access any library records on demand (books checked out, computer sites visited...), and forbids library employees from telling anyone that such information has been provided in response to the demands.
Connie Jo Ozinga, Library Director
Elkhart Public Library Elkhart, Indiana
Star Trek TNG Season 3
Star Trek TNG Season 3 is available on DVD and, according to this review of the DVD-set, the third season was one of TNG’s best.
Season three remains one of my favorites from Next Gen’s entire run. Few seasons, episode for episode, hit the mark as well as season three. When re-watching “The Best of Both Worlds,” I again found myself at the edge of my seat thinking, “How long do I have to wait to see the conclusion?” Fortunately, it won’t be as long a wait for the next box set as it was between seasons three and four. As the Borg would say, “Resistance is futile”: If you’re going to buy one season of Next Gen, this should be high on your list. […]
I’ve held off on buying the earlier seasons on DVD because I didn’t think they were as good as the later seasons. With the release of the third season, I may just have to pick these up (as soon as I regain expendable income, that is).
“Big Brother 3” Booze Bust
As uncovered by The Smoking Gun, one of the Big Brother 3 contestants was apparently busted for drunk driving in early-May, but still made it onto the show:
[Chiara] Berti was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers at 2:40 AM on Sunday, May 26. She spent about five hours in custody at the Van Nuys jail before being released on $2500 bail. On June 11, Berti was formally charged with three misdemeanors: driving under the influence, driving with a blood alcohol content above California's .08 limit, and driving without a license. Her attorney, Sherman Ellison, told TSG that Berti's case was “very likely to settle,” lawyerspeak for “she’ll probably take a plea.” […]
“Fear Factor Sundae”?
As a marketing tie-in that must have“sounded like a good idea at the time”, NBC is joining forces with Baskin-Robbins:
In an unusual deal to help its fall-season premiere, NBC has struck a multimillion-dollar integrated-marketing deal with ice cream restaurant chain Baskin-Robbins, which will develop ice cream flavors for NBC shows — such as Fear Factor Sundae, Will & Grace’s Rocky Road of Romance, Good Morning Miami Mint, Stuckey Bowled-Over Brownie (for Ed), and Pralines ’n American Dreams. […]
Ehh, I think I’ll just stick with Braum’s for my ice cream needs :).
(Link from MediaBistro)