NBC Wants You to Vote for Change

One wonders if NBC/Universal, the producer of FOX's hit drama HOUSE, receive a receipt for its recent blatant donation to the campaign of presidential candidate Barrack Obama...





I'd really like to know the story behind this one.

Was FOX aware/complicit of the blatant product placement?

Does its presence violate any equal time rules? Does the FEC even care?

Will the episode be available for repeats airings on USA (owned by NBC/U) within 90 days of the election?

If it airs inside that window, does it constitute a violation of McCain/Feingold?

If the sign had read "Build the Fence Now!" would liberals be asking the same questions?

Just wondering.

For some reason, the title of this post won't display. Hmm. A conspiracy!

What if they gave a concert and no one came?

This past weekend the greenest of the world's rockers (that Al Gore could convince to show up, or that had new releases to promote) flew a collective 225,000 miles (the carbon footprint equivalant of two centuries of SUV highway mileage) to sing to us about saving energy.

It gives me solace to report that less than 1% of the U.S. population tuned in to NBC Saturday night to see this .... stuff.

Yep, an average of all of 2.9 million folks checked it out in prime time on a Saturday night. NBC almost came in fifth for the night, but managed to squeak out a win over Univision by a tenth of a ratings point.

I think Americans might prefer our charity concerts when they're about sending relief to folks who need it - like starving kids in Ethiopia, tsunami victims or hurricane survivors.

Al Gore already has a crappy cable channel of his own to use to propagandize to his heart's content. Did he really need to take up several over the world of NBCU cable to get his message out? The concert aired on NBC in prime time, while the day long festivities aired at different times on Bravo, MSNBC, Univision, CNBC, Sundance, and Telemundo.

Interesting that they bypassed the one NBCU property on which the global warming fanatacism belonged - SciFi.

P.S. Al, it's snowing in Buenos Aires for the first time in 89 YEARS...

NBC Explains Cho

Politics and television continue to intersect.

From TVWeek.com: NBC Explains Decision to Air Cho.

Meanwhile, the world waits for ABC to explain their 1994 decision to air Margaret Cho's ALL AMERICAN GIRL.

Too soon?