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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA question about selling alcohol on t.v.
I've noticed something of late. There seems to be a resurgence of ads for alcohol on t.v. Wasn't that banned or something?
And then there are programs like the morning talk show with Kathy Lee (can't remember the name because I never watch it) where they drink on air, and now on Hollywood Game Night hosted by Jane Lynch who offers her guests a place at the bar and often talks about her guests being a bit drunk. So strange. And especially since I've heard her say in interviews that she's not a drinker.
What's going on? Is this some covert form of promoting alcohol?
I just saw an ad for Jim Beam....
CK_John
(10,005 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,164 posts)Your TV signal comes from an antenna?
Cleita
(75,480 posts)then TV. There never was a legal ban. The liquor industry has decided since the beer and wine industry has no such interest in doing the same, they are going to advertise again.
Warpy
(111,437 posts)as long as they didn't show anybody drinking the stuff, which I always thought was bizarre.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)I saw a beer ad with Neal Patrick Harris the other day, and at the end, he says something like "I can't drink this on the air, so I"ll go overe here" and he walks off camera with the bottle.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)I think there IS a covert AND overt attempt to bring alcohol back into the mainstream media and life style.
Not that the ban seems to have had any impact on the reducing problems our society has with alcoholism...
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Malibu Rum, That Skinny Girl stuff. The most recent I've seen is for hard cider and different flavored margaritas. maybe it's a state thing?
Warpy
(111,437 posts)but few more. I don't watch news and sports stations, and I imagine they've got the most booze advertisements.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)has been a funtion of the various states for many years. If you have been seeing television advertising for alcohol in recent times, it is because of a state legislature law.
former9thward
(32,136 posts)It is a substance used by humans forever.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)In the late 90's and early oughts a set of malt liquor products were marketed (think Zima, Smirnoff Ice, etc.) that blurred the perceived lines between "soft" and "hard" liquor (there's no legal distinction). It just kind of became a slippery slope after that.