Comments on: The TV Addict Responds to the CW’s Salacious New Ad Campaign for THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE: TBL http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/ theTVaddict.com is your number one source on the net for TV news, scoop, reviews and commentary on all of your favourite TV shows. Check out theTVaddict.com daily for commentary, a WHAT TO WATCH TVguide, and a weekly podcast. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: yousillygoose http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-281126 yousillygoose Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:11:13 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-281126 So the Beautiful life is about airbrushed and wind blown prostitutes? I'm a 19 year old female -- supposedly the target audience? -- and would glaze right past those ads. So the Beautiful life is about airbrushed and wind blown prostitutes?

I’m a 19 year old female — supposedly the target audience? — and would glaze right past those ads.

]]> By: chele http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277854 chele Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:55:32 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277854 I hate the CW, Ostroff and even Eric Kripke, but let's face it: American viewers are exactly like this. Everyone is obsessed with sex, romance, hates gay people and loves dumb boring tv shows with no plot and just people kissing and having sex. That's why the CW is still around. That's America. In fact outside America all these horrid shows are no where to be seen. When Gossip Girl or 90210 aired in Europe or Australia nobody watched them and newtworks cancelled all the cw shows very fast. And the same goes for Supernatural and Smallville. They were loved when they were good but these two shows have not been good for a long time. Outside America nobody's watching these shows anymore, we're not interested in angels or anoressic people here. I hate the CW, Ostroff and even Eric Kripke, but let’s face it: American viewers are exactly like this.
Everyone is obsessed with sex, romance, hates gay people and loves dumb boring tv shows with no plot and just people kissing and having sex.
That’s why the CW is still around. That’s America.
In fact outside America all these horrid shows are no where to be seen.
When Gossip Girl or 90210 aired in Europe or Australia nobody watched them and newtworks cancelled all the cw shows very fast.

And the same goes for Supernatural and Smallville. They were loved when they were good but these two shows have not been good for a long time. Outside America nobody’s watching these shows anymore, we’re not interested in angels or anoressic people here.

]]> By: This Week in TV Blog Banter | Give Me My Remote http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277435 This Week in TV Blog Banter | Give Me My Remote Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:02:28 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277435 [...] a page from the CW’s controversial ad campaign for THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE comes our gift to SMALLVILLE fans (The TV [...] [...] a page from the CW’s controversial ad campaign for THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE comes our gift to SMALLVILLE fans (The TV [...]

]]> By: Heather http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277427 Heather Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:15:13 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277427 Uh, that first guy, from The Beautiful Life, has the SAME BODY as the Tom Welling body in the Smallville promo picture. Look at it. SAME BODY. Uh, that first guy, from The Beautiful Life, has the SAME BODY as the Tom Welling body in the Smallville promo picture. Look at it. SAME BODY.

]]> By: Maureen http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277305 Maureen Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:53:27 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277305 Daniel the TV Addict reads Playboy just for the articles. Thanks for clarifying that. Daniel the TV Addict reads Playboy just for the articles. Thanks for clarifying that.

]]> By: Nick http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277266 Nick Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:36:57 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277266 Settle down, girls. Smallville is the last CW show to launch this fall (9/25), so there's plenty of time for the network to promote the return of a 9-year-old series. The fans don't need to be clubbed over the head, just told when/where the SV and SN premieres will be. That's just TV marketing 101. Across the TV spectrum (look at all other networks), everyone has to market their new shows that people are unfamiliar with; otherwise no one would even know they existed. By promoting Vampire Diaries, for instance, new viewers will also be drawn to Supernatural. And by promoting Thursday shows, viewers will then be hit hard with marketing efforts to tune in for Smallville the following night. If you begin to look at the business of running a TV network, you'll see everything makes much more sense...and it's a lot smarter than just screaming mindlessly about 'why your show isn't promoted' the way you think it should be. Trust me, the networks want your shows to succeed even more than YOU do. Settle down, girls. Smallville is the last CW show to launch this fall (9/25), so there’s plenty of time for the network to promote the return of a 9-year-old series. The fans don’t need to be clubbed over the head, just told when/where the SV and SN premieres will be. That’s just TV marketing 101.

Across the TV spectrum (look at all other networks), everyone has to market their new shows that people are unfamiliar with; otherwise no one would even know they existed. By promoting Vampire Diaries, for instance, new viewers will also be drawn to Supernatural. And by promoting Thursday shows, viewers will then be hit hard with marketing efforts to tune in for Smallville the following night.

If you begin to look at the business of running a TV network, you’ll see everything makes much more sense…and it’s a lot smarter than just screaming mindlessly about ‘why your show isn’t promoted’ the way you think it should be. Trust me, the networks want your shows to succeed even more than YOU do.

]]> By: TV Is My Pacifier » Blog Archive » TV News- 8/19/09 http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277261 TV Is My Pacifier » Blog Archive » TV News- 8/19/09 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:19:56 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277261 [...] never make my TiVo list. Make up your mind for yourself and check out the ad and the article over here. If nothing else this promo (and I use the word lightly) got us [...] [...] never make my TiVo list. Make up your mind for yourself and check out the ad and the article over here. If nothing else this promo (and I use the word lightly) got us [...]

]]> By: shanna http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277259 shanna Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:15:37 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277259 I just think that poor girl's head in the last photo has been Photoshopped to death. I feel bad for her. I just think that poor girl’s head in the last photo has been Photoshopped to death. I feel bad for her.

]]> By: Shalimarfox80 http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277253 Shalimarfox80 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:53:57 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277253 I doubt CW's cheap way of getting ratings is going to work. Shows like Smallville and Supernatural have kept this network alive. Ignoring their highest rated show i.e., Smallville in the promotional campaigns and selling this crap won't bring them any ratings. Wanna make the ratings better? Promote Smallville and Supernatural! Period. I doubt CW’s cheap way of getting ratings is going to work. Shows like Smallville and Supernatural have kept this network alive. Ignoring their highest rated show i.e., Smallville in the promotional campaigns and selling this crap won’t bring them any ratings.

Wanna make the ratings better? Promote Smallville and Supernatural! Period.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/08/19/the-tv-addict-responds-to-the-cws-salacious-new-ad-campaign-for-the-beautiful-life-tbl/comment-page-1/#comment-277251 Vanessa Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:25:37 +0000 http://thetvaddict.com/?p=7775#comment-277251 As a female viewer in the CW's desired demographic, this networks shows that are supposed to be aimed at me are insulting. And I'm embarassed for my gender and generation if they are suckered in by this sort of nonsense. It seems to me that Ostroff's goal is to prove that young women are 1. obsessed with sex, 2. obsessed with drugs, and 3. just flat out aren't very bright. How depressing. As a female viewer in the CW’s desired demographic, this networks shows that are supposed to be aimed at me are insulting. And I’m embarassed for my gender and generation if they are suckered in by this sort of nonsense. It seems to me that Ostroff’s goal is to prove that young women are 1. obsessed with sex, 2. obsessed with drugs, and 3. just flat out aren’t very bright.

How depressing.

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