ABC Television has slashed the cost of commercials during today’s Academy Awards broadcast.
In 2008, 30-second commercials went for as much as $1.8 million. This year, they’re going for as little as $1.4 million.
Once considered invulnerable to economic ups and downs, the Academy Awards has discovered that it can’t get away with jacking up the ad rates every year. Especially in a year when all five Best Film nominees have been ignored by movie-goers.
Here’s a tip for the Oscars’ nominating committee: Nominate movies people want to see and people will want to watch your awards ceremony.
If they can bring those rates down a little more – ok, a lot more – you could be seeing “IHateTheMedia.com Presents the 2009 Oscars.” If only we hadn’t blow our entire 2009 ad budget on expensive SuperBowl commercials Doritos.
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I will not be watching (can’t remember the last time I watched this anti-American drivel).
I’m just loving watching ALL of these leftist freakshows go under; and yes, New York Slimes, I include you in that list.
Let’s roll.
Best Picture: An American Carol. Yeah, in my dreams. A friend of mine who’s a lib and a movie reviewer named AAC one of his worst of the year.
That’s all you need to know. “Laugh Like Your Country Depended
On It.”