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Following a week of back and forth between CBS late night comic David Letterman and Sarah Palin over a crude joke he told about the Alaska Republican governor’s daughter, the Olive Garden restaurant says it is cancelling all of its scheduled ads on Letterman’s “Late Show” for the rest of the year.
In an email to a Letterman critic obtained by POLITICO, a spokeswoman for the Italian restaurant chain wrote that “there will be no more Olive Garden ads scheduled for ‘The Late Show’ with David Letterman in this year's broadcast schedule,” citing the talk show host’s “inappropriate comments.”
Read more: www.politico.com...&C
Originally posted by Ace High
Conan is much funnier anyway.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Letterman's poor taste in "humor" has started to hit him in the pocketbook.
Olive Garden pulls Letterman ads
Originally posted by sos37
Ratings don't mean squat if the advertisers aren't there with cash in hand and ads to fill commercial slots. Advertising money pays for the show, not ratings.
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
Originally posted by sos37
Ratings don't mean squat if the advertisers aren't there with cash in hand and ads to fill commercial slots. Advertising money pays for the show, not ratings.
And you can be sure that as The Olive Garden steps out, there will be dozens of companies ready to take their place.
Mr. Jeffers contradicted that and said there was no remaining schedule of commercials to cancel. “We pulled no ads,” he said. Asked if Olive Garden would buy new commercials in the Letterman show, Mr. Jeffers said, “There has been no decision along those lines yet.”
Originally posted by sos37
Someone definately got their wires crossed over at Politico - though the story isn't entirely baseless:
Mr. Jeffers contradicted that and said there was no remaining schedule of commercials to cancel. “We pulled no ads,” he said. Asked if Olive Garden would buy new commercials in the Letterman show, Mr. Jeffers said, “There has been no decision along those lines yet.”
Source is from the link posted above by SD.
They have no ads to cancel because the ones that ran have run their course, however, they have not planned new ones either.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Ace High
Conan is much funnier anyway.
Really? You think so? That puts you definitely in a minority according to ratings services, etc.