Follow the evolution of advertising from the 1950s through the 1980s, via interviews with the industry's top ad executives, and through classic ads and commercials.
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Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve.
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
Nothing in Common was a 1987 television series on NBC starred Todd Waring in the role of David Basner and Bill Macy in the role of Max Basner. Seven episodes were broadcast immediately after the highly-rated series Cheers but didn't pick enough audiences. The short-lived series was cancelled because of low turnout. The series was inspired by the 1986 film by Garry Marshall starring Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason also entitled Nothing in Common in which Hanks played David Basner and Gleason protrayed Max Basner. Todd Waring later reprised another Tom Hanks role in a TV sequel to Splash for The Wonderful World of Disney called Splash, Too.
Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
Advertising: how it works, and how it works on us. Decode and defuse the commercial messages that swirl through our lives, with the help of a panel of ad industry experts.
I Love Betty La Fea is a Philippine drama series that was aired on ABS-CBN, based on the Colombian series Yo soy Betty, La Fea from RCN Television that began airing on September 8, 2008 and ended on April 24, 2009. From October 5, 2009 until May 28, 2010 it was aired in the United States and Canada via The Filipino Channel.
Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of self-doubt.
21 year old student Rak holds the opportunity to enter the advertisement industry. He is led by Khun Shine, chief executive of a large company, and the next leader. Apart from having to help Khun Shine come up with commercials for different products, Rak also has to help his side look for a mole of their rivals that lurk inside the heart of the company. Feelings between the boss and his temporary employee also slowly start growing deeper. However, mandatory duties come before the matters of the heart.
The trials and tribulations of finding love and companionship — the second time around. Newly divorced Alex, who is missing his kids and trying to keep himself together. Alex's co-worker Helen thinks she has it together, but she drinks too much in order to cope with her fiance's untimely death. It's no surprise then when these two overworked public relations executives share an ill-fated night of passion and are forced to cope with the awkward aftermath.
The Bad Girl's Guide is an American television program starring Jenny McCarthy, Marcelle Larice, Christina Moore, Stephanie Childers and Johnathan McClain. The series aired on UPN from May 24, 2005 to July 5, 2005. The TV show was based on the best-selling Bad Girls Guides by Cameron Tuttle, who was the show's co-creator and co-executive producer.
The Closer was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.
The series revolves around Rothman, Greene, and Moore, a fictional advertising firm. The storylines center on the difficulties of securing accounts and the characters' personal lives.
Join host Wil Anderson, stalwarts Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft and other advertising industry experts to unpick the ways we're all bought and sold.
On Our Own is a short-lived American sitcom broadcast on CBS from October 1977 to April 1978, lasting for one season and 22 episodes. Maria Bonino and Julia Peters are two secretaries in a high-powered New York advertising agency. They are promoted to art director and copywriter and begin their new careers with enthusiasm. Other people in the agency include J.M. Bedford, chairman of the board; Toni McBain, the President; April Baxter, a copywriter; Eddie Barnes, a TV commercial producer, and Craig Boatwright, a salesman.
Woo Bin and Ji Hyo play best friends who move to Vietnam into a home filled with the coolest Samsung appliances. There is also a bit of drama in store for the friends when feelings and other people get involved.
A show that brings out secret dishes and strengthens the bonds between bickering besties Tay and New and their famous friends.
First Impressions is a sitcom that aired on CBS from August 27, 1988 to October 1, 1988. It stars Brad Garrett as Frank Dutton, the owner of an advertising agency in Omaha, Nebraska and a divorced father starting to date again.
On April 26, 1986 Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, releasing clouds of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. With access to hundreds of declassified KGB documents, Chernobyl: The New Evidence reveals the serious concerns of the KGB, the sacrifices the Soviet leadership were willing to make to keep the story quiet and the bravery that saved the world from an even more deadly disaster.
A group of vigorous young people defend their homes and defend the country, and in doing so and in watching and helping each other, they finally realize the true meaning of friendship, love, and loyalty.
The two brothers of the Mu family get married on the same day. It's a double fortune. However, the bride, Ye Qinglan, who marries the second Young Master, Mu Anhe, is the former lover of the first Young Master, Mu Ancheng. Old Madam Mu sees her as a jinx and constantly scolds and beats her. Moreover, Ye Qingqin, her cousin and now sister-in-law, kicks her when she is down. Even Zhixia, the personal maid of the Second Young Master, is rude to her. Ye Qinglan endures humiliation and torments just to stay by Mu Anhe's side and repay him for his kindness. But unexpectedly, Mu Anhe is kidnapped and killed! Full of anger and hatred, Ye Qinglan vows revenge on Mu Ancheng and his two women. Even though the road ahead is treacherous, she will risk everything and take revenge step by step.
The drama's story twists around to ask what would happen if Lee Myong Ryong was unattractive, while his servant Bang Ja Jeon was attractive? During Lee Myong Ryong's courtship with Lady Chun Hyang both parties use their servants to communicate...
Based on a Thai legend, it tells the unearthly love story between Mak and his wife Nak who died in childbirth while her husband was at war and nevertheless remained around with her child both as ghosts. When Mak returns home, he finds his wife and child seemingly well.
It was 1935, people were afraid of the outbreak of the war. The story began in a beautiful island surrounded by the Arctic Ocean of Europe. There was a boarding school, Rosenstol School, in which young elite students gathered. The story describes the youth of five elite students who were elected to be the top of the school to realize their dreams and ideals.
Join the fun as British makeover gurus Colin and Justin take interior design criminals—and their homes—hostage, put them to work, and perform exquisite transformations…in only five short days!
A horror anthology following a young woman determined to document the first hand accounts of people who have survived unimaginable horrors that range from the real to the supernatural. The deeper she gets in collecting the stories of these survivors the more she is confronted by the memory of her own nightmare that she cannot escape.
A drama from the SBS Hope TV donation program that tells the story of a bar hostess who encounters a deaf vegetable deliveryman. Bong Dal used to be an UDT personnel in the Navy, but lost his hearing in an accident during underwater blasting operations. He meets Soon Ok when he helps her escape from loan sharks, and this fateful meeting marks the beginning of a new life for two people who were unable to move on.
With never-before-seen images, never-before-told stories and unique access to Jô's private life, the series offers an exciting and hilarious tour of his comedy programs, plays and talk shows.
A heartwarming family drama centering on a couple’s remarriage in the twilight years of their lives, forcing two families of grown adult children to become one big family. This drama will describe how those grown-up children will re-act and deal with this new situation and their eventual acceptance of each other as a new family. It also depicts how young couple growing up with the turbulent romance.
The year is 1915. Europe is engulfed in the flames of the First World War. At this time, the revolutionary theorist, political emigrant and adventurer Alexander Parvus is holding talks with the German Foreign Minister, Gottlieb von Jagow. The negotiations end with unexpected success. The German government personally allocates "a lot of money" to Parvus, which should go to the revolution in Russia. This is the beginning of a story that tells not only about the life of this extraordinary man and his role in the historical events that ended in October 1917.
Bakabon and his Papa turn common sense on its head. After all, most of the common sense that we take for granted isn't just nonsensical, but often comical. Join Bakabon and the family as common sense not just headstands, but backflips into the strange, absurd, and downright idiotic!
Il mammo is an Italian television series.
Filmed in over 60 different locations this epic documentary series will draw on the most spellbinding and dramatic stories from all corners of the globe. It will reveal the ways all life is connected and how natural events affect animals.
In the aftermath of November 13 in Paris, Lucie, Malika and Vincent find themselves at the heart of the hunt for those responsible for the attacks. They are soon faced with the threat of further attacks.