"Friends" -- $2 million for a 30-second commercial

[Mr. Anderson]

http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/20/news/companies/last_friends/index.htm?cnn=yes

You have to wonder if the commercials will be as good as the ones shown during the Super Bowl.

Quite sad commentary, though :rolleyes:

[virividox]

2 mill YIKES all i can say

[Juventuz]

Pathetic is all I can say.

I never understood the appeal of that show.

[jrv3034]

It's amazing, but evidently there are companies willing to shell out that kind of money for an ad. And you know that practically everyone will see the finale of Friends. So the question is: How much is universal exposure worth to them? Apparently $2,000,000.:eek:

[IndyGopher]

Originally posted by jrv3034
It's amazing, but evidently there are companies willing to shell out that kind of money for an ad. And you know that practically everyone will see the finale of Friends. So the question is: How much is universal exposure worth to them? Apparently $2,000,000.:eek:
Practically everyone? Ummm... no. "Practically everyone" would be a finale like M*A*S*H where nearly 75% of the TV's that were on, were tuned into it. Friends will be lucky to get HALF that percentage. Personally, I doubt that it will.

[wdlove]

I don't quit see all the fan faire for "Friends." My preference is "CSI," "ER," & "Law & Order."

[Mudbug]

The thing is, advertisers who would spend that kind of money (coke/pepsi, beer co's, etc...) already have almost total market saturation with their ads, so adding one more during this show won't do much good in the long run. And for those that do buy into it, they deserve to lose their $2 million.

[hvfsl]

I thought friends had ended already (I stop watching it after Monica and Chandler got married).

I suppose its like a lot of other shows in the US that seem to go on for too long. I kept on hearing that Buffy and the X-files were going to end, but they managed to keep on getting one more season out. I think The Simpsons should have been cancelled a long time ago, I prefer to watch the old episodes than the new ones even though I have seen the old ones so many times.

I am glad there is a limit to the amount of adverts you can have on TV in Europe. When I was recently over in the US, the amount of adverts just drove my mad. They seemed to last so long sometimes that I would forget what the program was about.