"Screwing Herself With Broccoli" And Other Reasons NBC Banned PETA's Super Bowl Ad
Tue, Jan 27th, 2009
NBC had so much trouble selling its Super Bowl ad inventory that it's going to run house ads from its parent company, GE, and Hulu, its Web video joint venture with News Corp.
But apparently, NBC is not desperate enough to run the below-embedded ad from PETA. NBC told the animal-rights activist organization "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards."
PETA says NBC's specific list of complaints were that the commercial included:
'Veggie Love': PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad
See Also:
Do NBC's Super Bowl Advertisers Wish They Weren't? (GE)
NBC Still Can't Sell Super Bowl Ads (GE)
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