Comments on: Problematic Promotional Moments

By: Erin Copple Smith

Erin Copple Smith — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:27:32 +0000

Good to know about the Sing-Off filming–I knew it must’ve been done at least a bit in advance, since they always show clips from the upcoming episode, but didn’t know they did it over the summer. Makes sense, of course–I’d wondered how all those college kids were dealing with being out of school. (Not to mention what would have happened if the high school participants had gone farther than they did!)

That puts a SERIOUS wrench in the promotional works, then, eh? Have to wonder what they cut out.

By: Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:54:08 +0000

Love this post, and love seeing my Twitter feed making similar comments about Gossip Girl (as it seems like no one is watching The Sing-Off, based on the lack of commentary on the subject).

Just a brief detail to add to the Sing-Off timing – the ENTIRE series was filmed in a few weeks earlier this summer, due to the timing difficulties relating to the college a capella groups who would have been unable to participate during the fall.

By: Erin Copple Smith

Erin Copple Smith — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:02:47 +0000

Ha! Good point, Cynthia–I hadn’t thought of that. I do remember reading about them digitally taking out and putting in and what have you. My guess is that in the Gossip Girl case, they had already gotten paid, and WB doesn’t care whether or not HP is still selling TouchPads, anyway. In the case of The Sing-Off, I wonder if they didn’t cut out a promo at the end of the episode, but left in the costume comment because it would have been too awkward to cut it.

They were all amusing, though!

By: Cynthia Meyers

Cynthia Meyers — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:58:41 +0000

Sounds like a job for the digital magicians who digitally replace old product placements with new ones, as Twentieth Century Fox says it does in the syndicated runs of some shows! Too tight a turnaround in these cases, I suppose….