ManCrunch.com — no relation to PopCrunch.com (LOL) — has a bone to pick with CBS. The dating site, which caters to homosexual men, says they’ve been royally dissed by network, which is accused of snubbing the site’s bid to broadcast a commercial during next weekend’s Super Bowl. The network told the Web site that the ad roster was already full, but sources say that a number of spots still remain unsold. The controversy comes just days after the network agreed to air a pro-life abortion spot, featuring college football star Tim Tebow.
This year’s Super Bowl will see the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints in Miami Sunday, Feb. 7. The NFL’s championship game is expected to reach an estimated one-third of 300 million Americans.
In a letter to ManCrunch, CBS said that it refused to air the commercial because it “is not within the network’s broadcast standards for Super Bowl Sunday.”
“After reviewing the ad – which is entirely commercial in nature – our standards and practices department decided not to accept this particular spot,” the statement continued.
CBS maintained that it would consider an alternative ad, should ManCrunch opt to submit one.
“If the ad showed a man and woman kissing it would have been accepted. You see ads for erectile dysfunction morning, noon and night. It’s discriminatory that they won’t show this,” ManCruch spokesperson Elissa Butcher remarked. “If the ad doesn’t air on the Super Bowl, it will air on another network. It’s not like it plays like Adam Lambert [kissing another man on the AMAs].”
Looking for tickets to the Super Bowl? You might have a tough time outbidding one New Orleans twentysomething, who’s offering up his “rarely used” left testicle in exchange for a seat at next month’s big game in Miami.
Anyone got an extra pinky lying around?
Taking one for the team has become a popular trend this sporting season. Last fall, police in Philadelphia accused married mother Susan Finkelstein of placing an Craigslist ad offering sex in exchange for tickets to see the Phillies take on the Yankees in the World Series.
The Indianapolis Colts face the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7.
The NFL has gone country! Newly-engaged country sweetheart Carrie Underwood will perform The Star-Spangled Banner, our National Anthem, when the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints at Super Bowl XLIV next month.
In fact, the league has number of exiciting performances lined up for pigskin enthusiasts. Queen Latifah will also perform “America The Beautiful” before the game, while The Who will provided entertainment for the half-time show in Miami Feb. 7.
BTW, Carrie will also take the stage at this weekend’s 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, where the already Grammy winner is nominated for two additional prizes.
VH1 is teaming up with the NFL and Pepsi to host the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, the official NFL Super Bowl concert series. Hosted by Kevin Dillon and former Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell, the concert will feature multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning superstar Rihanna performing tracks from her new album Rated R and Tween King Justin Beiber, 15, who will rock the crowd with songs from his platinum debut My World.
Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam will air live from South Beach in Miami Thursday, Feb. 4 @ 9PM ET/PT on VH1.
UsMagazine has some exciting news for those of us who grew up cracking our sides at the National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise. Series stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo will reprise their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold for a TV ad premiering at next year’s Super Bowl.
The duo, who played the disaster-prone pair in four Vacation hits in the ’80s & ’90s, will star as The Griswolds again in a new commercial for HomeAway vacation rentals. Read the rest of this entry »
