“Desperate Housewives” Spinoff Commercials For Sprint
A Desperate Housewives spinoff is in the works, just in time for the Sept. 27 sixth season premiere of the award-winning ABC dramedy.
The network has inked a deal to produce a series of eight Desperate-themed commercials — which will “unfold as a weekly soap opera” — for mobile phone provider Sprint, Entertainment Weekly has learned. Some of the series’ minor characters may feature as “background extras,” says series Marc Cherry, who will write the spinoff ads.
According to co-executive producer Sabrina Wind, the ads will be shot by Desperate Housewives crewmembers on the Desperate Housewives set and be penned by Desperate Housewives writers.
“It’s very Desperate Housewives,” adds exec producer Sabrina Wind. “It was shot on our set, with our crew, and written by our writers.”
The 35-sec spots promise to feature plenty of “wicked dark humor, murder and adultery and betrayal.”
What's Hot at PopCrunch?
Related Articles:
- “Desperate Housewives” Spinoff Featuring Lily Tomlin Kathryn Joosten
- Kathryn Joosten Lung Cancer Diagnosis Rocks “Desperate Housewives”
- “Desperate Housewives” Renewed Through 2013?
- Drea De Matteo Joins Cast Of “Desperate Housewives”
- Jeese Metcalf Returns To “Desperate Housewives” (Season 6)
On October 4th 2009, MB wrote:
The commercial has no positive impact and the show and Sprint network have both lost us as customers. We cannot at all support Sprint or Desperate Housewives for this sick and unethical commercial segment.
On October 26th 2009, Jacquie Lindsay wrote:
I have to say that I absolutely HATE these adds. I promise you that I will never buy any product from you because of them. I find them not “funny”. To treat women this way, is to throw away your potential client base.
You’ve lost me forever, and you’ll lose any client I work for.
On November 4th 2009, Kelli Quinn wrote:
I just saw these commercials for the first time last week. I was horrified. I called the PR department for Sprint, specifically Kathleen Dunlevee, and told her I could not use their product any more because I was so offended by the commercials. They wouldn’t let me out of my contract. Less than a year ago, my husband had an affair and it was the most horribly painful thing for me and my children. Where will Sprint stop…will the sponsor drunk driving, molestation, spousal abuse, murder??? If you have been through an affair, you know how incredibly devastating it is to a family and to make light of it. At least Sprint could let me out of my contract, and not make me indirectly support this tasteless and tactless advertising!
On November 4th 2009, Karen S wrote:
I love the commercials…can’t wait till next week
On November 8th 2009, Alexandria Kanni wrote:
I’m repulsed by the ads, they’re stupid and offensive. I can’t believe Sprint would stoop to this low level. Because of these ads I will never be a Sprint customer. And from what I’ve read, some creators of other shows with these ads have said they won’t allow any more ads to be shown during their program.
On November 9th 2009, unfortunate wrote:
from a christian point of view, this is REALLY sad that people/companies go to this length without a care in the world as for the impact this has. is this the way to teach young adults/children that affairs are ok, killing love ones are ok, sleeping around is ok? isn’t that why we have a 45% divorce rate and climbing? I urge Dan from sprint to pull these ads and in the future scan his ads before he gives the ok.