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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
They have been more and more products embedded into the shows, but the problem with that is it doesn't necessarily work worldwide. Junior Mints (think Seinfeld) aren't sold in Asian marketplaces.
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Well first off, I'm never going to Asia. Second, I would imagine that Junior Mints paying for distribution on American TV would provide quite a bit of money to the network, which it allocates some funds for the show itself. I'm not in TV, so I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I would imagine at least a reasonable percentage of advertising dollars go to the show which the advertisers want to be featured in. If people were paying $250,000 for a stint during Friends (once upon a time) vs. $25,000 for The Man Show, I would imagine that helped the translate to a bigger budget for Friends. As such, I would imagine that a show could be supported by just the American advertisers. Also, people do still watch these things on TV.