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Subway Serves Up Poor Product Placement
- Arts Beat/New York Times, Friday, January 20, 2012 3:48 PM
Was the mention of Subway sandwiches in Monday's episode of CBS' "Hawaii Five-o" the worst product placement ever? Certainly it "drew more notice than usual" around the Web, writes Mike Hale, who called the 50-second detour from the show's plotline "egregious — the most jarring, disruptive and insulting example I’ve seen."
We agree with Hale's point that the Subway placements on NBC's Chuck "have been obvious, yes, but more deftly handled." And funnier -- we can figure a shameless plug if it's funny.
