They get flush turning TV shows into promotions -- and all you get are these lousy product placements. Beware: Television more and more is shill-o-vision, where commercial breaks still come and go but
the commercials never end. Commercials for Sears products, which outfit ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." For Coke, with logo-inscribed glasses nursed by Simon and his comrades on Fox's
"American Idol." For Clairol, when a contest to be "Herbal Essences Girl" pitted two pals against each other on an episode of the WB sitcom "What I Like About You." And this is only the start.
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