What was the advertising like for Firefly? Was it comparable in visibility?

I'm going with "Not even close" but that's second-hand. Also, I've seen the promos. They were terrible. These appear to be good.

What was the advertising like for Wonderfalls?

It was a comedy. My friends watch The Simpsons and King of the Hill every. single. day. in the house lounge after dinner. Over 30 of my friends. None of them ever heard of it until after it was cancelled and I randomly started watching my episodes at 2 a.m. one evening.

I think Fox believes.

I can't remember the ads for Wonderfalls.

The ads for Firefly were plentiful, but a poor representation of the series. It was sort of advertised as a wacky romp in space. Hang on...I think I wrote about it...

Judging from the advertisements Fox put together for Firefly, the network not only didn’t understand their product, they were determined to have it bite the curb and stomp on its head.

The series was about a group of freedom fighters who were on the losing side of an interplanetary war, and had taken up a life of crime to keep themselves from starving to death. It was pretty grim. The music Fox chose to play during the commercials for Firefly was the maniacally zany song, “Walking on the Sun” by frat boy favorites, Smash Mouth. Apparently, the network confused this dark riff on the depressed era of the Reconstruction for MTV’s Spring Break.

The ads I've seen for The Inside represent the scripts I've read, and Tim's description of the series really well.

I can't remember the ads for Wonderfalls.

Let me refresh your memory.

I always thought the promos reflected WF, which is more than, say, the FF marketing did, but they didn't really grab you and make you want to watch. The show was hard to sell.

Hey all, Thanks for the welcomes.

On Movietime: I dislike ads (commercials, I can see them on TV for free) though I now have a better understanding of the need for them. I love to see "previews" (movie trailers) if the are suitable for the expected audience. What I mean is, I saw Hitchhiker's Guide and there were almost 10 previews. No Serenity, but 7 or so were for preteen movies "sharkboy", "herbie", "kicking and screaming", "jumanji in space", etc. Not that I wish to disparage these movies or their audience, I just didn't feel they fit with "the Guide".

On ads for previous shows: I agree with Allyson (and nicely done with the American History X reference). Wonderfalls ads were few, they made me watch, but obviously didn't work for the masses. Firefly ads completely failed to give any accurate indication of the true nature of the show. I watched as a fan of Joss, Buffy, and Angel, and fell in love.

On taping The Inside: I'll be taping in order to show it off to people who don't listen to me and watch it themselves. Apparently the ability to FF past ads helps.

"jumanji in space"

Ah. Zathura [link]

Yeah, trying to be funny, *sniff* failed.

Thanks for the linkage to the Wonderfalls ads Kristen. makes me want to watch the DVDs again.

Inside ads are plentiful and looking good. I'm seeing them all the time now. I just hope everyone else is too.

Was funny, but only after I Googled and found out about the movie.

Went from total ignorance to grokking in a few keystrokes.

I love Google.

"Grokking"? Sorry, that's a new one on me. Kinda summons the image of milk spewing from nostrils though.

Oh, and the NCIS thing was in reference to the way in which they just brutally removed one of their primary characters in the finale. Again, not as funny as it was in my head.

SPOILER: if you didn't see it yet.

Paraphrased: Setup:(Kate, Gibbs and Tony on the roof. Kate spots gunman coming up stairs through door and gunning for Gibbs, dives in the way taking a round to the chest) Gibbs:(rushes to Kate finds her wearing her vest and helps her up) Thank you Kate. Kate:Gibbs? I thought I would've died before I ever heard you say tha.... *Pop* sniper hits her between the eyes.

Brutal, Just made me think of Tim. umm.. In a good way, Tim.

Sorry, should now be spoilered right.

JadeHand, whitefont that. Put the letter "s" for spoiler as the first character on the line of the spoily bit, then a space.