Yikes! Now GM Pulls Ads From Skins!
Geez, imagine if they played reruns of the U.K. version. If people only knew how tame this show is in comparison, maybe they wouldn't be in such an uproar.
Following the lead of Taco Bell, General Motors has pulled their advertising from MTV's Skins, according to the Parents Television Council, who are single-handedly leading the crusade to get the show canceled for its overly-racy content.
According to GM, however, ads for their Chevy Volt were never supposed to air during the broadcast as they did. Company reps told the PTC that the commercials had aired in error and that the company has no intention of advertising on the show.
Aaaand that's two! How many more will pull out before the second episode airs in 48 hours? We shall soon see.
Kids, if you want to see this show stick around, you better make sure your tube is tuned in Monday night. The only thing that will save this show now is ratings. Advertisers might not love sex-glorifying teens, but they love to market to them!
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The US version pretty much sucks. The acting and casting is wretched. But the complaints about it currently were certainly absent when the superior UK version was aired. Part of it is because the UK version was aired under the radar. The US version has been overhyped – and every glance and camera angle seems designed to heighten or glamorize the sexual angle. In contrast, the UK version just took it in stride as being plot driven. They should have just reaired the superior original.
Re: Christina Polo – HAHA- Right on!!!
Pathetic, I would love to see the faces of these parents if they were to sit through a UK version. Im British and the programme is incredibly popular here. Sex and drugs are much less frowned upon because we are much more realistic!
This is the problem with America. We have dozens and dozens of these communities that prevent the youth from seeing the real world. I have yet to watch this show , but even still everyone went to high school and this is probably a realistic way of how it was. I understand why the PTC would want to eliminate this show but its just plain stupid because for most teens in suburbia ( which is basically the entire youth population) this show is probably a more similar and realistic as opposed to …i don;t know gossip girl. This only makes it worse for teens in the future, they will walk into the real world and not understand why theres drugs or sex because of all this stupid prevention in the media. Why is this the only country in which sex is such a effin taboo!! NEWS FLASH its everywhere and everyone is doing it!!! If people were more open about it this it probably would not create such a damn scandal..
The problem is not (just) hypocritical advertisers – it’s ego-centric Americans who feel the need to remake everything in their own image, instead of simply using the superior original (Coupling, Dear John Footballers’ Wives, Life on Mars, The Office, Shameless…) They just better stay the hell away from Misfits, that’s all I’m sayin’ (and no, I’m not a Brit)
U euros can have your stupid skins show. We have jersey shore which is a million times better!!!!!!!! Cabs are hereeeeeeee
i’m from the UK, and personally, after watching the American Skins trailer, i can already see that the UK are doing it better. Our new series starts Thursday, and is going to be more “wild and sexy than ever before” apparently. I can’t understand why the American’s are having a bitch fit over the fact a show, aimed at young adults, about sex, (i don’t know about drugs, but is sure happens in the UK version) is being judged so awfully! YOU HAVE SHOWS LIKE “TEEN MOM” “16 AND PREGNANT” ..WTF HAVE THEY GOT ON SKINS!? If you’re teens are having babies, then they are for sure having sex. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? Skins isn’t glorifying sex, creating shows about having a baby at the age of 16 is showing that YOU CAN BECOME FAMOUS BY GETTING KNOCKED UP. Reality Check!
Re: JCPR – See what happened to you! MTV = moron tv
Re: jackalexandria – Please keep it in England!
I like the show and i’ll be watching it as long it’s on tv! so suck it!
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