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ijakinov t1_j22xxyx wrote

The reality is unless you spend a fuck ton on marketing you aren't going to reach every person ever in the world. Especailly nowadays with ad-blocking, less people watching linear TV and if you don't leave the house.

Even if they target an ad towards you becaue they think you like comic book shows. There's a chance some alogirtmh won't show you the ad because it won't think you'll click or finish the ad.

The boys definately had mainstream advertising. They had forced commercials, they had billboards, they have the boys branded packaging when you ordered products from Amazon telling you to watch the show.

Amazon in general? At least in Canada, Amazon advertises the most, they show amazon TV show ads at the theater, they show them on TV and on YouTube and other sites. They come on Amazon packages. They show up in banners. They buy the homescreen placements slots on Android TV.

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spectacleskeptic t1_j22y7o7 wrote

Oh interesting. For The Boys, what commercials did you see them in? And what branded packaging? What stood out to me, with respect to the The Boys, is the lack of its starts being guests on popular interview shows, Youtube shows (like Hot Ones), or in-depth profiles in a magazine.

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ijakinov t1_j22yzva wrote

Commercials for the actual seasons and show. When you bought stuff from amazon they would ship cardboard boxes with ads for the boys printed on them instead of their regular packaging.

In regards to late night interviews and YouTube shows just doing quick searches you can find a handful of them. Even with characters from season 1 who were barely in the show. For magazines EW has them on the cover for season 3 which akes sense that they would do later seasons because the property wasn't big enough for them to preemptively feature them before release.

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