Annoyingly catchy Kars4Kids jingle gets new life thanks to court’s ruling

The appeal stems from a May 8 ruling by Orange County Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian, who found that Kars4Kids violated ...

9 Catchy Songs That Were Originally Commercial Jingles

Although it's common for popular songs to make their way into commercials, there have been several jingles that took on a ...
The Citizens' Voice

The NEPA 30: How NEPA saved small-market TV

Barre region played a surprisingly important role in the development and survival of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) television ...
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Coca-Cola's first television ad was remarkably simple

Compared to the high-tech special effects of modern commercials, Coca-Cola's first television advertisement was a strikingly ...
Wall Street Journal

Doomscrolling Is a Far Cry From the Classic TV Dinner

Regarding Bob Greene’s “From TV Dinners to Smartphones” (op-ed, May 13): Please don’t blame the 1950s TV dinner for today’s screen addiction. I was a 1980s latchkey kid, and some of my favorite ...
New York Post

Annoying jingle permanently banned from airwaves as California ends ‘strategy of deception’

California is pulling the plug on the wildly recognizable Kars4Kids jingle after a judge ruled the charity’s ads misled donors about who actually benefits from their money. Orange County Superior ...
Wall Street Journal

From TV Dinners to Smartphones

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters/Ted S. Warren/AP Our ...
Variety

Coca-Cola Bets Famous ‘Hilltop’ Jingle Still Has Fizz With Modern Crowds

Coca-Cola is betting on one of its oldest advertising messages to generate new feelings of harmony among a consumer base that can often find itself fractured by debate. In a new ad slated to debut ...
Newsday

From 'Dr. Kildare' to 'ER' and 'The Pitt': How TV doctors have evolved through the years

Since the earliest days of TV, there have been about two dozen prime-time medical series (most of them set in hospitals). Here are the most important, showing how they have evolved from the 1950s to ...
American Songwriter

Remember When Barry Manilow Wrote The TV Jingle That Made America Sing

Manilow even called his jingle-writing days “the best music college” he could ever imagine. “I learned the most about music working in the jingle industry,” said Manilow. “It was the best music ...
MassLive

Beloved 1950s child TV star dies at 80: ‘The time has come’

The actor who portrayed Kathy “Kitten” Anderson in the 1950s television series “Father Knows Best” has died. She was 80. Lauren Chapin died following a lengthy battle with cancer, her son Matthew ...
al.com

Star of iconic TV show dead at 80: ‘I’m at a complete loss’

Lauren Chapin, who is best known as Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the 1950s TV hit series “Father Knows Best,” died Tuesday at the age of 80. Her son Matthew posted on Facebook she died after a battle ...