Californication Series
2
Channel 10 is running the second series of Californication on Sunday
nights at 10.10 pm.
The
series started on Sunday 5 October 2008.
The programs are still filled with explicit and gratuitous sexual activity,
extremely coarse language and drug use.
The lead actor, David Duchovny, who plays Hank, has just been admitted to
rehab for 'sex addiction'. Click here for media
report.
No wonder he has a sex addiction with the sort of behaviour exhibited
by his character on this program!
Taking
Action!
We're asking advertisers NOT to have their ads shown in the program
because their money allows Channel 10 to show these programs. Salt Shakers is
working with FamilyVoice Australia on this campaign.
While some companies are choosing to have their ads on the show (mostly beer
and car companies) many are telling us they don't want their ads on such
shows
.
During the first series in October 2007, 64 companies told us they'd told
Channel 10 NOT to show their ads on the show.
Click here for details of that campaign and a list of companies.
Series 2 Results (at 14
November)
Already THIRTY-THREE companies have told
us they don't want their ads on the show. Some of these were given bonus ads without their
knowledge:
Telstra, Intrust Super, Chemmart, 1300 Flowers,
Peter Shearer Menswear (SA), Rosendorffs (WA),
Fridge and Washer
City (WA), Just
Car Insurance, WA Police (Step
Forward) and Bridgestone, Estee Lauder, Mentos (Stewart Alexander), HBF, Colgate-Palmolive,
Ambulance Victoria, Wrigley
(Extra gum),
Avon, Nivea,
Young Real Estate
(Toowoomba), Bank of Queensland, Autobarn,
Dads4Kids (Community Service Organisation CSO), Camp Quality (CSO), McCains, Whiskas
(MARS Petcare), Trading Post, Bluescope Steel, Amart All Sports, The Saddle Club,
Health World, Crown and Andrews, iSelect Insurance, Good Guys.
THANK YOU to all
these companies and organisations!
Major sponsor
withdraws
The major sponsor of Californication,
Just Car Insurance, has told us they will no longer sponsor the
show after 26 October!
This is
good news!
More good news!
Community Organisations
In Episode 4 (26
October) Channel 10 decided to run a large number of free ads for
community service groups. Perhaps they banked on them not complaining, since
these groups are very grateful for Channel 10's generosity in giving them free
advertisements.
The responses from many of the groups said just that - they
were grateful for the ads and couldn't specify where the ads were shown.
However a couple of groups responded and wrote to Channel 10 about the
matter. Channel 10 told them that they would not be running community service
ads again
on Californication!
Join the
campaign!
We're sending out the details of advertisers each week on our E-News.
If
you don't receive our E-News, click here for details on how to sign up to
receive them. Author: Jenny Stokes | Modified: 17 November 2008 |
