Infomercials is an umbrella title for independent, quarter-hour television comedy specials airing on Adult Swim. Unlike actual paid programming, all of...

program-length commercials (long-form infomercials), and are typically 28:30 or 58:30 minutes in length. Infomercials are also known as paid programming...

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surreal comedy horror short that originally aired as a special during Adult Swim's "infomercials" block on October 28, 2014, at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time...

television special written, created and directed by Alan Resnick and Ben O'Brien for Adult Swim, as part of the Infomercials series. The special is presented...

special. Laughing Squid's EDW Lynch called the infomercial "hilarious", while Splitsider stated of all of Adult Swim's faux-infomercials, the special...

Midnight Special was made available by Guthy-Renker through television and radio infomercials. In 2014, an 11-DVD collection entitled The Midnight Special was...

Inc., although they have aired on other syndicated networks. Mays's infomercials were known for his catch phrase "Hi, Billy Mays here", and his shouted...

relating to six infomercials he had produced and in which the FTC determined he had made false or misleading claims. These infomercials included "Hair...

23, 2009 due to a Family Guy rerun. Paid Programming is a parody of infomercials and was created and written by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross, and features...

documentaries and National Geographic specials—which were shifted over to CNN—in favor of carrying original made-for-TV movies and weekly series such as the...

that a seventh series began with just three specials before the full series in 2017. The three specials marked anniversaries through the year: 400 years...

the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget...

Spanish-language telenovelas, his appearances in reality television shows and infomercials and as a regular voice on the Adult Swim series Sealab 2021. Estrada...

Generation X slacker. He is known for always buying bizarre items from infomercials and the home shopping network. Kuryu is a high-school dropout who was...

self-help infomercials, selling digital immortality. This was the duo's first collaboration with Adult Swim and premiered on the network's Infomercials block...

lecture to be sold through infomercials. At the time many infomercials mimicked talk shows and investigative news specials, raising concerns among consumers...

sold through the Banned from Television videos which he marketed via infomercials. The first Banned from Television video was released in 1998, followed...

2016 as part of Adult Swim's Infomercials series. Framed as surveillance footage inside a suburban home, the 11-minute special follows parents Ann and Tom...

Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special in 2012 and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015. She has starred in a number...

its main channel. Some affiliates may also preempt select MeTV programs to air infomercials (such as with WZME in Bridgeport, Connecticut pre-2021, which...

studio was used for Frank Sinatra's yearly TV specials in the late 1960s, and Elvis Presley's 1968 "Comeback Special". Studio 4 is currently one of two used...

adopted the slogan "TV 51 Has The Shows You Know". By 2000, however, some of the programming had been dropped in favor of infomercials, a trend that would...

1988). "On TV, Chit-Chatting About Impotence". The Washington Post. Kanner, Bruce (October 21, 1991). "30 Mintutes: Selling with Infomercials". New York...

automobiles, electronics, appliances, public-service announcements, infomercials, and movie & TV shows (including SNL itself). Many of SNL's ad parodies have...

cartoons were replaced with infomercials. In a separate transaction from its purchase of UPN, Viacom purchased KCOP's rival, KCAL-TV, from Young Broadcasting...

of 1990 began to be designated by a circular "E/I" icon. In addition, infomercials (which had been designated under the boilerplate title "COMMERCIAL PROGRAM[S]"...

formerly operated Estrella TV on DT2, but in February 2020, that changed to Timeless TV (public domain shows and infomercials). This channel is seen on...

schedule; late night and early morning timeslots on KHII primarily feature infomercials. KHII was also home to the most complete and comprehensive college sports...

episodes and 3 specials over the course of 13 seasons, including two episodes, "Technology" (by Wham City) and "Paradise" (by Ghosting.tv), that Adult Swim...