TV Commercials • 1996 Late November • Seattle, WA • TNT / TBS • 60 FPS

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This tape is an unedited off-air recording of commercial breaks from TNT and TBS, with local inserts targeting the Seattle and Pacific Northwest market, captured over a Thursday through Saturday window in late November 1996.

The date is established by multiple converging anchors. Chuck Norris's Forest Warrior is promoted as a world television premiere on Sunday, November 23rd on TNT. The animated film Anastasia is promoted as opening Friday in theaters — it opened November 21, 1996. Alien Resurrection is promoted as opening November 26th only in theaters. Robin Williams in Jack is promoted as coming this Thanksgiving, rated PG, consistent with its October 1996 theatrical run. The Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary is promoted with urgency, warning that the celebration will not last. Sports Illustrated promoted a holiday gift pack featuring a Bulls five-championship video, referencing the team's fifth title won in June 1996. The 19th Annual Cable Ace Awards are promoted as airing live Saturday at 9 p.m. exclusively on TNT, with the ceremony taping in late 1996 and airing in January 1997. Rain Man is promoted as airing "one week from tonight at 8" and then later the same week as airing "one week of the night." MASH airs tonight at 10:15 on TNT. Babylon 5 is promoted as coming exclusively to TNT on January 4th. The Hallmark Gold Crown holiday open house is promoted for November 15th and 16th. Michelin tires are on sale through November 18th. Pillsbury Crescent Rolls ran a Thanksgiving table spot. TNT aired birthday greetings to Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in partnership with Tylenol. The NBA on TNT featured the Lakers at 6-0 facing the Rockets.

Local advertisers confirm the Seattle and Pacific Northwest market. Chuck Olsen Chevrolet advertised used vehicles at 170th and Aurora Avenue North. A Christmas in Seattle holiday gift show was promoted for the coming Friday through Sunday at the Kingdom. Waits in Lynnwood promoted its Christmas store for designer trees, ornaments, and holiday decor. The Barn furniture ran a holiday dining sale. Brunner and Associates bankruptcy attorneys were promoted at local number 251-0555. The NFL commissioned official Seattle Seahawks opening coin toss silver coins, sold via a toll-free number.

National advertisers include Energizer batteries, MetLife mutual funds, TNT Rough Cut (featuring The Jackal with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, Switchback with Dennis Quaid, and a Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski film), MCI 5 Cents Sundays, Sprint PCS at RadioShack, Delta Airlines, Packard Bell computers with Pentium II, Car Toys cell phone promotion, Domino's Deep Dish, Boston Market double-marinated chicken, Prestone antifreeze, Western Union, Plymouth Neon, Riverdance home video, Disney's Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas on video, Hallmark Gold Crown keepsake ornaments, Classico pasta sauce, Lunchables Pizza, Visa reading is fundamental, Centrum vitamins, American Express Small Business Services, VTech Tiny Tot Driver and Power Mouse, Kellogg's Honey Crunch Corn Flakes and Corn Pops, Children's Advil, Tylenol Sinus and Tylenol PM, Robitussin, Oil of Olay revitalizing eye gel and body wash, K Jewelers with Cindy Crawford, Pert Plus, Suave, Degree deodorant, Chapstick, Salad Shooter Mixer, Vitasana multivitamins, Mrs. T iced tea brewer by Mr. Coffee, Tagamet HB, Maxwell House Habitat for Humanity, Ensure, Formula 409, Meow Mix, ITT Technical Institute, Embassy Suites, MetLife annuities, MasterCard PGA Grand Slam, Instagan cleaner, and the LDS Church free Bible offer.

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English

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English (automatic)

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