It’s hard! times! for Hugh Hefner, the world’s most recognizable epicure of biped bunnies. With that in mind, Playboy TV’s tapped zig/Chicago to help launch its first-ever programming promo campaign.
Under the tagline “A better reality awaits,” each ad depicts a formulaic reality TV trope that could do with a little bit of Hef-style debauchery. For some reason though, they feel less party-at-the-mansion and more like Wild On.
I know Playboy needs to walk that line between cutting-edge and soft porn, but it’s doing more brand-tarnishing than brand-polishing here. Random party shots of the Mansion in Entourage and Sex and the City probably do more for the company image than these knee-jerk knockoffs of network TV.
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