I assume we have a fair number of industry people reading this sub from time to time, so hopefully I can get a serious answer or explanation; this is something I’ve wondered about for a while.We all know actors do lots of different jobs, especially journeyman character actors in LA, where there’s a lot going on. For example, while Tim Kang was on The Mentalist on CBS, ads for Buffalo Wild Wings that he appeared in were still airing. 60-minute TV series, especially crime procedurals, cycle through a lot of these performers (when Law & Order went off the air, I remember articles about NYC performers who bridged gaps between their theatre gigs by appearing in multiple supporting roles over the years). Most of these roles are witnesses, etc., but some of them are the badguy (or badgal) of the week.My question is this: is anyone (SAG, AMPTP, etc.) keeping track of the commercials that actors are in, so that a scenario doesn’t happen in which Actor A is featured as a serial rapist on Show B, and the network happens to air an ad spot during Show B in which Actor A is promoting Product C?Of course it’s an unlikely coincidence, but I have to imagine Product C would have a big issue with their wholesome image being linked to Show B’s evil badguy. Are any steps taken to prevent this? Have we just been lucky that it hasn’t happened? Or are there some great stories I haven’t seen about how a matchup like that slipped through and a psychotic murderer pitched us soup? via /r/television http://ift.tt/2tYxzbQ
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