Rob Lowe's 'Direct TV' commercials suck. Direct TV sucks.

[trof]

I have Dish, and it sucks slightly less than Direct.


Lowe's commercials are heavy handed and not even funny.
Wonder who the agency is?

[liberal N proud]

1. You could have Time Warner and it sucks enough for both dish and direct.

We pay nearly 150/Mo for 60 channels and Internet. No DVR.

[jmowreader]

2. Rob Lowe also sucks

[tenderfoot]

16. Yeah he does

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Face it-- everything sucks

[whistler162]

4. Thank you

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608024501823538431&w=249&h=173&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&pid=1.7

[NewJeffCT]

5. the first one was moderately humorous

the rest have been recycling the same concept and it's now tired and worn out

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Yep. Bordering on really annoying.

[NightWatcher]

6. DirecTv rocks...esp if you've ever had Comcast

The only problem I have with DirecTv is that mine costs $120 a month.

I don't really need it but I like being able to watch 90% of my Marlins games on Fox Sports FL throughout the season.

[Ron Obvious]

7. Dish sucks too.

We cancelled them a little over a year ago, and ever since they've sent us 100's of pieces of mail, email, and phone calls with "we want you back" on them. Honestly, if this were a personal relationship we could have had them charged with stalking. 15 pieces of mail in the 3 months we were out of the house, I kid you not. I counted.

I would be more than happy to pay for the few channels we watch to be delivered over the internet. I'm thinking that's the future.

[kairos12]

8. Shrub should do them. He has played the role of all those losers in the commercial.

[elias49]

10. I think they're a hoot!

Creds to Lowe for acting the fool.

[progressoid]

11. Dish Network rated as worst company to work for in America. FTC files lawsuit against Direct TV.

Suck and more suck.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/tech/2013/07/30/dish-network-rated-as-worst-company-to-work-for-in-america-for-second-straight-year/10869/

http://adage.com/article/media/directv-misled-consumers-costs-ftc-claims-lawsuit/297558/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. The commercials are like Geico commercials.

Funny the first time or two you see them, but seeing them time after time after time they just get old.

As for Dish TV and Direct TV, I wouldn't know, as I don't have either of those services. I'm a slave to the cable, but whatever. Never was impressed by satellite TV, and I'm not prepared to "cut the cord", either.

[Arugula Latte]

13. I like the commercials. I think they're much funnier than most ads.

I have no experience with and no opinion on Direct TV.

[pipi_k]

14. So do I. They're way less

annoying than some of the loud ass, obnoxious commercials I keep seeing over and over again on the same channels.

As for Direct TV, we've had them for over 16 years and have been happy with them. Started out with Dish and they sucked big time

[Blue_Tires]

15. I cut him a break...

(Full disclosure -- My last name is also "Lowe", and we try to look out for our own)

[elleng]

17. Au contraire. Direct TV works nicely,

the commercial sucks!

[azurnoir]

18. Bad as they are they're still not as bad as the creepy marionette ads Direct was running

as for their service meh better than comcast from what I've been told
What I do know is that every time I call them to cancel something they give me a deal on something else, like I called to cancel dog tv, got mostly out of curiosity it was cheap, I got showtime for 3 months free, when the 3 months was up I called to cancel that before I had to pay for it and wound up with HBO for $10 a month I going to get HBO anyway starting in April for Game of Thrones

[lunatica]

19. Rob Lowe was born to star in those ads

His whatever workout balancing on one foot while outdoors while he watches his outdoor tv is pure Oscar material. Watch out! the man is going places!

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. America is infected with DirecTV logic

[Auggie]

21. Ad agency is Grey / New York

Send your hate mail here:

Agency: Grey, New York
Chief Creative Officer: Tor Myhren
Executive Creative Director: Dan Kelleher
Group Creative Directors: Doug Fallon, Steven Fogel
Agency Executive Producer: Andrew Chinich
Agency Producer: Lindsay Myers
Agency Music Producers: Zachary Pollakoff, Amy Rosen
Account: Chris Ross, Beth Culley, Anna Pogosova, Aaron Schwartz, Meredith Savatsky, Eddie Mele
Strategy: Michelle Leo
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Tom Kuntz

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/rob-lowe-ugly-creepy-and-hilarious-cable-customer-directv-ads-160318