Wine and beer advertisements air liberally on national network television but for years the spirits industry has voluntarily banned televised liquor commercials. In December, NBC announced its ...

Think back to the last time you watched a beer commercial. Do you remember the actor taking a sip of that cold frosty? Generally, networks avoid showing individuals drinking beer in commercials ...

Who says advertising has lost its impact? Media folks and moralists are all abuzz this week after NBC’s decision to reintroduce liquor ads during last Saturday’s airing of “Saturday Night Live.” ...

NEW YORK -- NBC is breaking a longtime television taboo by becoming the first broadcast network to run hard liquor commercials. The first hint of the policy change wil come this weekend, when a public ...

Hard liquor advertisements have been refused airtime by the biggest television networks since the 1940s. Only a few local and cable stations would run the ads, and now NBC has become the first of the ...

If you can’t get into an exclusive club, you can always start your own. That’s what the guys do in the Smirnoff Ice commercial, creating their own hot nightspot filled with chic, young things and ...

WASHINGTON — Under sober direction from Capitol Hill, NBC said Wednesday that it is postponing its plan to break a self-imposed ban and air hard liquor ads. The Peacock put the cork back in booze ...

NBC has backed off a new policy that made it the first broadcast network to run hard liquor commercials. Citing a request from "the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Commerce Committee," ...

N.B. Liquor is catching enough heat for a holiday video campaign made with artificial intelligence that a government minister ...

The minister responsible for NB Liquor said he asked them to 'pause' the use of the video as a paid advertisement so they can ...

NEW YORK - NBC is breaking a longtime television taboo by becoming the first broadcast network to run hard liquor commercials. The first hint of the policy change will come this weekend, when a public ...