# When did Theaters start showing tv commercials?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-theaters-start-showing-tv-commercials/713678>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-theaters-start-showing-tv-commercials/713678 "2015-02-26T17:08:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-theaters-start-showing-tv-commercials/713678/21 "2015-03-01T17:29:15Z")

</div>

Are you guys saying modern previews do not include TV shows? Not even Marvel advertizing their own shows before their movies?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-theaters-start-showing-tv-commercials/713678/22 "2015-03-01T21:24:59Z")

</div>

> [@aceplace57](#):
>
> When did that happen? Is declining ticket sales requiring this additional revenue source?

When I went to see _Teen Wolf_ back in 1985 the previews included a commercial for Dr. Pepper featuring Godzilla. I think it was [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOhUTnFhFwI) one.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-theaters-start-showing-tv-commercials/713678.md?page=1)