# Why aren't condoms advertised on TV?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 11, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047 "2013-05-11T02:27:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047/21 "2013-05-14T21:26:43Z")

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> [@Snickers](#):
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> You obviously don’t watch LogoTV. They’ve got hysterical commercials during RuPaul involving a gay couple and puppets. Seriously, I’d watch the channel just for the commercials!

I’m gonna have to call “cite?!” on that one.

Not because I don’t believe you, but because I’ve got to see that, and google is failing me! 😃

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047/22 "2013-05-14T22:45:22Z")

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> [@Snickers](#):
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> You obviously don’t watch LogoTV. They’ve got hysterical commercials during RuPaul involving a gay couple and puppets. Seriously, I’d watch the channel just for the commercials!

??? I’ve seen a PSA for the STI conversation featuring the cast of _Avenue Q_, is there another one with puppets?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047/23 "2013-05-15T02:18:30Z")

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Condom ads are not unlike ads for hard liquor:

- The broadcast TV networks are unlikely to accept them at all (and certainly not during prime time)
- Some cable networks will be happy to take them, particularly on later-evening programming.

As has been noted above, Trojan tends to advertise on networks / programs that skew towards young men, as well as on Logo.

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**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047/24 "2013-05-16T00:42:51Z")

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The best promotional video I’ve ever seen for condoms was in a scene from Lethal Weapon 2

–G!  
…In one ear and out the rubber!

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