Gruen (2015)

Series 2

Join host Wil Anderson, stalwarts Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft and other advertising industry experts to unpick the ways we're all bought and sold.

Released Sept. 9, 2015 Episode 35 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Talk

Keywords: tmdb.talk-show, tmdb.marketing, tmdb.advertising, tmdb.spin-off, tmdb.the-pitch

Production Companies: Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder

Network: ABC TV

Country: Australia
Languages: English

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Andrew Denton
Director

Todd Sampson
Self - Panellist

Russel Howcroft
Self - Panellist

Wil Anderson
Self - Host

S2E1 - Coffee & Telstra

Gruen returns to lift the lid on coffee ads, Telstra's outage crisis & new campaign. We talk hashtag crimes & head to Canada for new segment What Would Justin Do? The Pitch tries to convince US citizens to hand in their guns.

Aug. 3, 2016, midnight

S2E2 - Olympic Sponsorship

Wil, Russel, Todd and the panel will determine who gets marketing gold. We'll talk mascots, the census & why the US Lotto is advertised in Australia. The Pitch will try to sell Tasmania to China.

Aug. 10, 2016, midnight

S2E3 - Census Fail & Organ Donation

We pick over the bones of the Census Fail; why there hasn't been an Australian organ donation ad in a year; the clich's & repetition in Olympic ads; the Pitch to convince us that Bronze medals are better than Gold.

Aug. 17, 2016, midnight

S2E4 - Superannuation & FitnessFirst

The panel talks superannuation & showers; a Fitness First campaign that goes beyond the gym & into the bathroom; we prosecute brands for crimes against language; The Pitch tries to bring civility back to the Internet.

Aug. 24, 2016, midnight

S2E5 - Dadvertising & Paralympics Campaign

Gruen is back to find out why we buy what we buy. And why the ads on the side of our internet browser want us to buy more. Wil, Russel, Todd & a team of new & familiar faces will deconstruct the advertising landscape.

Aug. 31, 2016, midnight

S2E6 - Sugar & Awareness Campaigns

On Gruen this week: how to sell sugar - a product consumers don't find so sweet anymore. Plus the rise of awareness campaigns; a Pitch to pave the Great Barrier Reef and the never-ending toothpaste arms race.

Sept. 7, 2016, midnight

S2E7 - Funerals & Men's Fragrance

Sept. 14, 2016, midnight

S2E8 - Plebiscite & Samsung

Sept. 21, 2016, midnight

S2E9 - Fruit & Feminine Hygiene

How do you sell fruit? The most talked about feminine hygiene ad of the year; the fastest growing sector in advertising: gambling; What Would Justin Do? Plus two agencies Pitch to retire the vote after 60.

Sept. 28, 2016, midnight

S2E10 - Lamb & Banks

Gruen looks at lamb, the banks & the biggest advertising trend of the year: brands trying to be noble. Plus an extra dose of the PM everyone deserves & a Pitch to convince everyone to stop watching TV.

Oct. 5, 2016, midnight

Network: ABC TV

Episode Runtime: 35 min.

Season Runtime: 1331 min.

Released: Sept. 9, 2015

Last Air Date: July 16, 2025, midnight

Status: Returning Series

Certification: NR

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