2007-05-16 14:40:20 · 6 answers · asked by EK 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Comedy
They're not technically commercials, it's product placement. Ford just gives (or loans) Freemantle (the company that makes Idol) cars and Freemantle sells them time with-in the show.
Also, I would guess Ford doesn't buy the rights to use them elsewhere, and they wouldn't be able to air anywhere but FOX, since CBS isn't going to run a commerical to promotes a FOX show.
2007-05-16 15:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by cerah_micah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause Ford sponsors the show! They let the Idols and staff drive the cars and I think the winner gets a car too!
2007-05-16 14:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by Babycakes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the Ford/American Idol commercials are lame!
2007-05-16 14:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder that too. After all they cost a lot of money and they are all really good I think. They're better than a lot of the car commercials they play over and over and over till you're sick of hearing them.
2007-05-16 15:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by Helen L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get more coverage on the show anyway than they would during regular commercial breaks
2007-05-16 16:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are just for the show. That's the way that they've done it since the show began.
2007-05-16 14:44:29 · answer #6 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋