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Charles Curtis

MLB fans demolished the bizarre House of the Dragon promo that interrupted Yankees – Gaurdians Game 1

A message to advertisers: We don’t need a full-blown production to let us know there’s a new episode of a show. We’re all fine with, “All new episodes of [insert series here] streaming now … etc etc.”

(Although I’m fully aware that I’m publishing a post about this particular advertisement, so maybe I’m wrong here.)

During Tuesday’s Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees Game 1 of the ALDS, Bob Costas started talking about how he wasn’t “100 percent sure” the game was going to be played.

The TBS broadcast cut to Lauren Shehadi, who pointed out a (CGI, obviously) dragon from House of the Dragon was hanging out over Yankee Stadium.

Fans weren’t happy:

Here's the ad

And the reaction

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