• Premiered: May 2008
  • Episodes: 173
  • Followers: 37
  • Running
  • ABC1
  • Wednesday at 20
  • Comedy Documentary

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Season 9
9x1
NBN & Hipsters
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 13, 2017
Gruen returns to ask: How do you sell the NBN, why big companies are bashing hipsters and the weird advertising trend of rapid aging. A Pitch to convince North Korea to aim somewhere else and Ads You Couldn't Make in 2017.
9x2
Online Dating & Apple Watch
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 20, 2017
The 100th episode of the show that unpicks the dark arts of advertising, branding & spin. How to sell online dating when the product is you. A new Apple Watch campaign which is a .. show full overview
9x3
Same-Sex Postal Vote & Racism
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 2017
How brands are hijacking the same-sex postal vote. Ads that attempt to fix racism using comedy. Plus a Pitch for a one house policy, the science of marketing and more ads you couldn't make in 2017.
9x4
ATM Fees & Shopkins
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 2017
How banks are slashing ATM fees while still cashing in; Aussie toy Shopkins and the business of selling shopping to kids; what's going on in betting ads and a pitch to push for politicians to be born overseas.
9x5
Eggs & BHP
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 2017
This week: something we consume 15.9 million of a day & barely advertise: eggs; why BHP is banging on about superannuation & a Pitch to convince men to go to the doctor. Plus a mind-boggling ad that couldn't get made in 2017.
9x6
Amazon & McHappy Day
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 2017
Amazon is coming, so what are Aussie retailers doing to defend themselves? A Pitch to rehabilitate the image of the creepy clown. Plus we look at McHappy Day - when charity and brands collide.
9x7
Equal Pay & Hillsong Church
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 2017
How advertising is tackling equal pay. One of Australia's biggest brands: the Hillsong church. A Pitch to make us turn off the news and why limited edition products are swamping supermarket shelves.
9x8
Wine & Piracy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 2017
Uncorking the marketing successes and failures of the six billion dollar Australian wine industry. A Pitch to convince parents not to have kids. A new push against piracy. Plus more ads from the vault labelled 'never again'.
9x9
A.I. & Streets
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 2017
The AI assistant arms race - how Amazon, Google & Apple are trying to move in to your home; Streets ice cream & consumer boycotts; a Pitch to make uni free plus another commercial from the museum of advertising shame
9x10 Season finale
Taylor Swift & Headaches
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 2017
On the series final of Gruen we look at Taylor Swift's launch of her PR-tinged new album Reputation & how she's changing the music industry in 2017; we rebrand the humble headache; plus a Pitch for a jingle to unite us all.

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