'First' weed TV ad on major networks has false start

[The Straight Story]

You wouldn't buy your sushi from a creepy guy wearing a tank top and hanging out in an alley. So why would you buy your weed from that same sketchy fella?

That's the message in a hilarious one-minute ad for MarijuanaDoctors.com, a service linking patients with real doctors who prescribe medical marijuana.

"I got the finest Sashimi this area has seen in years."

USA Today reports Comcast agreed to run the ad on local cable systems in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Chicago. A Comcast representative said the ad would run between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. and would not appear on networks for children.

The ad was touted as the very first marijuana ad to make it on major networks and The Verge reported Tuesday that "the commercial appeared on Fox, CNN, ESPN, Comedy Central, AMC, and Discovery, among a number of other networks throughout New Jersey and Chicago." Just one problem — the ad never showed up on those networks.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/national/first-weed-tv-ad-major-networks-has-false-start/nd8hp/

[Bluenorthwest]

1. What a non story, Ads for Cannabis Clinics have been on Comcast cable locally here

in Oregon since I'd say 2011. And those cable channels are just cable channels, not 'major networks'. There are barge loads of ads on Fox such that are never on the actual major networks because Fox is far cheaper, note the lack of Primetime NBC ads for reverse mortgages with Fred Thompson.
One of the appeals of cable advertising is that it can be localized, NJ, MA, Chicago is what this story says. We in Oregon have had such ads for ages. Sorry.