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HOME > The Osbournes'Osborunes' commercial pricing breaks $100k, breaks pricing record
By Reality TV World staff, 05/15/2002
AdAge.com reports that, already a cultural and ratings success, The Osbournes is now a smash hit for MTV's advertising department.
ESPN's Sunday Night Football has been regularly inking deals in the $125,000 to $135,000 unit price range. But beyond sports, no regular cable series price had reached $100,000 until Ozzy Osbourne and his family hit prime time. The Osbournes didn't start out with a big payday. Before the show launched, lucky advertisers secured ad time for $10,000 to $15,000 per 30-second commercial. When ratings began to climb, advertisers raced to buy time and pricing shot up. At an average of $40,000 per 30-second spot, MTV could have nabbed $9.6 million in advertising sales for the series that aired at 10:30 p.m. ET. The family was paid about $200,000 for the entire 10-episode run. For the week ending May 5, The Osbournes season finale was the highest-rated cable series of the week, posting a Nielsen Media Research 3.8 rating, and reaching 4.1 million households.
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