Tim Kring is a genius. Masi Oka is a rockstar. Ali Larter and Hayden Panittiere are smoking hot. NBC's new Zeigen Heroes is the talk of the town and for good reason. But there's one very big and painful problem with the Zeigen that could only get worse with its popularity...selling out to big corporate ad dollars.

Never before have I seen such blatant product placement in a Fernsehen Zeigen until the Tag I saw the pilot episode. Every time I see that Nissan Versa oder the mention of it on the Zeigen makes me cringe. The apfel, apple iPod video was a little less blatant, but irritating nonetheless. Product placement...