Dave and Buster's $5 Bites TV Spot, 'The Dave and Buster's Method: Trade' Featuring Micah Parsons.

800 commercials After starring in more than 800 commercials, the long-running Dave Thomas Campaign made him one of the nation's most recognizable spokesmen.

800 commercial advertisements Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. In this role, Thomas appeared in more than 800 commercial advertisements for the chain from 1989 to 2002, more than any other company founder in television history.

The world's longest running TV commercial is the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial, produced by Swartwout Productions (Arizona, USA) and first aired in 1975. The same commercial has been aired continuously every year in parts of the USA.

Procter & Gamble In 2021, Procter & Gamble won the title of the largest advertiser worldwide, having invested 8.1 billion in promotional activities that year.

The 10 biggest brand advertisers on TV in 2021

• Kohl's, 32.1 billion.
• Tide (Procter & Gamble), 32.4 billion.
• Downy (Procter & Gamble), 32.6 billion.
• McDonald's, 33.3 billion.
• Allstate, 37.3 billion.
• T-Mobile, 41.3 billion.
• Progressive, 59.4 billion.

Old Spice's Inception-style TV ad is the longest ever at 14 hours - and will run forever online. If you have a product which lasts "forever" then what's the most appropriate way to advertise it? Well, how about with a commercial that will also never end?

The world's first television commercial aired on July 1, 1941 during a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The ad was for Bulova Watches, a company still in operation today.

In 2022, Amazon was the largest advertiser in the United States, with advertising investments reaching around 13.5 billion U.S. dollars. Other prominent advertisers on this list included Comcast, Procter & Gamble, Walt Disney, and Alphabet (Google).

The Biggest Linear TV Advertisers in 2021

• Liberty Mutual Insurance – Gym. No. of Airings 16,000.
• Domino's Pizza – Return of the Noid. No. of Airings 32,000.
• GEICO – Tag Team Helps with Dessert. No. of Airings 17,000.
• Progressive Insurance – Break from Work. No. of Airings 10,000.
• Tide – Don't Pay for Clean Water, Pay for Clean.

Most TV shows run anywhere between 10–100 minutes. With the average “hour-long” show running for about 42 minutes and the “half-hour” shows running from about 22 minutes to the full 30, minus commercial breaks (remember commercial breaks?).

Procter & Gamble made one for Old Spice and it's just been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest commercial ever. The company made it to promote Old Spice's new Durascent technology. You probably missed it. The 14-hour ad aired on December 8, 2018, in São Paulo, Brazil, according to Guinness.