Cannes Lions
NBCUNIVERSAL, New York / HONDA / 2018
Overview
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Description
Aspiring actor Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) has the worst agent! She constantly sends him all over town to the wrong auditions. We see Jack in his all new 2018 Accord as he finally has the opportunity of a lifetime—playing a Trophy in a Honda Accord commercial! Does his agent Myrna finally have it right?
Execution
The creators of Will & Grace developed a B-story line for star Sean Hayes in his iconic role of Jack. A longform :90 piece aired in a commercial break as an isolated pod, allowing for a seamless and commercial-free experience. An additional :30 piece aired across networks within the NBCU portfolio and outside of the show. A series of social and digital pieces pushed out from the entire NBCU portfolio's handles extended the story to achieve maximum reach.
Outcome
The results of this custom content campaign exceeded expectations and showed noteworthy consumer engagement across platforms. The Honda Accord custom content delivered the highest search engagement for all automotive brands and increased Honda’s social fan footprint by +20% during launch week. Honda’s social synch post outperformed the average Facebook TV branded content by 9X. As a result of this partnership, Honda’s ad awareness increased by +42%.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, EDO, ListenFirst, and YouGov.
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