Claire/Hayden on set

Tim Kring is a genius. Masi Oka is a rockstar. Ali Larter and Hayden Panittiere are smoking hot. NBC's new ipakita bayani is the talk of the town and for good reason. But there's one very big and painful problem with the ipakita 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 telebisyon ipakita until the araw I saw the pilot episode. Every time I see that Nissan Versa or the mention of it on the ipakita makes me cringe. The mansanas iPod video was a little less blatant, but irritating nonetheless. Product placement...