Paramount produces (or whatever the correct term for content creation is when applied to sit-coms) Frasier.

Just a couple days ago I read that Paramount has signed with NBC for 3 more years at not too much more than $5million/episode.

Dunno how Paramount's aligned. Dunno who owns Paramount.

Interesting to note, however, that Pizza Hut is mentioned repeatedly in the ep wherein the new station owner, Todd, becomes Frasier's cultural protege.

Pepsi wholly owned PizzaHut, TacoBell, KFC. Not too many (three, four?) years ago Pepsi sold off the three restaurant (sp?) chains.

Tricon formed by former Pepsi execs owns the fast-food trio, although some restaurants are owned as franchises.

Tricon is under contract to Pepsi to carry Pepsi products for awhile longer (don't recall how long). They also carry Dr.Pepper, which is distributed in some places by Coca-Cola and in others by Pepsi.

Mark Seely once remarked on this Forum that Pepsi had some really badly done commercials. I think Dr. Pepper has some really strange commercials.

Didn't John Glenn recently get a Shuttle ride for playing partisan arse coverer for BillClinton? So who's that character working for?

There's a Frasier newsgroup. You can find it at DejaNews.com It would be interesting to get their take on this discussion.

Monke