General Mills is joining the trend of scripted shows as ads. General Mills debuted The Snacktime Sketch Show on YouTube this week, kicking off with a Love Island parody. Releasing weekly through November, six-minute episodes star Totino’s, Gushers, and Nature Valley as the main characters in a mix of workplace chaos, reality TV drama, and tech parody Gen Z will instantly recognize. The move builds on the success of their Must Cinnadust campaign for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which turned fan memes into TikTok challenges, and shows the brand further leaning into social-first storytelling as TV ad reach declines. With their net sales down 3% year-over-year, the brand is banking on humor and scroll-stopping creativity to keep its snacks relevant in Gen Z’s algorithm. (Marketing Dive)
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