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Customer Steven Price sits at a table near a HDTV screen showing the new McDonald's Channel featuring a commercial about McCafe drinks at a McDonald's restaurant, part of the test market for the channel in Norwalk, California October 17. McDonald's Corp will roll out its own family-friendly, all high-definition television channel to nearly 800 restaurants in Southern and Central California by March. The move is part of an expanded test of the service, which the world's biggest hamburger chain one day hopes to take across the United States.

McDonald's Channel comes to California restaurants

Maybe I'm overreacting to the symbolism of this. Is adding television to fast food restaurants a good idea for a company that is trying to sell healthier food? Full story.

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Um, a t.v. that plugs their food all day? Great. And from the looks of those people in the pic, I'd say McDonald's is not doing them any favors. They should be showing Gastric bypass ads instead...Gosh, that company will not be happy until everybody is a fat, obese blob thanks to their food.

    Reply#1 - Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:35 PM EDT

    buxxy, I was thinking the exact same thing. Only 1 individual in that picture who is not deathly obese

      Reply#2 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:42 AM EDT

      buxxy, I was thinking the exact same thing. Only 1 individual in this picture is not morbidly obese.

        Reply#3 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:43 AM EDT

        All the McD's here have tvs that run news channels all day. I like that much better.

          Reply#4 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:58 AM EDT
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