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Jason Alexander appears as "Chicken Fanatic" in new $200 million KFC® advertising campaign

LOUISVILLE, KY - KFC today announced a new $200 million advertising campaign featuring actor Jason Alexander as a "Chicken Fanatic." The first 30-second commercial will begin airing during prime time on network television on Sunday, July 29. The new tagline is: "There's Fast Food. Then There's KFC."

The campaign has been developed to tap a competitive nerve against bland food found at other fast food restaurants, especially the hamburger chains. KFC hopes its new campaign is the boldest threat yet to capturing share of stomach from the burger giants.

"KFC is declaring war on ordinary, assembled, mundane fast food. There is no need for consumers to compromise taste and quality for fast food convenience," said Cheryl Bachelder, KFC Corporation President and Chief Concept Officer. "It's time America stops calling a burger and fries dinner."

Since Colonel Sanders perfected his Original Recipe Chicken® made with 11 secret herbs and spices nearly fifty years ago, KFC has become the most popular chicken around the world. "We use only real chicken, hand-breaded fresh from scratch in our restaurants every day, and slow cooked to tender, juicy perfection," Bachelder added.

Jason Alexander appears as a "Chicken Fanatic" in the first campaign spot featuring KFC's Original Recipe Chicken. Alexander is on a humorous mission to find people who eat boring and bland burgers, and convert them into KFC devotees. Widely recognized for his popular role on Seinfeld, Alexander soon will star in the upcoming "Bob Patterson" sitcom scheduled to debut on network television this fall.

KFC's latest salvo in the fast food wars goes head-to-head against burger competitors for market share. As part of the campaign, KFC is taking out a full-page print advertisement in USA Today with an "Eat This" coupon offer:

"To rediscover the taste of KFC's golden, juicy, Original Recipe chicken with 11 herbs and spices, clip this coupon. To remember the taste of an ordinary processed fast food hamburger, eat this coupon."

This advertising campaign is the first branding effort by BBDO New York since the agency was asked to create advertising for KFC last year.

KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Ky., is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain specializing in Original Recipe®, Extra Crispy™ and Colonel’s Crispy Strips® chicken with home-style sides and freshly made chicken sandwiches. Since its founding by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952, KFC has been serving customers delicious, already-prepared complete family meals at affordable prices. There are over 11,000 KFC outlets in more than 80 countries and territories around the world serving some 8 million customers each day. KFC is a subsidiary of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., Louisville, Ky. (NYSE: YUM.)