Channel One News advertises Snickers and video games to middle school students. This type of advertising caused Channel One to lose thousands of schools.

Channel One News advertised a broad range of junk food and drink before the food companies themselves refused to continue the ads in schools. Other food products deemed “acceptable” and “beneficial” to young people where M&Ms, Skittles, Pepsi, Mtn. Dew, Mug Root Beer, Lay’s Potato Chips, Doritos, McDonald’s French Fries, and Hostess Cupcakes and Twinkies.