Dexter: Dramatically Different Television

A commercial for Dexter with a tagline Dramatically Different Television was produced in 2008 by Australian channel Showcase and shown on Foxtel. It stars Michael C. Hall as a fictionalized version of himself.

Summary
A flight to Adelaide is delayed in one of the Australian airports.

Michael C. Hall is waiting for said flight and gets recognized by a man, which sparks the dialogue: Man: "Hey, you're the guy from Six Feet Under, Michael C. Hall, right?"

Michael C. Hall: "Yeah."

Man: "So what are you doing in Australia?"

Michael C. Hall: "Waiting for a plane."

Man: "Where are you going?"

Michael C. Hall: "Adelaide"

Man: "What's in Adelaide?"

Michael C. Hall: Well, apparently Adelaide has more serial killers per capita than any other city in Australia.

Man: "Really? Unfathomably I didn't know that."

Michael C. Hall: "Now you do."

Man nods uncomfortably and returns to reading newspaper, glancing at Michael C. Hall from time to time. Hall returns the stare for a time and then smiles as the Dexter logo appears with the sounds of knife slashing.

Narrator concludes: "Dexter. Dramatically different television. Only on Showcase."

Connections to the Series
The commercial seems to imply jokingly that Michael C. Hall, just like his character, is a serial killer of serial killers.

Controversy
The commercial was eventually removed from air in Australia for a gruesome underlying tone.

The 'fact' about Adelaide having more serial killers per capita than any other city in Australia is a common misconception which is highly disputable.

Trivia

 * Unlike most promos in the US, the Australian commercial utilizes the logo from the main title sequence of the series.
 * The tagline "Dexter. Dramatically Different Television" resembles Jeff Lindsay's novel titles such as Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
 * In Dexter Comics' second volume, Dexter: Down Under, Dexter actually goes to Australia.