Kaley Cuoco Hired To Tweet Hopper Ad For Dish While Her Network Sues The Company Over The Ad-Eliminating Service [VIDEO]

Kaley Cuoco tweeted an ad for Dish's new Hopper service on Wednesday, despite the fact that CBS, the network that produces the actress's show "Big Bang Theory" is suing the satellite TV provider.

"Amazing!" Kaley Cuoco tweeted to her 1.2 million Twitter followers along with a link to a Hopper commercial that features users watching TV on a little phone, drinking little beers. "Watching live TV anywhere on the #Hopper looks pretty awesome! Now where can I find a tiny beer?"

The Hopper's Auto Hop feature automatically skips commercials and the networks are not too pleased about it.

CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC are suing Dish over the Auto Hop's ad skipping capabilities.

Dish spokesman John Hall told TheWrap that Cuoco was hired to tweet the ad.

"We've reached out to several different celebrities and those with influence for sponsored tweets and so I think [Kaley Cuoco] is one of many folks," John said. "Our goal is to introduce our products and services to consumers. We find people that consumers are paying attention to."

Cuoco allegedly removed the tweet after TheWrap inquired about it.

The major television networks are claiming that the Hopper's Auto Hop function jeopardizes their very existence.

CBS CEO Les Moonves spoke out about the Hopper to Deadline in September.

"[The Hopper] can't exist, [or] we will just not be on Dish," Moonves said.

The network exec pointed to the millions of dollars spent on a single episode for many of CBS's primetime shows.

 Moonves says the network will cancel their deal with the satellite TV provider if "the people at Dish say 'we can pull out the ads.'"

The following month, Dish Network's CEO Joe Clayton responded to Moonves's comments.

"[CBS] would be well advised to tune into the consumer," Clayton said. "Give the customer choice and control. Give the customer a better experience and we all win. Will innovation like the Auto-Hop improve the consumer experience? Of course it will. I don't know how the courts will rule on this. But I know that we've won in the court of public opinion...give [the people] what they want. Not a bunch of trash."

He accused Moonves of being part of the old guard of media.

"The days of commercials as we know them are limited," Clayton said. "It's not the 1950s any more."

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