satellite tv operator directv has pulled the plug on its popular advertising division .
the series of ads , which launched last october , featured the 50-year-old actor playing two characters : a handsome lowe in a slick suit who is always the directv customer and then an ` odd or awkward that the series of ads , which launched last october , featured a number of false claims and the watchdog has ruled that several of the campaign 's claims could be substantiated .