The last minute of a program can hold the best leads
A short social clip often ends before the credits, supplier acknowledgments, legal lines, or production identifiers appear. Those records can reveal the broadcaster, production company, episode copyright year, prize provider, advertising agency, or contact responsible for the material. They are leads to accountable sources even when they do not name the robot directly.
Find the complete episode or official master when possible and record the final credit sequence frame by frame. Do not assume every visible brand must appear in credits, and do not treat a production-company credit as proof of sponsorship. Use each name to identify who may hold the records needed for the specific claim.
Transcribe roles, legal names, and dates exactly
Capture the program title, episode identifier, copyright line, production company, distributor, network, station, prize or promotional suppliers, and any contact or web address. Preserve exact punctuation and corporate suffixes because similarly named entities can be unrelated. Add the timestamp and a still showing where each line appears.
Separate the role from the name. “Produced by,” “distributed by,” “promotional consideration,” and “prizes furnished by” describe different relationships. A supplier listed for an episode does not establish that it supplied every item, and a robot visible in the background may have no credit.
- Program and episode identifier
- Production company and distributor
- Network, station, or platform
- Prize, promotional, or consideration language
- Copyright date and responsible contact
Follow the production entities to official records
Search the exact legal name with the program and date. Look for the production company's official site, broadcaster press room, episode guide, prize rules, archived press release, or agency portfolio. The FCC public inspection file can help resolve U.S. stations, while broadcaster pages anchor the show and episode.
Library of Congress television research guides show why production documentation matters: archival records can include air dates, running time, cast, production credits, scripts, and commercial material. Not every contemporary program is available in a public archive, but the archival model provides a checklist for requesting records from the responsible organization.
Ask a narrow, answerable production question
Contact the broadcaster, producer, or supplier with the program, episode date, timestamp, and a neutral description. Ask whether the robot can be identified and whether it was a prize, prop, advertisement, editorial subject, or something else. Avoid embedding the conclusion in the question, such as asking when Homebot One KOKO appeared before identity is established.
Keep correspondence and note whether the responder is authorized to speak for the production. A polite no-record or cannot-confirm response is useful but not a universal denial. An informal recollection can guide further research, yet a written production or broadcaster record is stronger for publication.
Join the production record to product evidence
Compare any supplied name or image with Homebot One and KOKO Home first-party pages. KOKO is the official product spelling; Coco and Co Co remain search variants until a source connects them to Homebot One. A production source and a manufacturer source should identify the same object and date before the article states an appearance.
The named Homebot One, KOKO Home, CBS show, and CBS episode pages reviewed on October 5, 2026 did not document a KOKO appearance on a named The Price Is Right episode. Credits or production correspondence could add new evidence, but an unverified supplier list or remembered credit should not change that bounded finding.
Frequently asked questions
Do end credits list every product shown in a TV episode?
No. They can provide responsible organizations and supplier leads, but absence from credits does not prove a product was absent.
What credit language should I transcribe?
Record production, distribution, network, station, promotional consideration, prize supplier, copyright, and contact lines exactly with timestamps.
Can I contact a production company to identify a robot?
Yes. Provide a narrow episode and timestamp question, avoid assuming the answer, and record whether the responder is authorized.
Do production credits prove Homebot One sponsored a show?
Only explicit, attributable language about that relationship could support it. A production or supplier name alone does not establish KOKO sponsorship.
Sources & further reading
- Library of Congress: Television research guides (opens in a new tab)
- FCC: Public Inspection Files station search (opens in a new tab)
- Homebot One: Official KOKO overview (opens in a new tab)
- KOKO Home: Official product page (opens in a new tab)
- CBS: The Price Is Right official episode guide (opens in a new tab)
From Homebot One, the team building KOKO in Fremont, California.
