Originally Posted by Jel

banners = shit. put up images that look like streaming videos, leading to the sponsor and if they have them, a good episode trailer landing page.

I assume the 5k a day is to your site, 5% ctr on standard banners = 250 a day... not really much to go on. Get it up to 25% with decent text links + 'videos' that are just new banners, and you should see improvement on your earnings.