Faith Hill on NBC. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
NFL-NBC cross-promotion: What are they missing?
Where else on its schedule can NBC put the NFL?
September 6, 2011 at 8:47PM
"Full-force corporate synergy" is the description used in this Associated Press story to describe the NFL's near omnipresence on NBC-related and -owned properties in the run-up to the Green Bay-New Orleans opener on Thursday (and on NBC). They include: "The Tonight Show," "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," "The Today Show," the Weather Channel, Telemundo, E!, "Access Hollywood," (with a profile on Faith Hill, above) and even the Universal theme park.
While we relish the chance for Fallon and Jay Leno to be funny again, we're also wondering if some NBC shows will feel left out. And don't worry: They are including "America's Got Talent," so Washington, San Francisco and Jacksonville don't need to open up their quarterback battles again.
Some other "opportunities" might include:
An all-NFL version of "Celebrity Apprentice": Seems like the perfect play for Terrelle Pryor and Jim Tressel to bury the hatchet. After sitting out five games, of course.
"Parenthood": In which Tiki Barber has to find an NFL job?
"The Biggest Loser": Paging Al Davis?
See any cross-over options that NBC is missing? Like something for that last hour of "Today," even when the NFL season is over?
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