In December 2009, a new television competition series called The Sing-Off aired on NBC.

Banacek ( pronounced ' BAN-a-check ') is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974.

Friends ( stylized as F • R • I • E • N • D • S ) is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004.

Afterwards it became the only Godzilla film to receive a television premiere on a major U. S network, as NBC aired it on prime time television in the summer of 1977, where it was hosted by actor John Belushi dressed in a Godzilla costume.

You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on radio on ABC ( which aired it from 1947 – 49 ), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman ; and then on CBS ( 1949 – 50 ), and finally NBC, continuing until May 1961 — on radio only, 1947 – 1950 ; on both radio and television, 1950 – 1960 ; and on television only, 1960-1961.

An animated holiday special, The Happy Elf, aired on NBC in December 2005, with Connick as the composer, the narrator, and one of the executive producers.

Connick's first episode was " Official Story ", which aired January 18, 2012 on NBC.

* 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.

* Monitor ( NBC Radio ), an NBC Radio program which aired from 1955 to 1975

* Musical Merry-Go-Round, a NBC TV series which aired from 1947 to 1949

NBC later acquired the rights to the film around the time it first aired on the network.

Falk first played Columbo in Prescription: Murder, a 1968 TV-movie, and from 1971 to 1978 Columbo aired regularly on NBC as part of the umbrella series NBC Mystery Movie.

* Profiler ( TV series ), a television drama series about a criminologist profiler that aired on NBC

On January 20, 2000 the SOAPnet network began retransmitting soap operas originally aired on ABC, NBC and CBS.

Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969.

Next came the unexpected sleeping juggernaut, Star Trek, conceived by Gene Roddenberry, and aired on NBC.

However, they had neglected to inform NBC and Castle Rock of the change, and when the season premiere aired, they were surprised and unimpressed, and requested that they return to the original style.

Following the game, NBC aired the premiere episode of The A-Team, beginning the tradition of the game's host network airing programming after the game.

CBS would have received Super Bowl XXVII as part of the rotation while NBC would have aired Super Bowl XXVI.

Less than two weeks before the game was aired, NBC had shown a Peanuts special, You're In the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown, in which the character Melody-Melody wins the Punt, Pass & Kick contest wearing a Dallas Cowboys uniform.

NBC aired the premiere of The John Larroquette Show following the game.

As opposed to ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and WB stations, some UPN affiliates aired the weekend children's program block on Sunday mornings instead of Saturdays.

The series aired on NBC and Shawn Weatherly was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in informational programming.

In 1952, Fosdick was the star of his own short-lived puppet show on NBC, featuring the Mary Chase marionettes.

In 2006, Wallach made a guest appearance on the NBC show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, playing a former writer who was blacklisted in the 1950s.

NBC lasted until 1991, but attempted to bring them back in 1993 before cancelling its game show block again in 1994.

His next show was a one-hour variety show on NBC in 1967-69.

Craig's orchestra was also the first to broadcast over local radio station WSM-AM and enjoyed phenomenal success with a 12-year show on the NBC Radio Network.

* 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy / variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.

When NBC tried to cancel it in early 1968, the show was so popular among fans that a campaign organized by Bjo Trimble successfully demanded its return, redefining the relationship between television networks and audiences.

* The NBC reality series Lost ended up with a truncated run as the second episode of the show was to air on the night of the 11th and subsequently edited down from six to five episodes airing in December 2001, with copious editing done due to the show's finish line being shot at a pre-attacked Statue of Liberty.

Charlie Jones served as the event's host, field reporter and would cover the trophy presentation ( prior to the 1975 NFL season, NBC did not have a pregame show ).

During that year, legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini made his first of ten TV appearances conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and Texaco Star Theater, starring comedian Milton Berle, became television's first gigantic hit show.

On NBC, the television show Starting Over used Sylvia Villagran as the voice-over narrator to tell a story.

After over 30 years, the show switches to NBC on March 26, 1982.

Actor Kevin McCorkle played Grissom in the third season finale of the NBC television show American Dreams.

Rival NBC paid affiliates for every sponsored show they carried and charged them for every sustaining show they ran.

One day, while Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll were hard at work at NBC writing their venerable Amos and Andy show, a knock came on the door ; it was Paley himself, with an astonishing offer: " Whatever you are getting now I will give you twice as much.

NBC did air the show individually in mid-season ( post 1986 ) after it was not initially announced for their fall schedule.

NBC had a policy that no handicapped jokes could be aired on the show, making his stand-up routine difficult to perform without mentioning words such as " wheelchair ".

In February 2007, the show was syndicated to many ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates where a MyNetworkTV or Fox station did not carry it ; it was cancelled in June 2009.

NBC did consent to make a kinescope of each show — a reference copy filmed directly off a TV screen.

Vera Wang's design was referenced in the NBC television show The West Wing in the episode " The Black Vera Wang ".

The character is in part based on C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower hero, and NBC wanted the show to emphasize the captain's " rugged individualism ".

In the NBC television show Kings, butterflies are the national symbol of the fictional nation of Gilboa and a sign of God's favor.

Grant Tinker, later President of NBC and MTM Enterprises, got his start as an assistant on the show.