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Follows
"The Huntley-Brinkley Report" (1956)
Referenced in
Network (1976)
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf (#3.15)" (1978)
 -  Mentioned during the cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton (#4.13)" (1979)
 -  Mentioned by Fred Silverman
"Saturday Night Live: Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones (#4.16)" (1979)
 -  Mentioned during the cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Sting (#13.1)" (1987)
 -  Mentioned during Weekend Update
"The Golden Girls: Letter to Gorbachev (#3.6)" (1987)
 -  This show's theme music is heard.
"Murphy Brown: Set Me Free (#1.7)" (1988)
 -  Miles mentions competition with the three network anchors
"Married with Children: Heels on Wheels (#7.15)" (1993)
 -  NBC is announced to be on sale. Peggy calls them and asks: "If I buy the news division do I get to use Tom Brokaw any way I want to?" She's offered Bryant Gumbel instead and declines.
"Law & Order: Disciple (#9.15)" (1999)
 -  mentioned by a witness to determine when dead body was "delivered" to ER ("Tom Brokaw" was on TV)
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Prince (#31.12)" (2006)
 -  a character appears on the show
"Saturday Night Live: Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige (#31.15)" (2006)
 -  referenced on Weekend update
"Saturday Night Live: Brian Williams/Feist (#33.4)" (2007)
 -  Referenced throughout the show
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-10)" (2008)
 -  This program was referenced.
Featured in
"Quantum Leap: Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972 (#1.3)" (1989)
 -  Clip is featured with John Chancellor reporting about George McGovern
American Dream (1990)
 -  A clip of Tom Brokaw reporting on the strike is shown.
The Panama Deception (1992)
 -  Clips are shown.
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV)
Spin (1995)
 -  Clips featuring Tom Brokaw are shown.
The '70s (2000) (TV)
 -  Part of a montage of happenings during the Watergate scandals
Goodbye 2000 (2000) (TV)
The Laramie Project (2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV)
Miracle (2004)
 -  On TV.
Paper Clips (2004)
 -  Tom Brokaw introduces a piece on the news show about the paper clips project.
"I Love the '90s" (2004)
 -  Footage from this daily news show was edited into this mini-series.
How It Began (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
Sometimes in April (2005) (TV)
 -  The news show relays the facts of the genocide in Rwanda in this movie.
"America Undercover: Left of the Dial" (2005)
 -  a clip is shown
The War Tapes (2006)
 -  A few clips seen
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
We Are Marshall (2006)
 -  John Chancellor reports on the plane crash
Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)
 -  Brief clip of Brian Williams report
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-04)" (2008)
 -  Features clips from an undated broadcast.
Spoofed in
"The Simpsons: Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade (#14.3)" (2002)
 -  Among others, this episode spoofs NBC news program.
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Prince (#31.12)" (2006)
 -  Spoofed in NBC Nightly News of the future skit

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