This is so "precious."
Don't Panic When NBC Goes Dark Prior to the Sunday Night Game
By Ryan Wilson on BobCostas
Filed under: Cowboys, Eagles, NFL Fans
I was just thinking the other day, "you know, NBC's Football Night in America really should give their take on the state of the environment." Because if there's one thing I love more than Bob Costas talking down to me, it's Bob Costas talking down to me while being reminded that we're all ruining the planet one aerosol can at a time.
According to USA Today's Michael Hiestand, "NBC's studio show will deliberately go dark for the last minute of the show - before fully lit coverage of Dallas-Philadelphia kicks off at about 8:15 p.m. ET - and stay dark during the halftime and postgame studio shows."
"...Starting at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC and its various cable channels begin a week of "green-themed" programming, weaving in environmental angles to all its shows.
To address that NBC "edict," Weisman says, FNA will show satellite shots of U.S. cities "to show all that electricity being used," turn its onscreen logos green and include Bob Costas talking to Matt Lauer, who'll be near the north pole to report for NBC's Today show next week. Says FNA analyst Jerome "The Bus" Bettis: "This week, I'm the hybrid bus."
So don't freak out when your television screen goes blank just before the start of the Cowboys-Eagles game. And turn off all those lights while you're at it. What, you think electricity grows on trees? Wasteful jerks. |
