NBC Pulls ‘Glee’ From Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

When I was little we would get up on Thanksgiving morning, the smell of turkey in the air, and flip on the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was what everyone who grew up in the 80′s and 90′s did on Thanksgiving morning. This of course, was only a prelude to what followed: football and eating until your dad had to undo his pants in order to breathe.

Sigh…it’s not like that anymore.

Last year, I couldn’t even find the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on any of our local channels. And when I finally came across it, a soap opera star was co-hosting with Leeza Gibbons as the Noid balloon was sailing by. Do you remember the Noid?

This year, however, I let out my little girl squee when I read that the cast of my absolutely new favorite show ‘Glee’ would be featured in the parade. Makes sense: singing, dancing, balloons. It screams ‘Glee’.

However, ‘Glee’ airs on Fox kitttens, and those NBC chach-monkeys are cold hearted when it comes to promoting a show that is already beloved when they’re stuck with fab comedies like ‘Parks and Recreation’.

Via TMZ:

“Sources tell us Macy’s invited the ‘Glee’ cast — the deal was all but signed — but when rival NBC found out, they told the department store to pull the plug.”

NBC airs the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and are therefore responsible for both the Noid and the lack of ‘Glee’. I guess I will have to stick with my new Thanksgiving Day ritual: watching ‘Golden Girls’ in my underwear while surfing the internet for green bean casserole recipes.

Image Via: Time Out Chicago