No 'Glee' in Thanksgiving Day Parade

101309glee.jpg Everybody in New York knows that Thanksgiving is about one thing and one thing only: self-promotion. So it is with honor for our melting-pot of a country that NBC has reportedly banned the cast of 'Glee' from performing at the Thanksgiving Day Parade. The cast of the hit Fox show was set to sing their hit cover of "Don't Stop Believin'" for the 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but apparently NBC didn't want to showcase their rivals' hit show. But wait, now who will provide the traditional Journey sing-along our forefathers fought for?

Though no contract had been signed with NBC, parade promoters had invited the cast to perform. The choreography and costumes had already been designed by the time NBC cancelled the appearance. One NBC insider told the Post "They never thought about having to ask permission [of NBC officials] before bringing anyone on." The insider does point out that other non NBC acts have graced the floats, such as 'American Idol' contestants and members of the 'High School Musical' cast, the only difference being that 'Glee' is currently on the air. Sigh, we guess we'll just have to hope for another internet sensation to hit the parade, as rickrolling died last Thanksgiving.

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Lame. Not that I'm a Glee fan, but I don't think NBC should get to ban acts from competing networks from a public street.

This doesn't exactly seem to be in the spirt of Thanksgiving, now does it!

Here's to hoping they replace it with a full-cast rendition of "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" Synergy!

The Sheinhardt Wig company's standards and ethics board would never approve...

If that is their reason, then I'm okay with that.

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NBC still thinks it owns the world. Not after your year of massive layoffs.

Having the Olympics and the Macy's parade does not make NBC the top network.

Thank God. Journey was such a good band before the Sopranos ruined them for everyone who already knew and loved them.

I don't like Glee, but who the hell is NBC to say what goes and what doesn't go in a parade they don't actually run? There's tons of other rival channels that get floats up, so why is NBC so threatened by Glee? Oh yeah, because they're in last place and destroyed their lineup by canceling their good shows (Southland for example) and replaced it with Jay Leno, who no one wants to see at 10PM EVERY WEEKDAY.

Go NBC! And 30 Rock for that matter! Glee is overrated and shouldn't be getting publicity on NBC's time. NBC has every right to kick them out.

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