60 from Super: No Seinfeld for Manning, Local Fans Miffed

Eli Manning can't watch his favorite show, Seinfeld, while he's in Green Bay prepping for the NFC Championship game. | Photos: AP/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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60 from Super: No Seinfeld for Manning, Local Fans Miffed

By Jay Sorgi

Audio: Jay Sorgi's report | Interview with Fox11's Jay Zollar on Wisconsin's Morning News

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As only Kramer could put it, "YOU'RE CRAZY!!!!"

Those words mirror the thoughts of Seinfeld fans in Titletown who want to see their favorite show Saturday night.

Fox11 in Green Bay is pulling the normal 5:30 broadcast of the show beacuse Giants QB Eli Manning calls it his favorite, and he's in town that night prepping for the Packers-Giants NFC Championship Game.

"I don't want to make him feel comfortable while he's in town, so we decided to pull the episode," said the master of the Fox11 domain, Jay Zollar.

After he made the decision, he got lots of complaint e-mail from local fans.

Said one Titletown e-mailer to Zollar:

"I think that is a terrible idea. I find it rude, unwelcoming, childish. If Green Bay wants a good image, that is not the way to go about getting it. I would hope you would run Seinfeld at its normal time slot and make our guests feel welcome."

And another from the area:

"I saw a comment in the crawl about voting for another show in place of Seinfeld, so Eli Manning couldn't watch his favorite show while in town. How unprofessional. In fact, it's downright childish. Is this how we treat visitors to our area? Do you really think a cheap trick like this would affect the outcome of the game? Tell me this is not for real."

Non-Seinfeld fans are voting on what show will air. So far, Zollar says the winner is a Vince Lombardi special that the station first aired 10 years ago.

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