NBC "Chime In" On-Air Spots (2008-2009)

Over the course of time, from January 4, 2008 to September 13, 2009, NBC has aired its iconic "Chime In" spots which featured NBC stars and music video celebrities (such as Zachary Levi, The Flaming Lips, Rainn Wilson, Howie Mandel and mostly, Donald Trump) singing/or performing the NBC chimes, each of them lasting 10 seconds long (except for the extended versions of the Flaming Lips spot and the T.I. spot). With over thirteenth years of these behind us, some will go missing.

• A on-air spot featuring Jimmy Fallon from "Classic SNL" (2008).
• An alternate on-air spot featuring Jimmy Fallon from "Classic SNL" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Donald Trump from "The Apprentice" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Howie Mandel from "Deal or No Deal" (2008).
• An alternate on-air spot featuring Howie Mandel from "Deal or No Deal" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Jane Krakowski from "30 Rock" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Lindsay Price, Brooke Shields and Kim Raver from "Lipstick Jungle" (2008) ​(FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair from "Kath & Kim" (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer from "The Office" (FULL version) (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Zachary Levi from "Chuck" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Rainn Wilson from "The Office" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka from "Heroes" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Christopher Meloni from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Ali Larter from "Heroes" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring The Flaming Lips (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring T.I. (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Clint Black (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring The B-52s (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Richie Sambora (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring B.B. King (2008) (FOUND).
• An extended on-air spot featuring The Flaming Lips (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring KITT from "Knight Rider" (FULL version) (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the cast of "The Office" are watching Rainn Wilson plays a flute at Dunder Mifflin (FULL version) (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Jason Lee from "My Name Is Earl" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Patricia Arquette from "Medium" (FULL version) (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi from "Life" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the ringing telephones for "The Office" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the ringing of cash registers for "Deal or No Deal" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring objects striking metal for "America's Toughest Jobs" (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring a metal clanking for "Crusoe" (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Christian Slater from "My Own Worst Enemy" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Carson Daly from "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Kenan Thompson from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Amy Poehler from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Andy Samberg from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Casey Wilson from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Darrell Hammond from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Zach Braff from "Scrubs" (early 2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the cast of "Chuck" are watching the snoring man (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair at the restaurant (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the beeping of a heart rate monitor for "ER" (2008).
• A NBC DFW spot featuring the bell ringing of the streetcar (2008) (FOUND).
• A NBC DFW spot featuring a boy riding a bicycle before the bell rings (2008) (FOUND).
• A NBC DFW spot featuring the baseball field with a organ version of the chimes (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring Jay Leno from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Conan O'Brien from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Aubrey Plaza from "Parks and Recreation" (April 2009).
• A on-air spot featuring Aziz Ansari from "Parks and Recreation" (April 2009).
• A on-air spot featuring Chris Pratt from "Parks and Recreation" (April 2009).
• A on-air spot featuring Nick Offerman from "Parks and Recreation" (April 2009).
• A on-air spot featuring a man hearing the ringtone version of the chimes (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring a microphone feedback for "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Jack Coleman from "Heroes" (2008) (FOUND).
• A on-air spot featuring the cast members of "Saturday Night Live" singing the chimes with Lorne Michaels as a conductor at Studio 8H (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Judah Friedlander and Jack McBrayer from "30 Rock" (FULL version) (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Alec Baldwin from "30 Rock" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring the Saturday Night Live Band from "Saturday Night Live" (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Justin Timberlake (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Christina Aguilera (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring Kanye West (2008).
• A on-air spot featuring DJ P.A.T.A. (2008).

Gallery

A screenshot of the lost NBC "Chime In" spot with Jimmy Fallon.

The first page of the "On-Air Spots" page that sourced from NBC.com in 2008, which featured the clips of the TV spots on NBC.

The second page of the "On-Air Spots" page that sourced from NBC.com in 2008, which featured a clip of the late B.B. King's TV spot.

The "Extended Cuts" page that sourced from NBC.com in 2008, which featured one clip of the Flaming Lips' extended cut.

The "Behind the Scenes" page that sourced from NBC.com in 2008, which featured the clips of the making of the TV spots.

​Updates

• October 16, 2017 - Those Chime In spots has been found with The Airborne Toxic Event, Christopher Meloni, Clint Black and Jack Coleman.

Link to a Chime In spot featuring The Airborne Toxic Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbbqh0cJxiU

Link to a Chime In spot featuring Christopher from "SVU": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN3xiuU5gzI

Link to a Chime In spot featuring Clint Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLXgvlji-o

Link to a Chime In spot featuring Jack from "Heroes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llGUwGrTX8A

• October 18, 2017 - Link to a "Call to Action" Chime In spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZR7PdwvlQg
• November 6, 2017 - Link to a Chime In spot with Lindsay, Brooke and Kim from "Lipstick Jungle": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFENnZNflI
• May 25, 2019 - The "Chime In" spot featuring a unnamed man (who listens the variations of the chimes until another unnamed man came) has been found. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cbt6xlIEX4 (at 0:20)
• June 3, 2020 - The "Chime In" spot featuring The B-52s has been found. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkuirI2xpQ (at 3:52)
• November 1, 2023 - Some of the "Chime In" stuff were found.

Link to a Chime In spot featuring Molly and Selma from "Kath & Kim": https://youtu.be/au8g5yA3jAI

Link to the Chime In presentation: https://youtu.be/UtIYmTtSjwg

• November 5, 2023 - Three of the "Behind the Chimes" videos (as well as the NBC DFW spots from KXAS-TV) are found.