NBC Studio Tour in Manhattan, New York, United States | Tours and Safaris

Summary: The tour of NBC network headquarters includes a peak into working television studios (and some time watching SNL rehearsals, if you're lucky) and a look at the mechanics of producing a TV show.

NBC, which is headquartered in the GE Building, the 70-story tower situated behind the Prometheus statue at Rockefeller Center, offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run a TV network. Their tour recounts the dawn of NBC's foray into the world of television and presents an overview of the programs that put the network on the map.

You'll start and end at the "NBC Experience," a 20,000 square foot facility located on the corner of 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza (directly across from Studio 1A, home of the Today show), which includes interactive features, a 3 screen high-definition (HDTV) theater, and a candy store that features a three-dimensional map of the city laid out on the floor.

The tour's first stop is a video tour of NBC's history (which dates back to 1926), hosted by Katie Couric and Matt Lauer of Today.