Poor Eli: WLUK, Channel 11, which is carrying the game via Fox, has a comic bit going surrounding Giants quarterback Eli Manning, a fan of “Seinfeld.”

WLUK carries reruns of “Seinfeld,” including at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

“That’s exactly when Eli will be relaxing in his downtown Appleton hotel room getting ready for Sunday’s game,” WLUK says in a news release.

The station has pulled the program.

“Why give comfort to the enemy?” said Jay Zollar, general manager. “Green Bay Packers fans do not want any of the New York Giants to get a good night’s sleep, and Fox 11 will do its part.”

It’s up to viewers to vote for the substitute for the time slot. The choices:

A rerun of Monday’s “Inside the Huddle with Donald Driver;” an episode of “M*A*S*H;” an infomercial for “The Good Feet Store,” featuring Emmitt Smith; and a Vince Lombardi special, “God, Family and the Green Bay Packers.”

(from Green Bay Press-Gazette)