Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - The National mere ihe ngosi telivishọn mbụ ha mgbe ha mere "Fake Empire" na "Late Show with David Letterman" na July 24, 2007. N'usoro ihe nkiri telivishọn "Chuck", abụ ahụ pụtara na ihe omume "Chuck Versus the Break-up" na Ọktoba 13, 2008. "Fake Empire" na-egwuri egwu n'oge ihe nkiri ikpeazụ nke onye na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri ndị uweojii nke NBC "Southland", nakwa n'elu ihe nkiri na-emechi na nzere nke ihe nkiri 2008 "Battle in Seattle". E gosipụtara ụdị egwu nke egwu ahụ na vidiyo mkpọsa Barack Obama "Ihe ịrịba ama nke Olileanya na Mgbanwe" n'oge mkpọsa nke onye isi ala United States nke 2008
, na abụ a na-egwukwa na 2008 Democratic National Convention. Ndị otu The National kwadoro onye isi ala ahụ; ha tinyere ihu Obama na T-shirt na-enweta ego na ederede "Mr. November", nke e si n'aha abụ sitere na album nke atọ nke ìgwè ahụ, "Alligator". Na oge nke ise nke usoro ihe nkiri telivishọn nke ndị nọ n'afọ iri na ụma "One Tree Hill", ọtụtụ abụ nke National gosipụtara, gụnyere "Fake Empire". E gosiputara ya na onye nwere mmasị, na njedebe nke ihe omume Sotto Voce, ihe omume 9 nke oge 5. Oge 1 nke 6 nke Feel Good, usoro Netflix, gosipụtara abụ a.