==Television==
* Several excerpts of various Nine Inch Nails songs have been used on episodes of the television shows ''Cold Case'', ''The Sopranos'', ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Millennium'', and ''Brotherhood''.
*A season 3 episode ("Abra Cadaver") of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' uses "[[The Mark Has Been Made]]", and a season 11 episode ("Hitting For The Cycle") uses "[[3 Ghosts I]]".
*The character of Trent Lane from ''Daria'' is named after Reznor.[https://nerdist.com/article/daria-12-best-episodes/] The name of Lane's band, Mystik Spiral, may or may not be inspired by ''The Downward Spiral''.
* Several excerpts of various Nine Inch Nails songs have been used on episodes of the television shows ''CSI,'' ''Cold Case,'' ''The Sopranos,'' ''Homicide: Life on the Street,'' ''Criminal Minds,'' ''Millennium,'' and ''Brotherhood'' [http://www.tunefind.com/artist/Nine+Inch+Nails], as well as ''Top Gear.''
* An episode of ''Muppets Tonight'' contained a performance by "Nine Inch Snails," an unpunctual musical group of snails dressed in "goth" apparel.
* In ''The Simpsons'' episode "Homerpalooza," Homer Simpson bemoans current bands by pointing to posters in a music store and uttering, "Now here are some of your no-name bands: Sonic Youth? Nine Inch ''Nails?''"
*In the ''How I Met Your Mother'' episode "Little Minnesota", Ted's sister, Heather, sells his possessions to buy tickets and travel to a Nine Inch Nails concert in Spain.
*IFC's ''The Whitest Kids U Know'' contains a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4H5h-oHvuo sketch] with a crude representation of Trent Reznor.
*A trailer for the new season of ''Sons of Anarchy'' featured a clip of "[[The Mark Has Been Made]]."
*A commercial for Beats Music featured "[[2 Ghosts I]]."
*On Nickelodeon's ''Danny Phantom'', a NIN poster can be seen in the background.