<P> "Hudson River Runway", the March 14, 2011 episode of the TV series Mayday, documents the events around Flight 1549's emergency landing, and contains interviews with several of its real - life participants . Captain Sullenberger is not interviewed in the show, but is portrayed in reenactments by actor Christopher Britton . </P> <P> Flight 1549 is referred to in episodes of the TV series Law and Order: SVU and House, MD . </P> <P> An animated version of Sullenberger appeared in "The Unbrave One", the January 8, 2012 episode of the animated TV show American Dad! Sullenberger is referenced in "The Hero", the August 11, 2011, episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm . </P> <P> Matt Damon portrays an airline pilot in the February 10, 2011 episode of the NBC TV comedy 30 Rock, in which he brags that a great pilot like him does not land on the Hudson River but avoids hitting birds altogether . </P>

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