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American TV series or program| 30 Rock | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Alec Baldwin Tina Fey Tracy Morgan Jane Krakowski (not pictured) Rachel Dratch (recurring) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Broadway Video, NBC Universal Television Studio |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
30 Rock is a situation comedy that will debut on October 11, 2006. It will air Wednesdays at 8:00 PM on NBC in the United States. In Canada, it will debut on October 14 and air Saturday nights at 9:30 PM on CTV (all times ET).
The show is created by former Saturday Night Live performer and head writer Tina Fey, who will also star in the show. Fey will portray Liz Lemon, the head writer of a fictional comedy-variety show.
Other cast members include Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, a network executive and Lemon's foil; Jane Krakowski as the star of the fictional The Girlie Show; and SNL alumnus Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, an unpredictable comedian brought onto the show by Baldwin's character. Chicago improv veterans Scott Adsit and Jack McBrayer and comic Judah Friedlander round out the cast.
An August 16, 2006, article in USA Today reported: "Although the pilot featured SNL's Rachel Dratch as the star of the show-within-a-show, Fey says that will change before the season starts." Multiple websites have reported that Dratch will remain with 30 Rock playing various guest roles, including a cat wrangler. Former Ally McBeal co-star Jane Krakowski has been cast in the role Dratch vacated.
According to a press release issued by NBC days after the series' pickup was announced, full sketches from The Girlie Show would be made available in their entirety on NBC's broadband web site, DotComedy.com. This aspect of the series has since been abandoned.
The show's title comes from the nickname of 30 Rockefeller Center, also known as the GE Building. It is used as the headquarters of NBC's New York City studios, including Studio 8H, home to Saturday Night Live.
30 Rock is also one of two shows on the NBC lineup that revolves around the off-camera happenings on a sketch comedy series, the other being Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
30 Rock will be the first single-camera program produced by Broadway Video. It is filmed at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, New York.
Episodes
Main Article: List of 30 Rock episodes
References
- http://www.nbcumv.com/broadcast/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20060831000000-nbcswapswednesday.html
- http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060515nbc02
- http://www.backstage.com/bso/rossreports/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118275
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