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30 Rock: A One-Time Special exposed everything that's wrong with TV right now
The one-hour reunion special that also served to promote NBC Universal programming and the launch of the Peacock streaming service...
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Posted Friday 7/17/20 at 1:28AM EDT
30 Rock's reunion special to promote NBC Universal couldn't overcome the stink of it all
"Hoping we’re either as dumb as we look or not as smart as we seem, NBCUniversal tried to pawn off...
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Posted Thursday 7/16/20 at 6:38PM EDT
Tina Fey: "The world of 30 Rock always blended commerce and comedy"
“When NBC asked us to write if we could write a reunion episode, to pinch hit for the upfronts this...
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TV Today: What the What? 30 Rock Reunites to Help Kenneth With His Upfront Presentation
After the success of April’s remote-shot Parks & Rec reunion, it was a foregone conclusion that NBC would look to...
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Posted Friday 7/10/20 at 2:24PM EDT
A Liz Lemon mask-wearing Liz Lemon teases next week's 30 Rock reunion special
The virtual 30 Rock: A One-Time Special to promote NBC Universal programming airs Thursday at 8 p.
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Posted Tuesday 6/30/20 at 11:36PM EDT
Nearly 20 shows have used blackface since 2000
Slate has compiled all the instances of blackface on American television in the past 20 years -- not just on...
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Pulling 30 Rock's blackface episodes is a bad idea: "NBC is muddying the historical record"
NBC yanking four episodes of 30 Rock featuring blackface amounts to "cleaning up the record of two influential creators who...
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Posted Thursday 6/25/20 at 3:59AM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel's blackface apology was pretty weak: He was defensive after waiting to be called out
When Jimmy Fallon apologized a month ago for using blackface on SNL, he made it clear that "there is no...
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Posted Thursday 6/25/20 at 3:59AM EDT
It's comedy's turn to contend with its role in perpetuating systemic racism
The racial reckoning over cop shows has shifted to comedy, with Tina Fey, The Good Place's Megan Amram and Jimmy...
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Tina Fey has a problematic history with race that goes beyond 30 Rock's blackface
When Fey apologized and pulled four 30 Rock episodes on Monday over their use of blackface, some pointed out that...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 10:37AM EDT
Tina Fey may have predicted her 30 Rock blackface episodes being seen as racist 10 years ago
Fey said in her speech while accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010: "And yet I hope...
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30 Rock episodes featuring blackface are being pulled at Tina Fey's request
NBC Universal, 30 Rock creator Tina Fey and her producing partner Robert Carlock have requested four episodes featuring blackface be...
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30 Rock is returning to NBC next month for a remote special promoting NBC Universal
The July 16 hourlong commercial-free 30 Rock reunion special will double as an upfront event for NBC Universal properties, and...
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Posted Monday 5/18/20 at 7:39PM EDT
Happy 50th birthday, Tina Fey!
Check out the SNL alum and 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt mastermind as comedy's style queen.
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Kimmy Schmidt Is the Perfect Balm For Troubled Times
One of the most delightful surprises of pandemic life has been the sheer number of Zoom-enabled virtual TV cast reunions...
