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Opinion: 30 Rock Live in New York: I Was There!
8:05 – The UCB announcer introduces each member of the 30 Rock cast, as the live music plays. Every major player is here except for Alec Baldwin’s assistant Jonathan (a.k.a. Sanjay from Weeds) and guest star Edie Falco, whose role is played by SNL scribe Paula Pell. Baldwin and Morgan get the most cheers by far.
Grade: A Following the lead of Saturday Night Live’s live performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York last Saturday, the Emmy-winning cast of 30 Rock performed ...
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- Later this summer, Krakowski will begin production on the third season of Tina Fey’s hit NBC comedy 30 Rock. “She’sa genius,” Jane said of Fey. ...
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Emmy Awards Preview - Nominee Analysis: 30 Rock
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By The Huffington Post News Editors When Conan O'Brien moves to the "Tonight Show" next year (and Jimmy Fallon jumps into his "Late Night" chair), he'll be leaving behind New York's 30 Rock studio for a new NBC stage in Universal City. And while he has a nice new $10.5 million house to move into, he's going to miss the magic of 30 Ro...
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30 Rock 2.14 - Eat It Up, Cleveland
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30 Rock - "Succession"
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By Myles Those episodes had something about them where you really felt Jack wanted it, but right after he broke down crying (A great scene from Baldwin) things fell flat as things got crazy. Liz went insane with power, Tracy went insane with a "Uhh, so, we need a storyline for Tracy" plot right off the...
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Hulu beta launch
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By ::matty:: Tons of content in there from SNL to Friday Night Lights and 30 Rock epsiodes to the Breakfast Club to St. Elsewhere....very cool. Also check out the Hulu Blog for some cool highlights from their team.
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