What's Eating Alec Baldwin?

They're still angry over his criticism of them, airline

(NEWSER) - American Airlines flight attendants are so furious with Alec Baldwin they want his sitcom banned from their airplanes. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants has asked that 30 Rock be removed from all American Airlines flights in the wake of the very public squabble that erupted when he got booted off a plane, reports CNN . No word on whether American will honor the request, though the attendants say they will withdraw it if Baldwin apologizes. If his SNL appearance is any guide, that's doubtful. More»

They'll do it twice for East, West coasts

(AP) - NBC says 30 Rock is going live this fall. Or at least one episode of it. A live show will air Oct. 14 and be performed twice so that both East and West Coast viewers get to see it that way. Shouldn't be a problem given the SNL backgrounds of executive producers Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels (and Alec Baldwin's many hosting gigs). More»

Tina Fey's show starts new season tonight

(NEWSER) - Tina Fey and crew return tonight with the season premiere of 30 Rock, and critics are worried that the show is losing its edge:

• Todd VanDerWerff, AV Club: "30 Rock is still nowhere near a bad show, but it risks turning into a show where one-dimensional people spend a lot of time shouting at each other."
• Robert Bianco, USA Today: "As funny as this scattershot sitcom can be, the problem remains that show business (and in particular, GE's business) is a topic of limited long-haul mass appeal. ... It had better up its game. And expand it."

Jack McBrayer dishes on his character and connection with Tina Fey

(NEWSER) - Yes, Jack McBrayer is like Kenneth the Page, his 30 Rock character. Sort of. In an interview with Salon, the actor admits he’s “somewhat of a people-pleaser”—though the former Applebee's employee of the month has serious comedy chops. The Southerner met creator Tina Fey at Chicago’s Second City, and she “kind of wrote the part with me in mind,” he says. More»

Sure critics like it, but it's up against Grey's Anatomy

(NEWSER) - Tina Fey takes things a lot more calmly than her strung-out alter-ego on "30 Rock," and it's a good thing: the TV comedy about a TV comedy is on very, very thin ice. NBC is expected to pick it up for another season, reports the LA Times, but the critic's darling still has very anemic ratings. More»