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NEWS ABOUT: 30 Rock

30 Rock stories: 32 news summaries

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Is Don Draper Hooking Up With Tina Fey?

Rumor has it Mad Men star will play love interest on 30 Rock

Oct 31, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Tina Fey, she’s about to get a hot, albeit fictional, new beau. A “Rock-solid mole” tells Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello that Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame has signed on for a multi-episode stint on... More »

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television • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • guest appearance • Mad Men • Jon Hamm

 Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA 

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

Oct 13, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin

Mad Men Aims for
Emmy History


Sep 21, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Should AMC's Mad Men snag tonight's Best Drama Emmy, it'll be the first basic cable show to walk away with the honor, reports Susan King in the LA Times—but the set-in-the-'60s show isn't a shoe-in, even with its 16 noms. "Emmy votors are notorious for shying away from... More »

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television • Hollywood • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men

GLOSSIES

 What's 
 Eating 
 Alec
 Baldwin?


'I don’t think I really have a talent for movie acting,' laments Red October star

Sep 6, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alec Baldwin—star of a hit TV show, winner of Golden Globes and SAG Awards, co-star to Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman—isn't all that jazzed about acting anymore. “There’s just something else I want to do,” the 50-year-old actor tells Ian Parker in the... More »

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NBC • Alec Baldwin • Kim Basinger • 30 Rock • family court • Lorne Michaels

GLOSSIES

Mad Men's Moss Puts Bad Bangs to Good Use

Deceptive secretary leads TV 'renaissance of female nerdliness'

Jul 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - She’s only 26, but actress Elisabeth Moss has already commandeered a niche: She has a knack for playing “easily underestimated innocents,” Emily Nussbaum writes in New York. Moss describes Peggy Olson—“the secretary with the unflattering bangs” she plays on the hit AMC show Mad Men—... More »

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cable TV • The Office • AMC • 30 Rock • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss

Appreciation

 Paul Sills,
 'Orson Welles
 of Improv' 

Second City co-founder, dead at 80, saw movement reach SNL heights

Jun 3, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a performer, Paul Sills kept a pretty low profile. But make no mistake: The Second City co-founder was a massive influence not just on improvisational comedy, but on comedy and theater in general. Without Sills, who died yesterday at 80, there would be no Chicago improv scene, no Saturday ... More »

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Saturday Night Live • theater • Chicago • obituary • comedy • 30 Rock • Paul Sills • Second City

Reporters Wounded in Iraq Win Peabody Awards

Woodruff and Dozier honored for their war reporting

Apr 2, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two journalists seriously injured in Iraq won Peabody Awards today for their stories on wounded veterans, the AP reports. Bob Woodruff of ABC and Kimberly Dozier of CBS each won for their profiles of soldiers returning home from Iraq. Woodruff suffered a brain injury in an IED attack in 2006,... More »

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Iraq • television • 30 Rock • Bob Woodruff • The Colbert Report • CBS News • ABC News • Iraq war • Kimberly Dozier • Peabody Awards

Seinfeld Spot May Backfire for 30 Rock

Sitcom king's cameo could be series' jump-the-shark moment, critic says

Oct 5, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seinfeld played Seinfeld once again in an irony-drenched cameo on "30 Rock" last night: In order to boost ratings, a fictional NBC exec decides to digitally insert Jerry into all prime-time shows. The kicker is that the self-parodic comic may not liven things up anymore, the New York Observer's... More »

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television • Jerry Seinfeld • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • sitcom • cameo

'Sopranos' Bags Top Emmies

'30 Rock' wins best comedy; other honors 

Sep 17, 07 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - "The Sopranos" took top drama honors at the Emmies last night, and won for writing and directing as well, making the HBO series the first drama in 30 years to nail all three for its finale season. Other Emmies were spread among a broad field, with ratings-challenged "30... More »

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television • HBO • awards • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Sopranos • James Spader • Ricky Gervais

9 Ways to Make Your Summer Easy Sailing

These finds—from soap to sandals—can help during the dog days

Jul 20, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chicago Tribune's Mary Schmich (author of the column that started the "wear sunscreen" hoax) calls your attention to nine items that will make your summer more peaceful.
  1. Simple Green
  2. "30 Rock" online
  3. Two reusable grocery totes
  4. Tecnu poison-ivy reliever
  5. Finn Comfort shoes 
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list • 30 Rock • Six Degrees • Simple Green • Tecnu • Finn Comfort shoes

'Sopranos' Rules Emmy Nods

After complaints that awards were in a rut, newcomers dot the nomination list

Jul 19, 07 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - "The Sopranos" went out on an underwhelming note but still managed to dominate the Emmy nominations announced today, collecting 15 nods, including best drama and best leading actor and actress for James Gandolfini and Edie Falco. Half of this year's nominees will join the party for the first time,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Heroes • Lost • HBO • Ugly Betty • award show • Justin Timberlake • Entourage • Broken Trail • AMC • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards

"30 Rock" Is In
 A Hard Place

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

Apr 4, 07 6:44 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • Tracy Morgan • 30 Rock

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