A new 30 Rock thread because I can't find the old one

if this was the Community thread we'd be arguing over the percentage of character development that occurred in this ep.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

shhhh don't Beetlejuice the spectre of whiny threadcrapping back to 30 Rock, we've had enough seasons of that

― Nhex, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

btw did anyone ever find the old 30 Rock thread?

― raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

30 Rock

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

sad. thought it would be called "Tina Fey's no Sorkin: the Thirty Rock Thread"

― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

hahaha

― some dude, Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

still awesome

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

otm

― raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

looks like this is going to get a 13 or 14 episode final season. http://tvline.com/2012/05/07/nbc-renew-30-rock-final-season-community-parks-and-recreation-short-seasons/

how to break it to Community and Parks fans that their next seasons will be shorter.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

tbh I'm fine with brief seasons of all three shows, if it means every episode is a corker.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

well that's a big if. probably means parks and community will be cancelled though.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

These shows can't last forever.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes they can

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

parks and rec, especially, deserves better. i love the other two shows as well, but let's face it, they were never gonna be mainstream hits

― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

I kind of wish every show had 12-14 episode sesons. It would make the run more of an event, writers would focus on quality rather than churn (theoretically), more shows would have a chance to air and find an audience. This is something I've been saying for years ad years tho. Good on NBC if they're going to give it a shot.

― Clay, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

I don't think that there's intention. I think they want to retool the whole network but aren't ready to just throw out everything. Parks does respectable ratings for them so I hope they give it a full season.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah I'm just wishing and hoping mostly. If slipping comedy blocks in and out seemed to work though maybe they'd take the hint. NBC obv needs to do something pretty radical to retool.

― Clay, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm OK w/ a shorty for 30 rock coz I think TF is kind of done w/ it tbh. Community will get a deal to get it to syndication and it will die a peaceful death. I have no idea wtf they're doing cutting down P & R unless it's to do a split season thing they way they've been doing it lately?

― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

parks also gets horrible ratings really (they're 'respectable for nbc' but i don't think 'respectable for nbc' is something the new regime is satisfied by anymore) and take 30 rock (which would probably be wrapping up next season regardless of nbc's interest), community, and the office (which might not even make it to next season though i can't imagine nbc drops that show w/o milking a finale and a return carrell appearance out of it) off that network and i'm not sure how or where parks fits in.

― balls, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

BFF and Bent could've been good but they didn't even give them a chance. NBC cancels so many shows so quickly. Even for a show as shitty as Outsourced, they just cancel it after one season and replace it with Whitney, and then cancel that. What's the point?

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

Whitney hasn't been cancelled. It actually gets respectable ratings for a Wednesday night, and did a hell of a lot better than Up All Night did in the Thursday post-Office timeslot. They're pretty desperate, but they need to build a new brand and get the word out somehow because people don't even seem to sample their shows. I think they must have felt that the success of The Voice would have been the start of something new, but Smash's ratings have plummeted. Of all the non-Office comedies Parks and Rec does the best, which is why i think they would keep it around for whatever transition they can make. It's a shame they squandered all those years of The Office by not getting another hit, though we've obviously got three good comedies out of their attempts.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

The thing I saw said Whitney was probably not going to make it to s2, and Up All Night was.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Outsourced lasted a full year? Gods.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

I read that Whitney was likely to be renewed. All guessing until next week, I suppose.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

the office (which might not even make it to next season though i can't imagine nbc drops that show w/o milking a finale and a return carrell appearance out of it) off

Please do this! The last season was the worst season ever, and the show has devolved into utter meaninglessness. Still halfway entertaining, but really horribly, lazily written.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Smash is really an awful show.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

The thing I saw said Whitney was probably not going to make it to s2, and Up All Night was.

This would be ideal, imo.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Smash IS terrible, but i still feel like it's funny/bad enough that it kind of justifies its existence, if that makes any sense

Up All Night definitely deserves a second season

― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm a broken record on this but Up All Night is a waste of its cast, they need to stop dragging that mediocre shit out and let them go off and do better projects

― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

You're not the only person I know who is vocal about disliking Up All Night, but that show for me is all about specific moments that I wasn't expecting or moments that could be tropes but were pulled off in ways that are fresh.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

I have a feeling that it could be one of those shows that finds its feet in the second season and becomes really funny, like Parks and Rec.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

The back half of the first season was already much better than the front half.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

the 30 Rock season finale airing next week is titled "What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?" which i can only assume will be an episode-length It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia homage

― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Up All Night grew on me and now I love it.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

something grew on me once. but then they used some liquid nitrogen and it came right off.

― s.clover, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Up All Night grew on me and now I love it.

Me too! I've never watched SNL so had no prior knowledge of Maya Rudolph, who is great on UAN.

― franny glass, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dolce & Banana

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 May 2012 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

and jessica simpson

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

― etc, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol food sharing has the top redemption value

― Nhex, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Silk Undertrunks"

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

Very disappointed at his performance at staying completely silent during Celebrity Apprentice.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

All of the off-brandheelz.com designers are A+++++.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

holy shit that crisspoints chart is hilarious. fucking love this show.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 12 May 2012 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

"criss can grow joke moustache"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Jessica Tandy's zombie is coming to find you. Is this correct?"
"Yes, Siri, thank you baby."

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

Johnny Choon
Dolce & Banana
Merolo Blornig
Prader
Gukki
DKNI
Alexandorp McKing
Diana von Fistenbug
and Jessica Simpson

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

also Scott Scottsman, from Scottsdale

pretty great ep

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

The names on this show are just remarkable sometimes, isn't Criss' last name something like "Boyfriend"

― raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

Jenna's fiancé is Paul Lastname iirc

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink