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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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

Outsourced lasted a full year? Gods.

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

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.

Smash is really an awful show.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Dolce & Banana

and jessica simpson

http://i50.tinypic.com/w7ju4i.jpg

lol food sharing has the top redemption value

"Silk Undertrunks"

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

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

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

"criss can grow joke moustache"

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

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

also Scott Scottsman, from Scottsdale

pretty great ep

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

Jenna's fiancé is Paul Lastname iirc

Wiki'd not to disprove but because curious - "Criss Chros"!

fiance Feyonce

Jenna's fiancé is Paul Lastname iirc

Paul L'Astnamé.

Wait, there's a new episode tonight? Thought last week was the finale!

Stop pointing your ass at my eyeballs.

"Questlove"

"...and now, Brother Jason Segal!"

Patriots After Dark series...

"Have fun always carrying a light sweater."

eh, writing elizabeth banks out of this was pretty weak sauce imo

Kim Jong-Il should become a regular cast member, imo.

<3 Hazel
xps the bit during the credits was a little freaky

hazel has really started to grow on me.

Was there a single episode this season that didn't have at least one "Kenneth Is Immortal" joke? They've never gone so all in with that in the past, have they?

eh, writing elizabeth banks out of this was pretty weak sauce imo

She's doing a lot of movies so she probably isn't available?

i know realistically that was the case, but when they started talking their whole backstory it reminded me how they spent how many seasons developing this arc for it to fizzle out in two episodes? yeah i know, nobody watches 30 rock for the character development

also a similar thing happened to her character on Scrubs, which was almost as ridiculous