The partyThe party in and of itself has to be one of 30 Rocks finest and most manic moments Lets just get that out of the wayWhat I loved most about the party is that after allllll the setup that with all of the rumoredsupposedabsolutely fabricated guests the brilliant writers of 30 Rock didnt event attempt to take us to the party in real time There was no way it could live up to the promise Nor did they just cut to Jack and his distressed hair and merely refer to the bash as being crazy Rather the way we only got fleeting almost Lost-like flashbacks to the insane bizarre freaky and at times completely out-of-character shenanigans was genius A veritable feast for comedy-lovers eyes and I would reckon one of the most replayed-on-TiVo segments of the TV season I myself watched it at least four times at varying speedsThat said nothing I can type here can begin to recap the party So let me just evoke a few images and then well move on with the rest of the re
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In case you haven’t noticed, this week nearly every morsel of NBC's prime-time lineup has gone green, sprinkling eco-friendly messages wherever and whenever possible. How will the gloriously irreverent 30 Rock (Thursdays at 8:30 pm/ET) tackle such a heady subject matter? Think "Ross Geller in a foam mascot suit." TVGuide.com caught up with Judah Friedlander, who plays "TGS" scribe Frank, to get a sneak peek.
TVGuide.com: As we neared the end of last season on 30 Rock, how confident were you that the show would get renewed?Friedlander: Well, after they renewed us I was pretty confident we would get renewed. I was still holding out a bit, but I was pretty confident. Literally, man, I had no idea, dude. I had no clue.
TVGuide.com: Is the vibe on the set any different now that you have gotten
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Is NBC's 30 Rock at risk of going the way of stunt-casting addict Will & Grace? A piece in USA Today reveals that in addition to Edie Falco's upcoming three-episode stint (first reported by TVGuide.com), no less than former vice president Al Gore, Friends alum David Schwimmer (as an out-of-work actor, natch), Steve Buscemi (as a PI hired by Jack), Meredith Vieira and Carrie "I Now Guest-star for a Living" Fisher have been booked for appearances during Season 2. America's paper also reveals details on Falco's previously unspecified role: She's playing a Democratic congresswoman from New Hampshire who hooks up with... Jack?!As for 30 Rock's season-opener, airing tonight: as funny as it is — and it is funny — dare I opine that next week's episode, for me at least, was even more howl-worthy? Will Arnett slays me.
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Justin Timberlake will play a professional hockey player who is romanced by teammate Romany Malco's missus in the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru.... Also per the Reporter, Carla Gugino is a CSI who woos Robert De Niro in the crime drama Righteous Kill, also starring Al Pacino.... David Schwimmer is Kate Beckinsale's hubby in the political thriller Nothing But the Truth.... Ron Livingston is Eric Bana's bud in The Time Traveler's Wife.... Jason Isaacs and Melissa George are John Cusack's nemesis and girlfriend, respectively, in the thriller Stopping Power.... Per Variety, Eva Mendes has joined Frank Miller's The Spirit.
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Will & Grace star Eric McCormack has been tapped for the lead — filled by David Schwimmer in a London production last year — in Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), making its U.S. premiere on Broadway June 8. McCormack, whose previous Great White Way run was in 2001's The Music Man, plays a soon-to-be-engaged man who pays final visits to four ex-girlfriends.
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