Yes, that was my shout of glee that woke up the neighbors Sunday night when Chandra Wilson was named outstanding female actor in a drama series for Grey’s Anatomy. At long last, Miranda Bailey has been given her due, and the wonderful Ms. Wilson rose to the occasion with a rapturous acceptance speech, acknowledging how unlikely it would be for someone with her skin, her nose, her height, her weight, to be accepted in this industry. (I think I also yelped in delight when the entire Grey’s cast took the stage for its well-deserved ensemble acting award.)This on the same night that Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera also took home an Actor trophy. Another unconventional, but absolutely right, choice.I tend to enjoy the crisp, fast-moving SAG Awards telecast—aside from those pretentious opening monologues in which the likes of Marg Helgenberger (revealing an astounding lot of cleavage, right up there with Marcia Gay Harden), Jada Pinkett Smith and Freddie Rodriguez remind ...
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If you get a minute my fellow 30 Rockers check out this list of 30 Reasons to Love 30 Rock from the Richmond Times-DispatchMy favorites17 Liz isnt ashamed to get her geek on professing her undying devotion to Star Trek I mean Wars26 Tracy Jordans insistence on calling Liz Lemon by both names less a mark of respect and more an indication that he has to keep reminding himself of her nameAnd of course30 Its not named 60 Rock
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Broadcasting Cable asked Brian Williams about last weeks 30 Rock episodeIt was a heart-stopper to see that [graffiti] on the wall he said I hope my old friend Katie [Couric] knows thats not really what I do with my free time Williams called the send-up brilliant and hilarious and noted for the record that hes a teetotaler in real life
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First off I need to strongly admonish NBC for utterly ruining the outcome of Lizs budding unlikely romance with The Hair guest star Peter Hermann via this weeks promos I mean if you want us to watch your channel at other times for heavens sake dont penalize us for it But if you managed to evade the spoiltastic promo you enjoyed a very funny resolution to the relationship that was too good and too well coiffed to be true I guess Liz draws the line at trying certain new things Still it was fun to see her successfully dating and enjoying the latest in saffron-infused oxygen treats while it lasted And just when shed pulled the trigger on lap-sitting tooElsewhere we had Jack tearing a page out of Kenneths book a job-reversal that had me at Im going to be your bottom Ride me as hard as you can amusing on its own and then punctuated by Kenneths superb and yet still ambiguous reaction shot And though we didnt get to see Dona
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Whereas last weeks episode of NBCs 30 Rock was a tad too theme-y for me The Rural Juror moved so dang fast and was so crackling who had time to pick up on any such thingas a theme What a lot of funSpeaking to one frequent complaint about the show I think Im starting to get Jenna now and how she fits here Shes supposed to come off as flighty and disillusioned at times when in reality shes not completely flighty and not quite so disillusioned kinda like how bread maybe always eats away at your brain We now see that she and Liz go way back as friends and as a comedy team even though as Jenna noted Liz had no chance at an acting career being brunette and allWhat else did we learn this week That Jack is now dating the New York Times Maureen Dowd Did Condi tell him shes just not that into him That best-selling author John Grisham has a lesser-known and apparently sucky screenwriter brother named Kevin That Lizs brother Mitch is disgusting in bed
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Question: A friend of mine and I were watching 30 Rock this week and we simply cannot understand why this show is struggling in the ratings. The writing is crisp; the ensemble cast is made up of amusing, multidimensional characters; the concept should appeal to the entire 18- to 49-year-old target market; and we laugh out loud throughout each episode. And oh yeah, Alec Baldwin is brilliant! I always respect your opinion — am I missing something?
Answer: It's not you who are missing something. But even if 30 Rock were airing in a more hospitable time period with less fierce competition, it would almost certainly be an acquired taste. The tone is droll and absurd and at times cruel, which is great for those who like this sort of thing, but I can also see where the setting, the characters and the attitude would be off-putting for many. Not unlike Arrested Development, when for every letter I got from a die-hard fan, I'd get one saying, "Why does anyone think this is remotely funny?" 30
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Oh how I love impressionists No not the painters but guys like Rich Little Fred Travalena Yeah Im old But back to my point I was glad to see TGS Josh get a story on this weeks 30 Rock Granted Lonny Ross didnt appear to actually be doing Jack DonaghyAlec Baldwin but his Tracy Morgan was pretty good if not missing a few of the tonal spasmsThis episode at the risk of being the kind of warmfuzzy TV that Seinfeld made an art of avoiding had a theme of sorts mothers Liz spurred on by the insight of Cerie of all people aka she who wants to name her someday-daughter Bookcase or Sandstorm but not Hat because thats obviously a boys name now feels her maternal clock ticking This elicits way way too many babydaddy offers Judah for one can promise a child with strong flat feet Jack meanwhile is trying to avoid the dreaded 407 call meaning from his mother Yes the cocksure alpha dog has a mess of Mommy issues Example She
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Jamison Jones, who bosses around Peter Parker at the Bugle had a role in the 2003 crime drama Hollywood Homicide, has been cast on 24 in the recurring role of the head of President Wayne Palmer's Secret Service detail. Interestingly (I suppose), Jones played a deputy in a pair of 24's Season 2 episodes.... Peter Hermann is a fabulously coiffed MSNBC reporter whom Tina Fey's Liz falls for on the Jan. 18 episode of 30 Rock.... John Legend guests as himself on the Jan. 19 Las Vegas.
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As I am sure you have all already read at my Todays News blog NBCcom is streaming for free the first seven 30 Rock episodes Beep beep ribby ribby
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Itching to catch up on two of NBC's hottest new shows over the holidays? NBC.com has made available the first nine epsiodes of Friday Night Lights, and the first seven 30 Rocks, for free streaming, until each show returns with new eppys in mid-January. The pressure is really on Santa now to come through on all those requests for broadband.
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