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Watch promotional photos of 30 Rock Season 4 Episode 14 “Future Husband” airing Thursday March 11 at 9:30 pm on NBC. Jack Welch was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001.
Synopsis: 30 ROCK “Future Husband” Season 4 Episode 14 -Jack’s (Alec Baldwin) dreams come crashing down when Avery (guest star Elizabeth Banks) informs him that a cable company is rumored to buy out NBC. Meanwhile Liz (Tina Fey) tracks down the man of her dreams whom she met in her dentist’s waiting room, while Jenna (Jane Krakowski) reluctantly assists Tracy (Tracy Morgan) in pursuing a Tony Award. Also starring: Jack McBrayer (Kenneth), Scott Adsit (Pete), Judah Friedlander (Frank), Keith Powell (Toofer), John Lutz (Lutz), Katrina Bowden (Cerie), Kevin Brown (Dotcom), Grizz Chapman.
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“30 Rock” Season 4 Episode 15 “Don Geiss, America And Hope“
03/18/2010 (09:30PM – 10:00PM) (Thursday) : LIZ LEMON (TINA FEY) KEEPS RUNNING INTO WESLEY (GUEST STAR MICHAEL SHEEN), FORCING THEM TO QUESTION THEIR DECISION, WHILE JACK DONAGHY (ALEC BALDWIN) TRIES TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF WITH THE NEW CABLE COMPANY Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) questions her fate when she keeps running into Wesley (Guest Star Michael Sheen). Meanwhile, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) is distressed about his reputation when his kids’ former nanny writes a tell-all book, and Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) seeks to secure his own position in the new company. Also starring: Jack McBrayer (Kenneth), Scott Adsit (Pete), Judah Friedlander (Frank), Keith Powell (Toofer), John Lutz (Lutz), Katrina Bowden (Cerie), Kevin Brown (Dotcom), Grizz Chapman (Grizz).
Just in time for the release of her new movie ‘Date Night,’ watch for Emmy-winner and ‘30 Rock’ star Tina Fey to return to ‘Saturday Night Live’ to reprise her Sarah Palin impersonation. Tina told the AP that she expects to be back on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ but hedged her betchas about doing former Governor Sarah Palin again, saying, “It’s inevitable that we’ll try it, at least. We’ll see if it makes it to air.”
Actually, this is the perfect time to bring out the Palin material again, only now Sarah has given Tina Fey and the writers a lot more with which to work. Since the last time Fey did Palin on ‘SNL,’ Sarah resigned from her elected office as Alaska’s governor (for the good of the people since she felt she was a lame duck), prompting a lot of speculation about her future in politics.
She also had her memoir, ‘Going Rogue,’ published, she spoke at a Tea Party get-together using crib notes on her hand, and became a Fox News talking head. Talk about fodder for ‘SNL’! They’ll make jest of what she wrote in her hand, wondering if that’s how she wrote her book!
For Fey, the exposure will be pure gold with the movie coming out in April. She’d be a fool not to use her connection to ‘SNL’ to promote the comedy. And don’t be shocked if ‘SNL’ books ‘The Office’s’ Steve Carell to guest host the week after. NBC stars selling their projects on the network is nothing new, although usually they’re Universal movies. ‘Date Night,’ which opens April 9, is a Twentieth Century Fox film. Hmm… maybe Tina should go on Fox News and let Sarah Palin interview her. All to help sell the film, right?
At least Tina is upfront about how the whole Sarah Palin thing has been a gift for her as an actress/comic. “It was the strangest thing that’s ever happened to me. I’ve never had anything fall in my lap like that. Everything is usually me trying to convince the people of Earth that it’s okay for me to perform.”
Vogue is a fashion magazine, so you know that this Tina Fey interview in the new issue is going to focus a lot on clothes, hair, and weight, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of good stuff in it for fans of Fey and ‘30 Rock.’
What I like most about the interview is that even though she’s doing poses in front of the New York City skyline and having people fuss over her clothing and her hair, you still get a strong sense of the nerd girl inside of Fey. In the video diary of the photo shoot (after the jump), Fey talks about how it’s funny that the interview for the shoot is being held in the former bathroom of a restaurant, and in the print interview you can tell that while she finds all of it fun, she knows it’s pretty silly, too.
She also talks about how she was treated differently by people over her Sarah Palin impersonation when men like Dana Carvey (who did Bush) weren’t, and discusses everything from the Emmys to Rosemary Clooney to Chicken McNuggets.
Watch Promotional Photos of 30 Rock Season 4 Episode 13 Anna Howard Shaw Day
Jan Hooks, who made us roar on Saturday Night Live with her hysterical impressions of everyone from Tammy Faye Bakker to Bette Davis, hit a home run last night with a memorable comeback on NBC’s hit show, 30 Rock, as Jenna’s over-the-top mom, Verna.
Hooks, you may remember, helped SNL regain its popularity, starting in 1986, with two other new cast members, Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey. She left the show in 1991, taking on Jean Smart’s role in Designing Women and later, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun. She was last seen in 2004’s Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, according to IMDB.
In last night’s episode, in which Hooks guest starred, Verna comes to town to see daughter Jenna (Jane Krakowski), who agonizes over how to deal with her controlling, chain-smoking mom.
Jenna didn’t have a thing to worry about though, it seems. Verna was all sweetness and light, telling Jack (Alec Baldwin) that she was in town to throw a surprise party for her little girl. “It’s at a fancy restaurant, so wear something nice, like a pair of white jeans and a Dan Marino jersey,” she tells the always dapper network executive.
In one of the show’s funniest scenes, Verna stands before the crowd at the party, asking Jenna to join her in a duet. “Honey, I don’t deserve a single thing from you,” Verna says to her daughter. “But I’ve got to ask one favor. And it’s a big one. If you would do me the very great honor of joining me … Hit it!’
With a wide-eyed Jack and Liz (Tina Fey) looking on, Verna belts out a cheesy Captain and Tenille hit, singing to her daughter, “Do that to me one more time. Once is never enough, with a daughter like you….”
Daughter Jenna joins in, singing back to Verna, “Do that to me one more time. I can never get enough of a mom like you, oh-oh-oh…”
The mother and daughter duo raise lots of eyebrows when they sing, “Kiss me, like you just did….”
Now we know why Jenna is so wacky…
Since Hooks was such a hit, we’d love to see more of her on 30 Rock. And some other SNL alums, for that matter. Think of what Dana Carvey and Victoria Jackson could do on that show.
Actor Jack McBrayer dreads the day Alec Baldwin leaves “30 Rock” – because he’s convinced the hit U.S. show will fail without him. Fans have speculated that Baldwin won’t renew his contract for the series when his option comes up in 2012 – but his co-star is praying he carries on in the role.
McBrayer says, “If he leaves, I think the show leaves. That is a fear I live with on a day-to-day basis over there. I take it with as much a grain of salt as I can, hoping it’s not true.”
“30 Rock” is a television comedy series which is aired by NBC. The title of the show was named after the address of NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller. Joining Jack McBrayer and Alec Baldwin in the cast ensemble are Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Scott Adsit.
More names and titles are read out at the 67th Annual Golden Globes and Alec Baldwin’s is among them. The actor represents “30 Rock” to win the first award for the comedy series. Tina Fey has lost the title of Best Actress in Comedy to Toni Collette earlier at the event but the show is still running for Best Comedy Series. Unfortunately Baldwin is a no-show. Presenters Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner thus receive it for him.
Before Baldwin’s victory, “Grey Gardens” won its second award of the night. Drew Barrymore hopped on stage to be handed Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Looking very nervous, Barrymore said on her acceptance speech, “Oh, God, I’m not very good at this,” before going on thanking the producers for giving her the role of eccentric “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale although she’s known to be a goofy actress.
Meanwhile, in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Kevin Bacon came out triumphant.
Aired live by NBC on Sunday, January 17, the 2010 Golden Globe Awards is also honoring the work in movies. More winners will be unveiled in the next few minutes.
Some sneak peeks to the “30 Rock” episode where James Franco will appear as himself have been released. Titled “Klaus and Greta”, the January 14 episode focuses on the faux relationship between James and Jenna which is arranged to cover up his embarrassing secret.
The first clip shows Jack, Liz and Jenna discussing the pro and con of James dating her as publicity stunt while the second one shows James laying out the ground rules for dating including staging a story of how they met. The third and last clips see Jenna telling Liz that she is in love with James and him kissing her after a night out respectively.
Also in the episode, after a wild New Year’s Eve, Jack tries to undo the damage he caused from leaving a drunken message on an ex-lover’s voicemail. After “outing” her sheltered cousin to his family, Liz welcomes him to New York City, while Tracy discovers a newfound respect for women.
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