Wednesday, November 5, 2008

30 Rock

During the presidential campaign all the major networks had a blast by mocking / making fun of the candidates (SuperStar Sarah in particular). Saturday Night Live on NBC gathered the best ratings mainly due to Tinay Fey's impersonation of Palin. For 2 weeks, SNL was telecast at 9.30 on Thursdays. I was wondering why would they want to telecast Saturday Night Live on a Thursday. 2 weeks later, Tinay Fey's sitcom - 30 Rock started its 3rd season on NBC (Thursday's at 9.30). NBC wanted to make sure that people notice Tina Fey as Palin so that they would continue to watch her on 30 Rock. This was a really good marketing strategy and this is how I started watching 30 Rock :-D

30 Rock is a sitcom about a show on NBC. They make fun of NBC, GE (NBC's parent company) and even other shows on NBC. Of all the sitcoms that I have watched so far, Friends and Seinfeld are my favorite. I like a sitcom if the characters are well developed and consistent. Friends, Seinfeld, and now 30 Rock, have immensely likeable (weird, crazy, distinct) characters. Tina Fe(who plays the writer of a show on NBC) and Alec Baldwin (who plays a network executive at NBC) are simply brilliant!! It has lots of guest appearances too like other sitcoms. Friend's star David Schwimmer guest starred in an episode where they parodied NBC's green movement (which was on for most part of last year). This Thursday, Oprah Winfrey is going to be on the show. I'm almost done watching the first 2 seasons and the third season has just begun on TV. So, I'm searching for the next sitcom.... Suggestions??? "How I met your mother" maybe.......

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