New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are the Hallmark of Hollywood productions—rom coms centered around holidays in which ensemble casts play out their microscopic plotlines which somehow generate lots and lots of manufactured feelings. They're totally manipulative! And lucrative. And now they've got some competition from the folks at 30 Rock, where on the show Jenna Maroney is starring in Martin Luther King Day. Check out the trailer, where you'll also spot: Nick Cannon, Emma Stone, Andy Samberg, Liam Neeson, Kristen Bell, R2D2, John Krasinski, Hugh Grant, and so many more. What, no Ashton Kutcher? more ›

Tracy Morgan, the 30 Rock star with a history of controversy, collapsed at a Sundance Film Festival event and was taken to a hospital last night. According to TMZ, he was "being honored at the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards in Park City, Utah -- and sources tell TMZ, he appeared extremely intoxicated during his award acceptance speech." more ›

Don't you worry, Avery Jessup-Donaghy's fate will be influenced by real-life events. more ›

In case you weren't streets ahead today, the Community flash mob occurred in midtown as was promised. A handful of Evil Troys and Abeds huddled around Rockefeller Plaza to sing songs and chant in protest of NBC removing the beloved cult show from the midseason lineup. Watch "protesters" sing "Oh Christmas Troy" below. more ›

Don't call this generation disengaged with the problems facing society: a serious-minded group of Community fans plan to protest the show's network-imposed, indefinite hiatus in front of NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters tomorrow. “It really hit a chord with me, it struck me as being very unfair that 25,000 Nielsen boxes could keep or kill this beautiful show,” one of the "organizers" of the flash mob tells the Daily News. Isn't an "organized flash mob" an oxymoron? more ›

Are people just not interested in taking the GRE? Or is money the major factor? more ›

When Mayor Bloomberg decides to leave politics, don't expect him to be out of the public eye just yet: Bloomberg has developed quite the acting career for himself over the years. Inspired by his recent cameo on the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm—which he reportedly ad-libbed—we decided to take a look at some of Bloomberg's other fine moments in film. more ›

A week ago, midtown was held captive when a man ascended to the top of Rockefeller Center and threatened to jump. Thankfully, after a tense hour, police were able to talk down 23-year-old tourist Jorge (George) Ruiz. It turned out that Ruiz, who told police that he suffers from schizophrenia and that he was distraught that a book he wrote wouldn't be published, had attempted suicide twice before, and in an eerily similar incident, had once climbed Las Vegas' 1,149-foot Stratosphere Tower to do so. In the video below, you can see footage of Emergency Service Unit detectives leaping across the parapet to stop Ruiz before he jumped. more ›

Proving that New Yorkers and indeed the country has an unslakable thirst for the second-best Baldwin (our heart belongs to Billy), eldest brother Alec will be hosting SNL for a record 16th time for the show's 37th season premiere this fall. The news comes on the heels of Baldwin's rumored departure from NBC's 30 Rock after next year. Executive producer for 30 Rock and SNL Lorne Michaels tells the Times “I would hope he would want to go on, but we’re going to keep doing the show." And Stephen would be a seamless replacement! more ›

We'd like to take a moment to congratulate staff favorite 30 Rock for airing their 100th episode last night, featuring (uh, spoiler alert, kind of?) a cameo from Tom Hanks and the triumphant return of Tracy Jordan. (After filming it earlier this year they ate a 30 Rock cake.) With other Thursday night stalwarts faltering, it's nice to see 30 Rock going strong with its absurd je ne sais quoi, despite whatever rumors Alec Baldwin might be spreading around. And of course, it's been a busy few weeks in real life for the cast and crew. more ›

30 Rock will celebrate five seasons of Reaganing, Dealbreakers and Werewolf Bar Mitzvahs tonight with their double-sized 100th episode. Michael Keaton and Condoleezza Rice will guest star in the hour-long episode, which is all about TGS trying to avoid cancellation by putting on a spectacular 100th episode. NBC is also celebrating, with a planned trio of animated 30 Rock web adventures. Below, you can watch the first one, in which Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy uses his superpowers to mess with Brian Williams (who really should consider joining the cast fulltime next year): more ›

Earlier this week Alec Baldwin declared 30 Rock a done deal after his, and other cast member's contracts ended in 2012. But now he's taking it all back, or at least the part about the series ending; on his HuffPo blog this morning, he wrote, "Gosh. I want to take the opportunity to state that although my days on network TV may be numbered, I hope 30 Rock goes on forever. Or at least as long as everyone involved desires. Here's to five more seasons." more ›

In 2009 Alec Baldwin told Playboy that he'd be leaving 30 Rock at the end of his contract, saying, "I'm done in 2012. In March 2012 I’ll wake up and say, ‘What am I going to do now?' I may finish a play or something, but I'm retiring at the wrap party." Flash forward to last night, and the actor told Vulture that not only is he done next year, but the entire show will be ending. But... we need more time with Liz Lemon! more ›

30 Rock rarely films at 30 Rock—typically they're at Silvercup Studios in Queens—but we hear today they'll be at the Midtown location (possibly with Susan Sarandon) from 10 a.m. through 8 p.m. for an all-day shoot. Or an all-day Liz Lemon party, whichever way you want to think of it. more ›

Tracy Morgan got TNT all hot-and-bothered last night in a pre-game chat on Inside the NBA. The 30 Rock star was asked about Tina Fey and Sarah Palin's looks by Charles Barkley and company and explained in his best serious voice "Let me tell you something about Sarah Palin, she's good masturbation material." more ›

Jack Donaghy would not be amused. Queens prosecutors say that former 30 Rock production accountant Matthew Rudolph stole $14,000 from the NBC comedy over the course of the last season. (Why Queens prosecutors? The show films at Silvercup.) According to DA Richard Brown, Rudolph forged two checks made out to himself and used his company credit card for personal use before being shown the door. You would think an accountant would be better at stealing. In the meantime, we wonder how long till there is an embezzling accountant on the staff of TGS... more ›

Today the cast and crew of 30 Rock took over the NY1 newsroom, and Pat Kiernan has done a terrific job of live-blogging and Twittering behind the scenes — including a note to his future self, saying, "Just had a nice chat with Alec Baldwin. Turns out he's a regular NY1 viewer. Must be nice next time there's a tabloid headline on In the Papers." Speaking of In the Papers, there was a missed opportunity for comedy gold by not turning over today's segment to Tracy Jordan. more ›

After months of talks, cable giant Comcast has made a deal with General Electric for NBC. According to the NY Times, "The agreement will create a joint venture, with Comcast owning 51 percent and G.E. owning 49 percent. Comcast will contribute to the joint venture its stable of cable channels, which includes Versus, the Golf Channel and E Entertainment, worth about $7.25 billion, and will pay G.E. about $6.5 billion in cash, for a total of $13.75 billion. For now, the network will remain NBC Universal, but ultimately Comcast could decide to change the name." Fun facts: GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and other execs "intend" to keep their offices at 30 Rock and want the GE logo to remain at the top of the building. more ›

Some two years after the fact, folks are still asking Alec Baldwin about The Voicemail. This time around it's not quite the sprawling New Yorker piece, but a short Playboy interview. The actor told the magazine that following the incident, he trusted The View as a safe forum where he could "get a fair shake." However, he quickly turned his back to another NYC morning show, declaring, "I'm on an NBC show, and Today was considered vital. But when that voice-mail tape thing happened, Matt Lauer interviewed [TMZ's Harvey] Levin before he even called me. Lauer put Levin on Today, and they never phoned me. When it’s in their interest to reach me, they know how. I saw that and said, ‘My relationship with the Today show is over.’ I’ll never do Today again, ever. Life’s too short." And as for 30 Rock, he plans to retire in 2012 when, presumably, he'll begin living a fantasy life with a new family that is unaware of his past life as a celebrity. more ›

People around comedy have been saying "it's gonna happen" for Donald Glover for a long time now. His first job merely months after graduating from NYU was writing for 30 Rock just as it was getting started. Now he's leaving that job to step in front of the camera as a cast member in The Community, a sitcom set at a community college he stars in alongside Joel McHale and Chevy Chase. It's one of two new pilots that have already been picked up by NBC for fall, which means we'll be losing Donald any day now as he makes the leap to Los Angeles. more ›

On last week's 30 Rock we learned a little bit about Liz Lemon's past life where she pursued acting and starred in (at least one) phone sex commercial that aired in the "Greater Chicagoland" area. NBC has finally offered up the full commercial online—if you had 70 cents for the first minute and 6 cents each additional minute, would you call 1-900-OK-FACE? more ›

Local TV nerds likely have their TiVos set to record NBC at 9:30 tonight on both tuners to make sure they don't miss the debut of Man Men's Jon Hamm in his guest role as Liz Lemon's new love interest on 30 Rock. Last night Hamm was promoting his gig on Conan and revealed that he and Tina Fey were shooting one of their scenes when she spotted Flight 1549 flying low on its descent towards the Hudson two weeks ago. Conan wondered if Hamm's good looks could have been the culprit! Captain Sully and Don Draper? Hubba hubba. more ›

Alec Baldwin just can't keep his mouth shut, not when it comes to his daughter, or the Upper West Side...or his meal ticket. Star reports, "During a recent photo shoot on the set, the notoriously difficult actor sniped to the photographer, 'Get ready to do a lot of airbrushing.' Tina, who has a childhood scar on her left cheek, fired back, 'Something wrong with my face?' Alec upped the ante by saying it's her entire body that's the problem." A verbal spar with Tina Fey? Oh, Alec. She shot back saying "this was coming from a guy with a double chin who thinks Sarah Palin is hot," which allegedly had Baldwin fuming. Those close to the feud think that Fey, creator and star of 30 Rock, is finally gaining some confidence and beginning to call her co-worker out on things, though Gawker suspects the feud was created to drum up publicity for the show. Hmm, where's Oprah? Or that 12-year-old girl Pam? UPDATE: OK! Magazine disputes Star's rumor: "Alas, show insiders tell OK! that this is all just a mean-spirited dream. Not only was there no catfight during the photoshoot — there hasn't even been a photoshoot in months!" An insider adds, "There was no recent photo shoot with the two of them on set. The last shoot was back in October for TV Guide and nothing like what's being described in that story happened." more ›

The US Postal Service reopened a newly modified Operation Santa Claus yesterday after it had been temporarily shut down earlier this week following a "breach of security" when a postal worker discovered that a registered sex offender in Maryland "adopted" one of the hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa sent in by needy children this holiday season. more ›

Vanity Fair’s January cover story is on “America’s New Sweetheart” Tina Fey and (being Vanity Fair and all) it primarily focuses on how Fey transformed from being the frumpy 25-year-old virgin who one agent assumed was having an affair with Lorne Michaels to the sexy librarian The New Yorker recently called “the sex symbol for every man who reads without moving his lips.” more ›

The blog Eat Me Daily posted a video clip yesterday from the opening of Thursday's 30 Rock where Gavin Volure, the eccentric billionaire played by Steve Martin asks what the good cupcake spots are in New York. Tina Fey's food crazy Upper West Sider Liz Lemon quickly fires back, "77th and Amsterdam, 68th and Columbus, 125th and President Clinton Boulevard." The blog noted that the uptown Magnolia Bakery is actually at 69th and Columbus, but they weren't aware of anywhere at 77th and Amsterdam. Could she have been talking about Crumbs on 75th and Amsterdam? And while we know that there's no President Clinton Boulevard (yet), could Lemon have meant Make My Cake on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd? Not to be all cupcake conspiracy theorist, but maybe Fey was trying to maintain her cupcake credibility without blowing up all her favorite spots. Why else would she not have mentioned Soutine? more ›