Yahoo News 30 Rock with Tina Fey returning as a one-off NBC upfronts special
Tina Fey is bringing back 30 Rock!
Ever since it was announced that a spin-off was nixed, fans of the NBC comedy have been campaigning to bring the Emmy-winning sitcom back for #OneMore30Rock instead.
Fey is indeed reuniting with Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Alec Baldwin for a one-hour special that will be simulcast on NBC on July 16 and will rebroadcast on Bravo, Peacock, E!, Oxygen, SYFT and the USA Network in the US.
But this won't be a typical reunion episode. It's described as "a first-of-its-kind all-audience upfront event", and will be filmed using social distancing to promote NBC's new autumn schedule of shows.
Fey and her team will specially craft the promotion for NBC into the storyline of this reunion episode in a way that actually makes perfect sense for the world of 30 Rock.
"We're all happy to have this excuse to (remotely) work together again for NBC," Fey and 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock said. "To quote Kenneth the Page, there are only two things we love in this world, television and everyone."
NBC recently had a huge ratings hit with the socially-distanced reunion episode for Parks and Recreation to raise money for COVID-19 relief and first responders.
We hear you, and we’ll do it, but only for the attention. 😉 #OneMore30Rock is coming your way July 16 on @NBC and July 17 on @PeacockTV, @BravoTV, @CNBCPrimeTV, @eentertainment, @Oxygen, @SYFY & @USA_Network. https://t.co/7gYFqXpAjF pic.twitter.com/A8QmFylCMo
— 30 Rock (@30Rock) June 16, 2020
Fey has been coy about the possibility of more 30 Rock recently, after once sparking hope that "maybe" it could happen while commenting at the Broadway opening of Mean Girls.
"A little bit of that is on me," she admitted at the time. "I must have been so thirsty for internet attention, like 'Maybe'. It's either like say yes to something like that, or I have to walk around CBS wearing Poise pads trying to get in 'Stars They're Just Like Us'. So thirsty for attention."
"Who knows?" she continued. "Robert Carlock and I, we would never do a straight reboot, that would be too easy. I don't know, we'd try to think of a way to do something. We could do a prequel like Muppet Babies, or set in a dystopian future where there's a lot of robot sex."
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