I wish I cared that 30 Rock was going to do a live episode, but it feels more like a gimmick to me than a correction for the show’s problematic writing. The performances have never been the challenge. They don’t need spicing up, or the edge of a live audience audience to be sharp. When they’ve got material like this, Tracy Morgan, Alec Baldwin, and Tina Fey are as good as ever:
I’ll tune in because I need something to write my Community recaps to.
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