Ah, “30 Rock,” we skipped you.
NBCUniversal announced the return of the legendary collection for what it identified as in a launch “a distinctive Upfront celebration,” established to air commercial-absolutely free on Thursday, July 16 on NBC.
The announcement corresponded with the unveiling of NBC’s slide Tv program, which during typical occasions, would have transpired amid the once-a-year meeting of advertisers and network executives in New York City identified as Upfronts.
The a single-time, hour-extended “30 Rock” distinctive will reunite the show’s key characters to “celebrate the stories and expertise highlighted in NBCUniversal’s 2020-21 tv season.”
“We’re all happy to have this excuse to (remotely) operate alongside one another yet again for NBC,” executive producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock claimed in a joint assertion. “To estimate Kenneth the Web site, there are only two items we really like in this earth, tv and everybody.”
Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and additional are envisioned to take part.
The distinctive will rebroadcast on United states Network, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, SYFY, and CNBC and be accessible to stream on Peacock.
“At NBCUniversal, we’re energized to develop an Upfront that reflects a new truth and celebrates our marriage with viewers and advertisers alike,” Linda Yaccarino, chairman of marketing and partnerships for NBCUniversal, added. “Traditionally, this celebration is about the upcoming of programming this calendar year, it’s about the upcoming of our market — a upcoming exactly where we can meet up with audiences anywhere they are, with the stories that go them. As the previous stating goes… when existence palms you Lemon, have her host the Upfront!”
“30 Rock” aired on NBC from 2006-2013 and won 16 Emmy Awards.