30 Rock TV Show

Another week, another guest star announced for NBC’s 30 Rock. But this is one I’m actually looking forward to.

Actually, I’m looking forward to all of the guest stars that have been announced for 30 Rock this season (OK, maybe not so much the Gossip Girl
cast), including Jennifer Aniston and Oprah Winfrey. But this one seems particularly impressive and funny. Steve Martin will appear on the Thursday night comedy.

In general, I’m still very antsy about all of these guest stars. I don’t want to think that the show is resorting to stunt casting just to get buzz and ratings (the show is loved and gets great reviews, but it’s hardly a ratings powerhouse). I would hope that the show would just keep going as it is, being the smart, slightly subversive, unpredictable comedy that fans have grown to love. After all, how long before loyal fans - the fans that have stuck with the show even though it’s not a big ratings-getter - start to rebel and say to themselves “oh God, who’s on the show this week?”

The one thing that the show has going for it in this regard is that it uses its guest stars very well. So well that you don’t watch Jerry Seinfeld or Carrie Fisher or David Schwimmer and say “that’s just stunt casting.” The roles and stories have been great for these guest stars. I just hope that trend continues.

Jennifer Aniston made a brief return to sitcom stardom when she filmed a guest role on the NBC hit 30 Rock. And now, the former Friends star is talking about her experience back on the small screen.

“Where do I begin? I just had the time of my life,” she told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival, where she’s promoting her upcoming film Management. “The cast welcomed me in with open arms, and it was so good.”

And Jen had nothing but nice things to say about her co-stars on the show, whom she called, “Stellar!… Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Jane Krawkowski… what a great group of people,” she told ET Canada. “Unbelievable!

Meanwhile, Jen’s director in Management, Stephen Belber, took his time out  to gush to OK! about how great it was to work with the actress.

“She lives with her heart on her sleeves, she lives fully and she’s not afraid to hide it,” explained Stephen. “She doesn’t flaunt it in any sense. People follow her life, and she’s not a jerk. She could be a mean, bitter person as a result of all the press she gets – or the hounding — she gets, and she just never, ever shows a bitterness at all. That alone is huge, I think.”

Jennifer Aniston Also to Appear

Talk queen Oprah Winfrey is currently in talks to appear on NBC’s hit series 30 Rock. If everything works out, she will appear as herself in an episode scheduled for November 6th. The show premiers October 30th.

She is not the first superstar to have a role on the show this year. Jennifer Aniston is also scheduled for a part, as a “free-spirited, Fatal Attraction-like stalker” who is Liz Lemon’s (Tina Fey) former Chicago roommate, per NBC.

Alec Baldwin got naked with Jennifer Aniston?

On the set of hit NBC series ”30 Rock,” Baldwin said, “ …She and I are coming out of my bathroom with our clothes off.” 

Baldwin spilled his guts to Extra about Jennifer Aniston’s guest role on the hit comedy series and confirmed the other A-list celebrity he’ll be welcoming on set.

He said, ”Yes…Jennifer Aniston and Oprah. What more do you want? We’re only on episode four!”

As for Aniston’s character, Baldwin explained, “She plays a friend of Tina [Fey's character] who comes to town and she has a reputation of a man-eater. She loves to seduce alpha men…Tina warns me about her and I say, ‘Don’t worry…I recognize those kinds of women…” Count to three and she and I are coming out of my bathroom with our clothes off.”

Excited to work with Aniston, Baldwin commented, “We were very lucky to get her…She’s so alive…She’s funny and beautiful. She’s got the comedy crazy gene…She’s fun and she’s sweet. She was a perfect fit for the show.”

Jennifer Aniston will play a “free-spirited stalker” when she guest stars on ‘30 Rock’ later this year.

The former ‘Friends’ actress will star as Claire Harper - the crazed former roommate of Liz Lemon, creator Tina Fey’s character - in the one-off episode for the hit US TV show.

Tina, who is also the executive producer of the show, said: “Jennifer is not only incredibly lovely to have around, she also has what the young people would call ‘mad skills’. We’re very excited that she’s joining us.”

Teri Weinberg - the Executive Vice President of NBC Entertainment, which broadcasts ‘30 Rock’ and also aired ‘Friends’ - added: “What a thrill to have Jennifer back on NBC on a Thursday night. She is the perfect comedic talent to work with the Emmy award-winning ‘30 Rock’ cast. This promises to be a memorable, hilarious night of comedy.”

Jennifer’s character Claire arrives in New York, where the show is set, and “attaches” herself to TV executive Jack Donaghy, who is played by Alec Baldwin.

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