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Anyone who’s both listened to Tina Fey speak and heard weekly doses of Liz Lemon quotes knows it can be hard to distinguish between the fictional 30 Rock character and the former Saturday Night Live writer who created and portrays her. We just wouldn’t expect NBC to mix them up in the promo department.

Starring as the head writer of a sketch comedy show (sounds familiar), Tina Fey has managed to bring home nine Emmys as Liz Lemon over the past two years. She’s apparently so convincing in this role that NBC considers them one and the same. In this week’s Must-See TV spot hyping NBC’s Thursday-night lineup, the announcer confuses the star for her character, declaring, “Tina gets played in an all-new 30 Rock.”

Seriously. Check it out below:

Everyone, even Liz Lemon, looks great in a Slanket. Salma Hayek’s return to 30 Rock was inevitable, but no one knew just when it was going to happen. It was also inevitable that her character would have to be written off somehow. That has officially been solved by having Elisa having a dark secret about killing her ex-husband because he cheated on her.



As for the storyline involving Jenna, it actually ended twice, once with Kenneth faking his death, and then again when he got sick on purpose for Jenna (that’s more like it, Ken). Jenna’s story line was set up by Lutz getting injured by the falling TV, but then this was completely dropped from the episode. Jenna’s paramedic looked as though he might be ready to turn into a regular boyfriend for her for a bunch of episodes, but perhaps the show isn’t going there though.

All in all, a solid episode.

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If one thinks that the third season of “30 Rock” has been star-studded so far, think again. For the season finale, the NBC comedy has prepared a huge fiesta that involves celebrities of all kind including Clay Aiken, Alan Alda and Mary J. Blige.

In a press release announcing the dates of the finales, NBC mentioned a “special episode featuring Alan Alda and surprise musical guests” for “30 Rock” finale on May 14. The best guess is, the comedy will have a musical episode which is backed up also with the appearances by Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello and recurring cast Sherri Shepherd.

Aside from the celebrity-packed episode, NBC has also listed the other stars who will show up prior to that. Salma Hayek, who plays Jack’s love interest, will be joined by Steve Buschemi in the April 23 and April 30 episodes. Emmy-winning actor Alda will join on date May 5 before going for the finale which is titled “Kidney Now!”

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Picking up where last week’s 30 Rock left off, Liz Lemon is suspended from work in “Jackie Jormp-Jomp.” She’s forced to attend a sexual harrassment seminar and somehow adjust to life without the stress of her show.



This proves to be difficult. At first, Liz Lemon is lost, actually showing up at 30 Rockefeller Plaza just to see what’s going on… until Kenneth blows his page whistle on her for breaking the rules.

Soon, though, Liz Lemon runs into a woman from her building in their lobby. This woman has recently been fired from her job on Wall Street and went through the same feelings that Liz Lemon is currently going through. But then the woman realized that there are far better way to enjoy life than trying to find purpose through one’s stressful occupation. Liz Lemon is intrigued.

She ends up intwined in the world of rich, spoiled divorcees. Liz Lemon and her new pal’s group of friends drink champagne in the morning go to the spa during the day and take part in private shopping trips. It’s a world Liz Lemon never thought she’d be in, and one that Jack warns her results in negative consequences, but Liz Lemon is enjoying it too much to listen to the sound advice of her boss and good, hilarious friend.

She has to find out for herself: at the end of the episode, Liz Lemon and the gals are sitting around, planning their night, when Liz Lemon learns that they do to stay sharp. Yes, folks, it’s a fight club! In order to “feel alive,” as one woman puts it, they severely beat on each other. This finally prompts Liz Lemon to return to TGS and the world she loves.

Two other storylines highlighted the episode:

1. Kenneth admitted to a crush on one of the TGS dancers. Unfortunately, Dot Com was already dating her. Fortunately, the two pals quickly worked out their differences. Less fortunately, Tracy fired the dancer, the other dancers boycotted in a show of solidarity and Tracy was forced to bring in a group of tranvestites to take their place.
   
2. In order to sell Jenna’s faltering Janis Joplic biopic, Jack pretended she was dead. It worked for a short period of time, until Jenna couldn’t resist taking the stage during her TGS tribute.
   

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On 30 Rock Thursday, Kenneth took over for Jonathan, which meant Tracy had to watch Kenneth’s bird, which led to his belief that Ken is actually a serial murderer. Elsewhere, Liz Lemon decided to do whatever it takes to save her staff. Even getting down and dirty, in a way that only Liz Lemon can, with an outside consultant.

Below are some of the best quotes from “Cutbacks.” Prepare to laugh, and be sure check out our library of 30 Rock quotes from all three seasons of the hit show!



Jenna: [to Kenneth] You know how you told Tracy not to go into your bedroom? Well, naturally, we assumed you were a serial killer, and as you can imagine, your bird is dead.

Jack: Your writer’s room is now the headquarters for Telemundo’s coverage of World Cup soccer qualifying.

Liz: I want to keep making prank phone calls to people like Seattle’s Richard Sackmuncher.

Liz: We’re in final negotiations to provide exclusive content to America’s jails!

Jack: [to Kenneth] You’ll do fine as long as you follow my Three Ds: Discretion, Docility, and Don’t Use My Bathroom.

Jack: The days of your wild coke parties are over.

Liz: Well, if by coke you mean soda.

Jack: I do.

Jack: [to Liz] Top front? Good lord, Lemon, that’s your worst quadrant.

Liz: We go upstairs, 20 minutes, open mouth, I will work your ears.

Liz: Fine - 30 minutes, I’ll make some sounds and you can say one weird thing to me.

HR Guy: [to Liz] He alleges you tried to barter sex for professional consideration. In the HR world we refer to that as being a filthy prostitute.

Pete: It’s a massacre! I can’t go back to teaching high school math. Those girls pretend they’re not women, but they are.

Excitement about the 50th “TGS” show is short-lived as the employees begin to worry about upcoming budget cuts. Jack (Alec Baldwin) is forced to hand out pink slips, while Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) has to step up and take on some extra responsibilities. Liz (Tina Fey) decides she has to do a little personal bartering to save her staff and crew. Jenna (Jane Krakowski) and Tracy (Tracy Morgan) become suspicious of Kenneth and are determined to prove he is hiding a dark secret.

Main Cast - Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney / Jenna DeCarlo, Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell, Judah Friedlander as Frank Rossitano, Keith Powell as Toofer, Katrina Bowden as Cerie, Scott Adsit as Pete Hornberger, Lonny Ross as Josh Girard

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30 Rock is having perhaps its best (or at least most absurd) season yet, so the third season finale in May has some pretty high expectations to live up to. What’s on tap?

Plenty. According to EW’s Michael Ausiello, there’s a “We Are the World”-esque charity single in the works. With one of the celebrity participants being Jenna Maroney.

Okay, so it’s no Jack and his mother. But anytime the show has Jenna sing, you know side-splitting laughter isn’t too far off. 30 Rock is off tonight but returns April 9.

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