Tina Fey As Palin: 'We Finally Vanquished One of the World's Great Villains - Katie Couric'
NBC's Tina Fey guest-hosted "Saturday Night Live" last evening, and viewers could hardly be surprised her network took the opportunity to once again use her to bash former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
In a mock Republican presidential candidates debate, before depicting Palin as an idiot that doesn't fully understand English, Fey did manage to take a humorous swipe at the soon to be exiting CBS "Evening News" host saying, "I want to acknowledge that this week we finally vanquished one of the world's great villains, and I for one am thrilled to say good riddance to Katie Couric" (video follows with partial transcript):
TINA FEY AS SARAH PALIN: Hi there. You know, it's just so great to be back on Fox News, a network that both pays me and shows me the questions ahead of time. And I just hope that tonight the lamestream media won't twist my words by repeating them verbatim. […]
FEY: Well, first, I want to acknowledge that this week we finally vanquished one of the world's great villains, and I for one am thrilled to say good riddance to Katie Couric. As for boning up on experience and policy, I'm planning a trip to the Middle East where I will be filming a cameo in "Hangover 3," the third hangover. The fellas go to a bar, and I'm there. I also recently purchased Rosetta Stone English. But the important thing for people to know is that I'm going to be running for president every four years for the rest of my life. It's my Olympics, and I intend to win a whole bunch of silvers.
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it is a funny line, but c'mon tina-->you got to get a new bit...
Submitted by merly1 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 8:29am.
talk about beating something into the ground......of course, that is why SNL has become unwatchable week in, week out.
Has become unwatchable?
Submitted by mcherr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 6:31pm.
I believe that snl became unwatchable, for many reasons, some time in 1981.
no talent
Submitted by John Galt 2 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 8:01pm.
Well, if you have limited talent, you don't have much choice but to continue the same old skit until the Pink Slip arrives. SNL has lost it's way. It has become a NYC socialist insider's joke site much like Mahler has become a West coast one.
I thought Fey said no more Palin?
Submitted by Mr. Mike on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:05am.
Strange that she's supposedly tired of camping up Palin but can't wait to do a Palin skit when she gets another SNL hosting gig.
SNL has gone from spoofy satire to outright character assassination. There is no reason for her to go after Palin this week. Sarah Palin was not involved in the Fox GOP debate at all.
When her movie bombed and no
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:42pm.
When her movie bombed and no one else paid any attention to her - she realized she'd better go back to the only venue where anyone actually cared....
By "anyone" I assume you mean
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:30pm.
By "anyone" I assume you mean those on teh left and right coasts...Cuz I don't know anyone who has watcheed that showed for at least 20 years...
Why are lefties so stupid?
Submitted by adamsmith on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:24pm.
Character assassination is what the left does best. As do ten year olds. As in my subject line, can they not see that without them she'd have been off the radar months ago? She's too outside the Washington Elite/ Republican Machine for anyone else to make her truly relevent. By using her as a whipping mule, they are creating another National Hero a la Reagan. They've dropped the bar so low for Dear Sarah, if she was to get the nomination and smoke Obamalinsky's ass in a Presidential debate in front of 50 million viewers(and believe me, they laughingly ADMIT they'd like no better candidate) on a lefty network like NBC(Nothing But Communism) they're gonna wish they let up on her long before all of them, male and female malcontent alike,descended into their sexist,misogynistic, unfounded smearing. I hope she does become the President. Washington, like the Llama cage at the Zoo needs to be hosed out. And these freakin' Moonbats need to go home with their psychological tails between their legs for the next 50 years. About how long it will take to fix what President Soros, um, I mean Puppet, er excuse me President Obama has done........Like Porky Pig used to say, "Eebedee, Eebedee,Eededee,Eebedee.....THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!!!!!!!
Well, it is hard to separate the 2
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:28pm.
Being a leftist means you have no grasp on logical thinking. So, being a leftist is the very essence of stupidity.
A leftist with any sense, is pretty rare. In-fact right off hand, I cant think of one?
Why stop
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 6:01pm.
...it's her bread and butter.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
"Strange that she's
Submitted by NC Cop on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:07am.
"Strange that she's supposedly tired of camping up Palin but can't wait to do a Palin skit when she gets another SNL hosting gig."
She can't help it. Without Palin, hardly anybody would know who Fey is.
Wow
Submitted by well99 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:20am.
Could you get any more boring?Tina Fey reminds me why I don't watch SNL.I prefer comedy.SNL apparently gave that up years ago.
The "dumb/crazy/racist conservative" schtick is getting old.
Submitted by Mike009 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:36am.
Last Monday night was the first Tonight Show after Bin Laden was killed. Jay Leno opened with "Bin Laden is dead...Navy Seals did it...Sarah Palin was surprised to know seals could be trained to do something like that..." So even when the nation was celebrating the death of Bin Laden, Leno (the Left) used it as a way to attack Sarah Palin.
I grew up watching the Tonight Show (and SNL) but I don't anymore. I have better things to do than listen to a bunch of ignorant left wingers tell me how stupid conservatives are.
Let those who say Palin is stupid try to get themselves elected to their local school board, let alone governor of a state. And remember, Palin became governor of Alaska without any high-powered consultants or big money - long before any of us in the lower 48 every heard of her.
Mike
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 10:01am.
"Let those who say Palin is stupid try to get themselves elected to their local school board, let alone governor of a state."
It's a piece of cake for them to do it. They have unions, local registrars and dead people to make it easy.
Boring!
Submitted by Nenzina on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:55am.
You can get a general idea of an audience's average IQ by the type of jokes that work (or don't). If you get a laugh out of the same old jokes over and over (Palin mocking, "teabagger", etc.), the audience must be pretty stupid. I wonder what the SNL demographic is these days. I don't know anyone who has watched it in decades.
Happy Mama's Day to Sarah Palin!
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 10:32am.
Tina now has competition from Julianne Moore impersonating Sarah. Why would production companies bother making movies about her, if Sarah did not have influence on the media and voters?
Tina Fey
Submitted by cats1cowboy on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 10:56am.
SNL used to be a "tongue in cheek" comedy show that lampooned politicians (and everyone and everything else) in fun. SNL, now, has become a vicious attack with no soul.
SNL is a most effective propaganda tool
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 11:10am.
I know several liberals who still believe that Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her kitchen window. I have even shown them the two videos side-by-side, Palin's interview and Tina Fey's impression of Palin, and they STILL insist Palin said this.
Do not underestimate the power of these propagandists operating under the guise of 'entertainment' to deceive the weak-minded.
Which merely proves
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 12:46pm.
That liberals are gullible fools.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Gullible fools
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 6:06pm.
yes but many of them have college degrees, and vote, like my lovely sister and brother-in-law.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
college degree
Submitted by cats1cowboy on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:45pm.
Does a degree in tie-dyeing and basketweaving still count?
Hmmm NL
Submitted by shawn. on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 2:26pm.
Yet you criticize me for pointing out Lady Gaga for making fun of Jesus on Easter Sunday. You almost hurt yourself patting yourself on the back for not paying attention to Gaga in hopes that. She will go away
However you are certainly paying attention to something Tina Fey does twice a year.
Double standard on your part maybe?
Your backside is still a little sore, eh?
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:25pm.
I do not watch SNL at all. It is bilge TV and I will not support it.
I would not even know what Tina Fey was doing if it were not brought up here on NB or by some of the liberals I encounter on a regular basis, some of whom claim Palin said things which I learned after some research were actually quotes from Tina Fey doing an impression of Palin.
Another air ball, Shawn?
Only air here is the hot air from u NL
Submitted by shawn. on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:30pm.
I commented about something I disagreed with Gaga about and you told me I should ignore it and she will go away. Yet for you to comment on Fey is okay. Interesting.
What we have here is a failure to communicate ...
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:52pm.
I wasn' t commenting on Fey in particular. My comment was about the power of programming that categorizes itself as 'entertainment' as a propaganda vehicle spreading lies and misinformation.
You were originally bitching about Lady Gaga disrespecting the most important Christian holiday by distributing her 'entertainment' on Easter while at the same time admitting you were a fan.
These are not droids you are
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 2:47am.
These are not droids you are looking for. Classic
Happy Mother's Day Sarah!
Submitted by gailannr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 11:18am.
NOT SO MUCH TINA FEY, SHAME ON YOU! How can you even begin to use a joke about a murderer of 1000s in comparison to a loving mother, wife and grandmother. I SAY SHAME ON YOU TINA, SHAME ON YOU!
Funny
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 11:27am.
Don't watch SNL for years, but have to admit that was funny. Probably more of a knock on Couric than on Palin.
How could you resist the juncture of those two events in a week?
I would not be surprised if Palin thought it was funny as well.
The only funny part was the
Submitted by ThatDude on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 12:08pm.
The only funny part was the Couric line. However, I have a feeling that it was intended to be a slam on Palin because of how the interview made her look in the media. It's been a long time since SNL was funny. The combination of a lack of good actors and writers is apparent. When Will Ferrell is the last mediocre talent to come from the show, it goes to show how much it has degraded.
Agree
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:20pm.
I have no idea how SNL has survived on such mediocre or even poor talent.
Seth Meyers is still the head writer and he would never have been a writer on the original SNL let alone an on screeen actor. His performance the other week in DC slamming Trump to his face was not only in bad taste it was not even humorous except for the left wing bashers.
Meyers better hope Trump runs for President and does not renew Celebrity Apprentice. Because is Trump starts negotiating on the renewal with NBC Do not be surprised if one of Trump's demands is Meyers' head.
What juncture?
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:17pm.
couric left weeks ago and OBL was killed (so I hear) last Sunday? Where's the JUNCTURE?
The Couric replacement was
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:15pm.
The Couric replacement was only announced last week.
kittie
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 8:36am.
was at least a week before OBL was taken surfing.
It's Clear
Submitted by dpc1212 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 11:56am.
It's clear the Left is still scared to death of Sarah Palin. But they have been effective in destroying any political future for her, in my opinion. The Obama administration has bumbled so many things, not the least being the Osama killing and its aftermath, a true non-political comedy show would have blistered Obama and his idiots in at least three skits. But oh no, we can't touch Obama. He's in too much trouble as it is. So let's remind the viewers (the few there are) how stupid the right is by skewering Sarah Palin. Huh?
That's what bothers me.......the Left attacks any republican or conservative as either insane or stupid and it gains traction and often minimizes or destroys the person politically. I think if the Conservative movement is going to continue to have an impact in our country, it has to make a big organized effort to become part of the media. We need to infiltrate every aspect of the left wing press.
Become a part of the media?
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:19pm.
You're kidding? I'm not joining the Nazi Party to beat hitler either.
If the left really has
Submitted by Free Stinker on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 9:34am.
If the left really has destroyed Sarah Palin's electability, then why do they continue to attack? I suspect they realize she is still a viable candidate.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Free,
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 9:53am.
I believe Sarah at best is a viable candidate but a long shot because of the mushy middle/independents. However, she is still a viable and a very capable opposing voice with the ability to attack - that is why the media still attack her, in order to take the bite out of her attacks when she tries to shine light on the incompetence of the current administration.
Fiction for fiction
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 12:02pm.
I didn't see the (loosely termed) skit of Fey as Palin, but from the descriptions above and the comments, I see this as an act of desperation, especially since Government Electric owns Nothing But Crap which produces SNL (Saturday Nothing to Lose).
Just like last Sunday night, the chairman told us some fiction in his announcement, SNL is resorting to fiction for an event that didn't happen with Fey's portrayal.
I'm getting the feeling we're starting to see the house of cards starting to fall apart.
-Jon
'One trick pony'. Curious
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:13pm.
'One trick pony'.
Curious that the only way this liberal democrat can get any real attention is to pretend to be a conservative republican woman...
Once Again, No Talent
Submitted by RealVet on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:23pm.
You know your career is tanking when: - You host SNL
Why these untalented jerks still remain on the air despite bottom of the tank ratings is a mystery.
Palinphobia seems to be the number one liberal psychological ailment.
Why these untalented jerks remain on the air
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:21pm.
is for the same reason that the New York Times (Pravda US Edition) is still printing their crap.
To Real Vet
Submitted by adamsmith on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:48pm.
It's (SNL) kinda like a contemporary version of the "Love Boat", the Cruise Ship of choice for the "Where are their Careers Now?" crowd....The more things change......................................
supplemental income for has
Submitted by buddyc on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 8:49pm.
supplemental income for has been writers and commedians who have been or will be good liberal whores.
More Palin Hate
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:33pm.
Noel:
You are being generous in your critique. This was not a swipe at Couric. It was a swipe at Palin who was made to appear a bitter bumpkin who thinks Couric is a "great villian".
There was nothing sympathetic to Palin or derogatory towards Couric in this bit you've presented.
Dose SNL still do well in the ratings
Submitted by Lipton on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:41pm.
It doesn't seem as prominent as it used to be. Who was the latest big start to come from SNL. Is it Fey herself? Is this show still the career starter it used to be?
Tina, Stick To 30 Rock, You Suck at Everything Else
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 2:27pm.
Palin isn't going to run, so you'll have no impact in 2012.
Sorry, but that will leave you to wonder why your TV show is so good, but your movies suck so bad.
You want my theory? You're like candy. A little bit is good, but too much makes you sick.
You're only funny on 30 Rock because everybody assumes you're playing yourself, a somewhat maladjusted loser.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Fey actually went there?
Submitted by Phryj1 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:00pm.
"a network that ... shows me the questions ahead of time"
Like the ENTIRE MSM did for Obama when they were supposed to be vetting and scrutinizing him on our behalf? Obama's campaign got to pre-approve every question asked. The MSM went along with it because they wanted to get him into office. It was disgusting. A complete abdication of journalistic duty.
I'm sick to death of liberal celebrities and the MSM. I'd throw my TV away if I didn't need it for video games.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Fasten your seat belts,
Submitted by TE on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:33pm.
Fasten your seat belts, because this clip of Fey will be played endlessly on the "news" programs of NBC and its parent company A-Mess-NBC over the next several months or years. Eventhough it was on NBC, also expect to see this clip played on the so-called "news" programs of ABC, CBS, PBS, CNN and even the sound-only NPR.
And they'll claim it was Palin who actually said it, too.
Submitted by Phryj1 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:50pm.
Just like they did with Fey's mocking "I can see Russia from my house".
The MSM is a bunch of filthy liars and smear artists.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
This is typical of the unholy
Submitted by Tom Paine on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:56pm.
This is typical of the unholy alliance between the "Entertainment' and "news" divisions of the lamestream networks. First they get SNL to to a hit piece and then the "News" division picks up on it as "Proof" that Sarah Palin isn't being taken seriously. It is all so transparent, and so over.
So bored
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:30pm.
with Yeti Fan.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Such cruelty and bullying
Submitted by buddyc on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 4:46pm.
Such cruelty and bullying from people who comdemn it.
So the top 6 lib targets are:
1. Palin
2. Beck
3. Trump
4. Christie
5. Ryan
6. Brietbart
Boycotts, attacks by whores like Fey, protests, insults, and the like. Bascially anything but dealing with actual issues.
And republicans just sit around crying about it. Republicans should listen to George S. Patton's opening monologue in the movie Patton.
Well I don't have the movie
Submitted by gailannr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:29pm.
So take two seconds and give us a clue please!
Gailannr
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:58pm.
Here ya go.
Tina Fey Returns to Her Sarah Palin Bimbo Impression on 'SNL'
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 5:01pm.
"The fact Fey decided to do Palin at all is of some interest. After the 2008 elections, Fey had vowed that she would never do Palin again. More recently, Fey suggested that her show "30 Rock" was losing viewers because her portrayal of Palin had angered many people...
"...The Palin as bimbo meme has increasingly become at variance with reality. Palin has won respect for weighty addresses on foreign policy and national security. Comedy is only funny if there is some truth to it.
"Fey and SNL might be more advised to alter their Palin humor a little. A great model would be a famous late 1980s depiction of then President Ronald Reagan, which showed him pretending to be an amiable dunce in public, but behind closed doors proved to be a cunning political genius, as we now know he was. A depiction of Palin along those lines would be at once funny and insightful."
"...But the question arises, why did Fey return to her Palin impression even though she didn't want to and opined that it was a career killer for her? Is it possible that some folks are now afraid of Palin and would very much like to take her down before she actually becomes a threat to take the presidency away from Barack Obama? You betcha. It sure does seem like it."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8040197/tina_fey_returns_to_her...
It's really sad that...
Submitted by Irene Flick on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 6:15pm.
...in this day and age we can elect a black man to the highest office in the world, but when a woman aspires to the same thing she is mocked sociopathically and NO ONE stops the onslaught. My own husband thinks the seal joke from Leno is funny. Leno - you suck and I refuse to watch your propaganda disguised as entertainment ever again. We already stopped watching Letterman, we turned off HBO, and we can turn you off, too, you POS!. I sign the checks in this household.
Happy Mother's Day all you sexist babies who did not learn to respect women at your mother's knee.
There is no place for sexism in the 21st Century!
Nicely put!
Submitted by mcherr on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 6:42pm.
Nicely put!
We had this on as we were
Submitted by msh1973 on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 7:03pm.
We had this on as we were getting ready for bed...in the opening skit, Tina Fey and another pregnant cast member did this vulgar song about getting pregnant. This is how they honor motherhood and their unborn child. It was disgusting and rude. We quickly changed the channel.
In August 2008 Fey was given
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 8:18pm.
In August 2008 Fey was given the gift of instant fame for her ability to impersonate Sarah Palin, and it propelled her to instant fame: Justin Beiber kind of fame. Today's she's no more successful than she was in July 2008. As an actress, to have that level of name recognition and no ability to capitalize on it means you really aren't that great of an actress. Palin went from obscurity outside of Alaska to instant Beiber-like fame in 2008 and she's maintained it.
Palin: Lightning in a bottle
Fey: Flash in the pan
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
I actually started watching
Submitted by 98ZJUSMC on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 8:49pm.
I actually started watching again in the early 90's. By '99, I was done.
Tina Fey is unusual for the entertainment business.
Submitted by big.league.slider on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 1:51am.
Normally in the entertainment business, don't they get an actor/actress that is better looking than the person they are portraying? Tina Fey is nowhere near as attractive as Sarah Palin.
Predictably, Yahoo! finds
Submitted by TE on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 3:52am.
Predictably, Yahoo! finds Fey's skit to be "news". Some feminist dingbat named Ben Collins at Yahoo just loved, loved, loved it! http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/tina-fey-reprises-sarah-palin-impression-on-sat...
tired, worn out....lacking creativity...clinging for life...
Submitted by thescoots on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:32am.
just a few of my descriptives to critique Tina Fey and what is "so very yesterday". The good news? Desperatly grasping for straws by holding onto Sarah Palin....Tina Fey is showing signs of a career decline. Gone to the well much too often...Tina Fey has managed to type-cast herself to the point where when people see her...they think of Sarah Palin...not Tina Fey....irony's a beotch....isn't it?
She has one of the funniest
Submitted by balboa on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 12:19pm.
She has one of the funniest shows on TV, her book is at the top of the bestseller list. That's not quite a career in decline.
And you can't really accuse her of being typecast as Palin impersonator when she hasn't really done it in a long time. And if she were really "holding on" to the Palin bit, she would have opened with it, it would have been much longer.
Leftists must not dictate our candidate.
Submitted by vote24 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 10:45am.
Sarah, Many of us truly appreciate your honesty, integrity and values. Your leadership abilities are evident to me and reinforced by the fact that that the Democrats are wetting their collective pants in fear of your power. The idea that I will be called a fool for "falling for that conservative stuff" is of ABSOLUTELY NO CONSEQUENCE. You still have my vote based on all information I can gather, and reality. It's true, we were somewhat unaware of how far and deep the communist infiltration of American media has become, but ... so it is, now we are aware, we are active, we are the majority, and they are doomed. It will probably take years longer than we would like to root out this anti-American, self hating, cult of lies. But it looks like it is, and will continue to happen. If it becomes very clear that you cannot be elected, then I will throw my support behind another conservative for the cause. But leftists should not be allowed to destroy all of our best candidates based on traitorous lies and misinformation. If this becomes a fact, then we are in a very bad place which may only be remedied by war.
Go Figure
Submitted by rammingspeed on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 11:27am.
Tina Fey stated that her Sarah Palin impersonation in 2008 ended up hurting her, and her show 30 Rock. Internal checks by her "people" showed that a significant number of people stopped watching her show, and stopping viewing her other work. She said Alec Baldwin has been hurt as well, for being on 30 Rock.
She doesn't care. She mindlessly pushes her stupid leftie POV, in the face of the truth.
Go figure.
Got to love these repeated
Submitted by JasonC on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 4:29pm.
Got to love these repeated insinuations that Fey's career is hanging on by the quickly-unraveling thread that is her Sarah Palin impersonation. It's not like she created and stars in one of the most successful and stylistically-groundbreaking TV shows of the last decade or anything...
Jason
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 4:33pm.
I don't about the "stylistically-groundbreaking" of 30 Rock, but ratings wise, it's not doing so well,
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/06/tv-ratings-thursday-bones-am...
or, http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/05/uncertain-future-30...
Well, true, a lot of shows
Submitted by JasonC on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 4:46pm.
Well, true, a lot of shows don't know when to say when.
It's not a ratings winner,
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 5:51pm.
It's not a ratings winner, but it's a critical hit, plus Fey just got the Mark Twain award. Plus as I mentioned earlier she has a bestselling book. She's doing Just fine.
These days, a critical hit
Submitted by JasonC on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 6:10pm.
These days, a critical hit that brings in the revenue to make it to its 6th season can more or less be considered a ratings hit as well. It's no Seinfeld or Cheers or MASH or even the execrable 2.5 Men, but I think it qualifies as a successful show.
And not that we really need to get into it because it's not particularly relevant, but I WOULD argue that its style of storytelling is highly original and sophisticated and bound to be widely imitated. That, of course, is a matter of opinion.
I'd agree. They do a lot of
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 6:21pm.
I'd agree. They do a lot of great stuff on there, and the live episode was fantastic. And 30 Rock has hit the 100 episode plateau which means big bucks in syndication.