The “30 Rock” reunion airs this Thursday at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, but NBC’s affiliate stations have opted out of broadcasting the exclusive.
The 12 NBC-owned stations, which includes people in New York and L.A., will air the specific on Thursday. On Friday early morning, NBC will publish the full special to NBC.com, cable movie on desire platforms and its new streaming services Peacock. The special will also air on NBCU cable networks (United states, SyFy, Bravo, Oxygen, E! and CNBC) on Friday. The reunion will not stream on Hulu.
Vulture documented that Grey Television, Hearst, Nexstar, Tegna and Sinclair Broadcasting Team, NBC’s regional affiliate marketers, have informed NBC that they are setting up to preempt Thursday’s remotely filmed hour, as station entrepreneurs consider the corporate-pushed celebration is way too a great deal of a promotion for NBC’s Peacock streaming platform, which might push viewers absent from linear Tv set.
“30 Rock: A 1-Time Special” will involve appearances from cast members Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer, reprising their “30 Rock” roles. The celebration will also double as an upfront distinctive for the NBCUniversal attributes.
The hour-extensive, business-no cost particular will also characteristic guest appearances from talent from across NBCUniversal, highlighting new and returning programming from NBC, Telemundo, United states of america Network, SYFY, E! and Bravo.
“30 Rock” adopted NBC executive Liz Lemon, portrayed by Fey, in a nonsensical New York City-dependent Tv network. The upcoming particular will preview the network’s programming for the approaching 2020-2021 year as Liz navigates her daily life during the coronavirus pandemic.
NBC’s “30 Rock” aired from Oct 2006 to January 2013, winning 16 Emmys. The series is also the document-holder for most Emmy nominations in a single year for any comedy series and obtained 103 Emmy nominations more than seven seasons on NBC.
“We’re all happy to have this justification to (remotely) get the job done collectively again for NBC,” reported “30 Rock” government producers Fey and Robert Carlock stated in a joint assertion. “To quote Kenneth the Web site, there are only two items we adore in this world, tv and all people.”
