Not even a block of night cheese could make '30 Rock: A One-Time Special' less groan-worthy, writes USA TODAY Life's Patrick Ryan.
, which launched Wednesday with a mix of old and new TV and movies, with more original programming still to come.
As someone who used to schedule college classes around NBC's Thursday night comedy block and who laugh-cried through the terrific final season of"30 Rock," I was delighted by the chance just to see these zany characters together again, even as social distancing restrictions kept them physically apart.
If any cast was going to reassemble for the sole purpose of plugging other people's content, you'd think Fey and Co. would be the ones to do it with more than just a knowing wink and nudge. But a literal wink was one of the only bits of meta NBC commentary in the entire special: In the closing scene, Jack asks Liz to write jokes to help sell"Peahen, NBC's new female-centric streaming service," to advertisers.
Otherwise, the special felt like a forced, largely jokeless game of"Name That Celebrity," as Kenneth played virtual charades with roughly a dozen NBC stars including Mary Steenburgen and, and Liz had a Zoom meeting with Khloe Kardashian that was cut short by Jenna barging in and pleading for work.
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