30 Rock: How much is too much?
Posted by Dan
October 18th, 2007 at 12:53pm
In 30 Rock
I have to admit, there’s a little tremor of worry going through me about 30 Rock.
After the season premiere, they showed a teaser for the upcoming season about all the guest stars they have lined up for the coming season. After Jerry Seinfeld, the guest list includes Al Gore, Steve Buscemi, Meredith Vieira, Edie Falco — they’re even taking David Schwimmer out of deep-freeze for a stint.
Of course, they’ve had guest stars in the past and it has worked out fine. I’m thinking about Isabella Rossellini and Paul Reubens, mostly. But I really dread the show turning into a latter day Will and Grace, where they have someone new on every week for no real reason. The Seinfeld stint did have one cringey moment where Jerry turned to the camera to directly plug his movie — a gag that I’m used to seeing on awards shows and would think 30 Rock could do better than.
But whatever. I’m sure they can pull it off with T-Fey at the helm.
I just thought I’d worry everyone unnecessarily.
To make it better, you can watch this clip of 30 Rock winning the Emmy.
Whenever I see guest stars piling up on a critically-acclaimed-but-low-rated show, I think it’s the network trying to help it out a little. “You don’t watch this, but remember how much you liked Seinfeld? Look, we’ve got Seinfeld now!”
But it didn’t help Arrested Development. Thanks for nothing, Charlize!
Dan, I feel you on this one. I voiced similar concerns about my beloved 30 Rock and the multitude of guest stars slated for this season, but I have my fingers crossed that Fey & Friends can handle this with great aplomb. I did rankle a bit at the Seinfeld episode (which felt a bit forced), but not at the return of Will Arnett. We must wait and see.
And if Charlize couldn’t save AD, nothing could. She was amazing on that show.