Editing Tina Fey (section)

===''30 Rock'' (2006–2013, 2020)===
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[[File:Tina Fey filming "Episode 209" of 30 Rock edited.jpg|thumb|240px|Fey filming the episode "[[Ludachristmas]]" of ''[[30 Rock]]'' at [[Rockefeller Center]] in October 2007<ref name="Ref_a">{{cite web |url=http://www.popsugar.com/30-Rock-Ice-30-Ricecapades-753106 |title=30 Rock on Ice! 30 Ricecapades! |publisher=Popsugar.com |access-date=October 16, 2010 |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101201307/http://www.popsugar.com/30-Rock-Ice-30-Ricecapades-753106 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

In 2002, Fey suggested a pilot episode for a [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] about a [[United States cable news|cable news]] network to NBC, which rejected it. The pilot was reworked to revolve around an ''SNL'' style series, and was accepted by NBC.<ref name="Poniewozik2006">{{cite magazine |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1535853,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061125034418/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1535853,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 25, 2006|title=Do Not Adjust Your Set|last=Poniewozik|first=James|date=September 18, 2006|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=July 2, 2009}}</ref> She signed a contract with NBC in May 2003, which allowed her to continue in her position within ''SNL'' as head writer at least through the [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–2005 television season]]. As part of the contract, Fey was to develop a prime-time project to be produced by [[Broadway Video]] and [[NBC Universal]].<ref name="dev_2">{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Schneider|title=Peacock updates ''SNL'' anchor's deal|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/peacock-updates-snl-anchor-s-deal-1117885681/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 5, 2003|access-date=April 1, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206085913/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117885681.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=tina+fey+snl+2004%2D05|archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424ta_talk_friend|title=Shows About Shows|last=Friend|first=Tad|date=April 24, 2006|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911001913/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424ta_talk_friend|url-status=live}}</ref> The pilot, directed by [[Adam Bernstein]],<ref name="Ref_b">{{cite episode|title=Pilot|episode-link=Pilot (30 Rock)|series=[[30 Rock]]|credits=[[Adam Bernstein]] and Tina Fey|network=[[NBC]]|airdate=October 10, 2006|season=[[30 Rock (season 1)|1]]|number=1|minutes=30 }}</ref> centered on [[Liz Lemon]] (Fey), the head writer of a variety show on NBC, and how she managed her relationships with the show's volatile stars and the new head of the network.<ref name="dev_3">{{cite news|first=Josef|last=Adalian|author2=Schneider, Michael|title=Bruck finds ''Ring'' leader|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/bruck-finds-ring-leader-1117917293/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 1, 2005|access-date=April 1, 2008|archive-date=December 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206085919/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117917293.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2006, the pilot aired on NBC as ''30 Rock''. Although the episode received generally favorable reviews,<ref name="Allan2007">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082201741.html|title=Polished 'Rock' Rolls On|last=Allan|first=Marc D.|date=August 22, 2007|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 2, 2009|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102233433/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082201741.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it finished third in its time slot.<ref name="Kissell2006">{{cite news|first=Rick|last=Kissell|title=NBC's ''Rock'' solid in premiere|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/nbc-s-rock-solid-in-premiere-1117951807/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 12, 2006|access-date=February 27, 2008}}</ref>

In 2007, Fey received an [[Emmy Award]]<ref>[http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/tina-fey Tina Fey Emmy Award Winner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125121316/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/tina-fey |date=November 25, 2011 }}. Emmys.com (August 29, 2010). Retrieved on April 10, 2012.</ref> nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series|Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series]].<ref name="Gold2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/env-en-cover8aug08135221,0,440536.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807035329/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/env-en-cover8aug08135221%2C0%2C440536.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2012 |title=Will Tina Fey get the last laugh? |last=Gold |first=Matea |date=August 8, 2009 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 5, 2009 }}</ref> The show itself won the [[59th Primetime Emmy Awards|2007 Primetime Emmy]] for Outstanding Comedy Series (and did so again for two subsequent years).<ref name="Kronfeld2007">{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2007/09/19/tina-jerry-joins-rock/|title=Tina: Jerry Joins "Rock"|last=Kronfeld|first=Melissa Jane|date=September 19, 2007|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=June 5, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000852/http://nypost.com/2007/09/19/tina-jerry-joins-rock/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, she won the [[Golden Globe]],<ref name="golden globes">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/31012 |title=HFPA&nbsp;— Awards Search |work=[[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]] Official Website |access-date=June 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114073632/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/31012 |archive-date=January 14, 2009}}</ref> [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]],<ref name="Germain2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jan27/0,4670,FilmSAGAwards,00.html|title='No Country' Wins Key SAG Prizes|last=Germain|first=David|date=January 27, 2008|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]|access-date=June 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120101210/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jan27/0,4670,FilmSAGAwards,00.html|archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref> and Emmy awards all in the category for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref name="Silverman2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20225335_20227817,00.html|title=Tina Fey and Jeff Probst Win Emmy Awards|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|date=September 21, 2008|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=April 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419011716/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20225335_20227817,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following year, Fey again won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same categories,<ref name="golden globes" /><ref name="Ref_2009a">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/ledger-and-winslet-are-winners-again/2009/01/26/1232818309125.html|title=Ledger and Winslet win again at SAG awards|access-date=March 23, 2011|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|archive-date=June 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604012319/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/ledger-and-winslet-are-winners-again/2009/01/26/1232818309125.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was nominated for an Emmy Award.<ref name="Neil2009">{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/09/30-rock-repeats-at-emmys-but-toni-collette-among-new-faces-entertainment-news-1357986.html|title='30 Rock' repeats at Emmys but Toni Collette among new faces|last=O'Neil|first=Tom|date=September 20, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924172020/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/09/30-rock-repeats-at-emmys-but-toni-collette-among-new-faces-entertainment-news-1357986.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2010, Fey received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress,<ref name="Van2010">{{cite news|first=Rebekah|last=van Druten|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/18/2794999.htm|title=Avatar wins best film|access-date=January 24, 2010|date=January 18, 2010|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|archive-date=January 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122154028/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/18/2794999.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress.<ref name="Puig2010">{{cite news|first=Claudia|last=Puig|author2=Marco R. della Cava|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2010-01-23-sag-awards_N.htm|title=Bullock, Bridges take top SAG acting honors|access-date=January 24, 2010|date=January 23, 2010|work=[[USA Today]]|archive-date=October 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014153034/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2010-01-23-sag-awards_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''30 Rock'' returned for the 2011–2012 season, though due to Fey's pregnancy with her second child, the season premiere was delayed until midseason.<ref>[http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/05/uncertain-future-30-rock/37774/ "The Uncertain Future for 30 Rock"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915075607/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/05/uncertain-future-30-rock/37774/ |date=September 15, 2011 }} May 16, 2011, The Atlantic Magazine</ref>

Fey's performance on the show was inspired by [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/julia_louis-dreyfus/0,,,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004080328/http://www.people.com/people/julia_louis-dreyfus/0%2C%2C%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus |publisher=[[People magazine]] |quote=After winning an Emmy for outstanding lead comedic actress in 2008, Tina Fey thanked Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 'When I don't know how to quite play a scene, my husband will say just try to act like Julia Louis-Dreyfus,' she said. 'So thank you, Julia, that is really working out for me.' |access-date=March 2, 2012 }}</ref> and later used Louis-Dreyfus to play the [[stand-in]] for the character of [[Liz Lemon]] in [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]] scenes during the live episode "[[Live Show]]" of [[30 Rock (season 5)|the fifth season]]. After receiving 13 [[Emmy Award]] nominations and two wins for the final season, ''30 Rock'' ended its run with 112 Emmy Award nominations. It has been cited as one of the greatest TV series of all time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4925|title=101 Best Written TV Series List|work=WGA|last=NA|first=NA|year=2013|access-date=January 17, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110083226/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4925|url-status=dead}}</ref> and it is considered to have one of the greatest finales in television history.<ref name="hitfixreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/15-best-series-finales-in-tv-history#1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007135214/http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/15-best-series-finales-in-tv-history |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2013 |title=15 best series finales in TV history |work=HitFix |last=Feinberg |first=Daniel |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=April 1, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="IndieWireReview">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/in-honor-of-breaking-bad-the-best-and-worst-series-finale-20131001?page=2#blogPostHeaderPanel|title=The 16 Best And Worst TV Series Finales|work=IndieWire|author=The Playlist Staff|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070211/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/in-honor-of-breaking-bad-the-best-and-worst-series-finale-20131001?page=2#blogPostHeaderPanel|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HuffingtonPostReview">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/best-series-finales_n_4466215.html|title=The 9 Best Series Finales|work=The Huffington Post|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114234916/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-series-finales_n_4466215|url-status=live}}</ref>

The show returned for a remotely produced [[30 Rock#Reunion special|hourlong special]] which aired on July 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title='30 Rock' Returns to NBC With New Hour-Long Episode That Will Double as an Upfront Special |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/30-rock-nbc-reunion-episode-nbcuniversal-upfront-1234637182/ |website=Variety |date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616210302/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/30-rock-nbc-reunion-episode-nbcuniversal-upfront-1234637182/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 23, 2020, Fey apologized for episodes of ''30 Rock'' where characters appeared in [[blackface]]. The episodes, which originally aired in seasons [[30 Rock (season 3)|three]], [[30 Rock (season 5)|five]], and [[30 Rock (season 6)|six]], were removed from [[Streaming media|streaming services]] and are no longer shown in re-runs. In her apology, Fey wrote: {{blockquote|As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing make-up are best taken out of circulation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53148316 |title=30 Rock: Tina Fey apologises as blackface episodes are withdrawn |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2020-06-23 |access-date=2020-06-23 |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624003532/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53148316 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}