Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Tracy Morgan will revive their roles for an NBC upfront special that Jack Donaghy would love
—will host what NBC is calling a “first-of-its-kind all-audience upfront event” in character.
“We’re all happy to have this excuse to work together again for NBC,” Fey, who played Liz Lemon on the show, and her fellowsaid in a joint statement. “To quote Kenneth the Page, there are only two things we love in this world, television, and everyone.” Back in March, as the severity of the coronavirus pandemic was becoming more apparent by the day, NBCUniversal canceled its annual upfront event in New York City. Normally, upfronts are when network executives showcase their forthcoming programming slate to the advertising community.
The hour-long event will air July 16 on NBC, starting at 8/7c. NBCUniversal will rebroadcast the special on its other properties, including USA Network, Bravo, E!, Syfy, and CNBC, before making the upfront presentation available on its new streaming platform, Peacock, the following day. It’s expected other NBCUniversal talent will appear during the broadcast.
Beyond all the brand synergy stuff, this marks the second time this year that NBC has leveraged its library of programming for a special event. In April, the network reunited the cast offor a one-time pandemic-themed episode that imagined how the show’s cast of characters would react amid the global health crisis.ran for seven seasons before going off the air in January of 2013. In the time since, Fey has often been asked about the possibility of a reboot.
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