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We’re just under a week away (April 25) from the release of “Baby Mama”, featuring Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler.

Entertainment Weekly has  an interview with actress Deidre Goodwin, who played Deborah on MILF Island.  From the sounds of things, you can expect to see a fair amount of deleted scenes from this episode on the DVD set.

Q: How was the shoot?
A: There was so much they didn’t really show. After I finished, I was exhausted, but I was so happy because I never had that much fun working. I literally came home and washed sand and bananas out of my hair. We did ridiculous things. There was a girl who ate a cockroach.

Q: A real cockroach?
A: Well, they used chocolate cockroaches. But during a close-up, they made her hold a real one up to her lips. And then they didn’t even show that part! Poor thing. For me — you probably saw glimpses of this — there was a ‘’stick dance.” On set they’d told us my adversary was a very sweet girl, and I was [directed to be] raunchy, slapping my ass and everything. Then they had me shoot it again by myself. And you know that video by Whitesnake? I did that.

Q: You did your best Tawny Kitaen?
A: Crawling, cooter slam, flipping the hair, the whole thing. It was awesome.

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With three episodes left in the season, 30 Rock will be trading timeslots with Scrubs, and will now be airing after The Office at 9:30/8:30c.

I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on TV programming, but this time slot seems to make a lot more sense to me.  It seems that they’d be able to pick up more viewers following The Office than leading in to it.

It’s been two weeks since the now-infamous episode featuring MILF Island’s season finale, and people are still talking about it. Did NBC go too far?

From the NT Times:

 It was almost as if the NBC comedy writers had decided to test the limits of prime time taste just as the network unveiled a family-friendly philosophy of scheduling.

Thursday’s episodes of “30 Rock” and “The Office,” the first new installments to be broadcast since the end of the writers’ strike, each included coy references to a vulgarity: in one case it was bleeped out; in the other it was winked at in an acronym. While not unprecedented, the occurrences in the back-to-back prime-time shows were jarring. They also raise questions about the placement of “30 Rock” as an anchor of what an NBC executive, Ben Silverman, has designated the “family hour.”

From TV Squad:

  I don’t think the networks are able to control or adhere to a family hour anymore, not with time-shifting and alternate technologies. But standards are something to consider. I don’t want to sound like an old-fart — although I probably do — but shouldn’t there be some things are are deemed adult fare?

[ NY Times ] [ TV Squad ]

One of the hallmarks of 30 Rock has always been great guest stars, but it seems that the biggest may be yet to come.

E! Online is reporting that none other than Oprah Winfrey could be making an appearance as Liz Lemon’s best friend.

Just two weeks ago, while discussing some dream casting options for her NBC comedy 30 Rock, Tina Fey told reporters, “I still want Oprah to play my best friend…and I don’t know what I need to do to make that happen.”

Well, as of today, it might happen. Chicagoland sources who were at the taping of The Oprah Show starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for Baby Mama just wrote in to tell us this fantastic news:

According to members of the live audience, during a commercial break, Oprah said she had heard Tina wanted to be her best friend and asked whether Tina meant in real life or on the show. When Tina said “both!” Oprah said, “Have your people call my people.”

After a long hiatus, we’re back — and so is 30 Rock.

One of the things I love about 30 Rock is the fact that seemingly throw-away jokes can pop up again when you least expect them.  Such was the case with tonight’s return of MILF Island — one of Jack’s summer replacement series mentioned alongside shows America’s Next Top Pirate, and Are  You Stronger Than A Dog? in this season’s premiere.

I’ll get to a write-up of the episode later, but in the meantime, you can head over to the NBC/Universal store, and get yourself a brand new MILF Island t-shirt.  If they can crank out merchandise like this so quickly, why are there still no Tracy Jordan movie posters?  My office wall is screaming for a Who Dat Ninja? poster.

I was rummaging around the 30 Rock board over on IMDB, and came across a compiled list of 30 Rock’s Emmy Submissions for this year (Thanks Pudster!). For those of you that don’t have access to the board, here are this year’s submissions:

Best Comedy Series
“Hard Ball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

Best Actor
ALEC BALDWIN - “The Baby Show” (air date 1/4/07)
When ditzy receptionist Cerie spreads news of her engagement to a filthy rich Greek heir, Liz confronts her own marital and maternal status. Meanwhile, emotionally hardened Jack (Alec Baldwin) softens due to “mommy issues”.

TRACY MORGAN - “Pilot” (air date 10/11/06)
Liz Lemon is the head writer on a demanding, live TV program in New York City. However, things begin to get complicated when her new boss insists that a wild and unpredictable movie star (Tracy Morgan) joins the cast.

Best Actress
TINA FEY - “Up All Night” (air date 2/8/07)
It’s Valentine’s Day, and the TGS crew is celebrating by pulling an all nighter to put together a new episode. While Pete completely forgets the holiday, Kenneth and Cerie may be starting an office romance. Meanwhile, Liz (Tina Fey) wonders if Dennis is back in her life after she receives flowers from a secret admirer and newly divorced Jack wants to party with Tracy, who for once wants to spend a night alone with his wife instead.

Best Supporting Actor
JACK McBRAYER - “Hard Ball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

Best Supporting Actress
JANE KRAKOWSKI - “Hardball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna (Jane Krakowski) gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

What do you think?

TV Shows on DVD is reporting that 30 Rock’s First Season DVD set has finally been announced. Universal Studios Entertainment will be releasing the set on September 4th. We can expect a three disc set, and an MSRP of $49.98.

It was just yesterday that I checked Amazon looking for the same information, and came up empty-handed. With any luck, they’ll get that changed soon so I can my pre-order all lined up.

Just a quick reminder that NBC is airing reruns of 30 Rock’s first season on Thursday nights all summer! You don’t have to go without!