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'30 Rock' a Bright Spot on NBC's Fall Lineup

NPR | By Andrew Wallenstein
Published October 11, 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT

The new NBC series 30 Rock is the second series on the network to take a behind-the-scenes look at a sketch comedy show resembling Saturday Night Live.

Television critic Andrew Wallenstein says the show is a bright spot in the network's fall season -- but also that Tina Fey, a Saturday Night Live alum who was also one of the show's best writers, has trouble playing herself.

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Andrew Wallenstein
Andrew Wallenstein is the television critic for NPR's Day to Day. He is also an editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where he covers television and digital media out of Los Angeles. Wallenstein is also the co-host of the weekly TV Guide Channel series Square Off. His essay on Holocaust films was published in Best Jewish Writing 2003 (Jossey-Bass), and he has also written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Business Week. He has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.