30 Rock reunion show on Thursday

[Red Five 40,952]

This may be common knowledge but I just learned of this today. Hour long, commercial free. 

https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/30-rock-reunion-2020-trailer-watch.html

[Vito Andolini 9,135]

Thanks, will watch!

[RPM 26,368]

DVR set.

[RPM 26,368]

Not everyone will see the “30 Rock” reunion that will air Thursday on NBC. Multiple station groups are preempting the hour-long special, which will double as an advertisement for NBCUniversal’s 2020-21 programming and its new streaming service, Peacock.

The full list of stations that are choosing to preempt the special come from station groups Gray Television, Hearst, Nexstar, Tegna and Sinclair Broadcast Group, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. While it’s not clear exactly how many of the stations are skipping the special, those collectively represent about half of NBC’s footprint.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/multiple-nbc-affiliates-won-t-210105715.html

[Tom 2,959]

Screw that.  Skipping the reunion of one of the best sitcoms of all time to air a commercial for their streaming service?  I already set my DVR to record, so luckily it's showing in DFW.

[Steamboat1874 4,090]

It is showing up on my guide on Suddenlink here in the Austin area on KXAN.

[Guest Lobo]

Mine, too.  Because if I don't get to see it tomorrow night in real time, I'm gonna smack an NBC bitch.  

Unless this is all some clever ruse by Kabletown to reveal their new streaming service, "Pisscock"  

If it was all a contrivance, I called it first.  

[Red Five 40,952]

Well shit, it's not showing on mine. "KXAN special report". 

[The Ace of Aces 5,194]

1 hour ago, Tom said:

Screw that.  Skipping the reunion of one of the best sitcoms of all time to air a commercial for their streaming service?  I already set my DVR to record, so luckily it's showing in DFW.

I think it's the opposite - stations not airing this are purposely doing so to NOT advertise Peacock. This special is part of a Peacock ad, it's introducing the service and shows on it and new shows coming out. 

[PantsTent 2,002]

Yeah, the special is the ad to get you to sign up and watch all of 30 rock and maybe some other shit too.

[RPM 26,368]

For those that didn't follow the link

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The show will then be rebroadcast on Friday across USA Network, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, SYFY, and CNBC as well as available to stream on Peacock.

Looks like about 1/2 of the non NBC owned stations aren't going to run it.

[kevwun 15,936]

KXAN was one of them, the bastards.  Hopefully it will be on hulu or the NBC app on Roku.

[PantsTent 2,002]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

KXAN was one of them, the bastards.  Hopefully it will be on hulu or the NBC app on Roku.

Yeah, but now you know all these great travel destinations in Texas!

<<< watches the wheel during dinner and always catch what comes on NBC at 7pm

 

[Red Five 40,952]

It’s on USA tomorrow night.

[Guest Lobo]

Dah, what time...tell me what time?!?!

[Vito Andolini 9,135]

A shitty, locally produced Covid special aired in the Waco/Temple/Killeen market.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6,559]

It was on here in Dallas.  I enjoyed as it brought some laughs but it was basically an ad for the Peacock streaming service and some of the new NBC shows this Fall.  That doesn’t offend me but that is basically what it was.  It was definitely nice seeing some of those characters again

[Saint Austin 745]

Started off strong, but after a while the infomercial grew pretty tiresome.

[Bartles 769]

Well, I figured out how fast-fwd works on Peacock at least. Like so many quarantine-made shows, I give them full props for the effort and providing us brief glimpses of the past magic. I'll sacrifice Kenneth being not funny for everyone else being pretty much spot on from the heyday.

[billfromlaketravis 11,553]

Tracy Morgan was my 30 Rock MVP. Every scene is funny. 

Honorable mention to Chris Parnell as Dr. Leo Spaceman. 

[utee94 15,870]

3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Tracy Morgan was my 30 Rock MVP. Every scene is funny. 

Honorable mention to Chris Parnell as Dr. Leo Spaceman. 

Sure they're good, but for me, Cerie was the star.

[Tom 2,959]

On 7/15/2020 at 9:37 AM, The Ace of Aces said:

I think it's the opposite - stations not airing this are purposely doing so to NOT advertise Peacock. This special is part of a Peacock ad, it's introducing the service and shows on it and new shows coming out. 

 

Right on.  I enjoyed it for what it was, but this was an hour long commercial for Peacock with Peacock commercials thrown in the middle of it.  I guess I still enjoyed seeing most of the characters coming back, even if it was forced.  Meh...

[Red Five 40,952]

Some of it felt like the old 30 Rock and some of it was a beating. Like every scene with Kenneth and female Kenneth.