Zooey Deschanel 'Excited' to Talk to Hundreds of Writers

Novelty ukulele tune Zooey Deschanel is "excited to host the WGA awards. It should be a lot of fun!"
Watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Crash Jimmy Fallon's Jersey Shore Parody
From time to time on Late Night, Jimmy Fallon graces us with 'Jersey Floor,' his 30 Rock-set Jersey Shore parody. And while any installment is worth watching, tonight's offering—featuring cameos by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as skanky stalkers who tussle with Rachel Dratch's Snooki—was pretty much perfect.
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Michael Imperioli finds work as a gynecologist on a teen show, RuPaul turns regular ladies into drag queens, Bill O'Reilly hates his coworkers, and a very pregnant Rachel Dratch hangs with Bethenny Frankel and Andy Cohen.
What in the World is Rachel Dratch Doing on Watch What Happens Live?
Last night the Andy Cohen Drinking Spectacular properly known as Watch What Happens Live actually had a guest who didn't become famous by flipping over tables or pulling out a frenemy's weave—Rachel Dratch! Really.
Rachel Dratch as Alicia Keys Spoofs "Empire State of Mind"
What's SNL-alum Rachel Dratch been up to these days? Joining up alongside comedian Billy Eichner and taking on Jay Z and Alicia's key's mega-hit of 2009. Their spin? "A Forest Hills State of Mind."
SNL Dooms Two More Women To Lives of Obscurity
The saddest news for Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson isn't that they are out of jobs on Saturday Night Live. It's that they're entering the tradition of the show's women who are never heard from again. Jan Hooks, anyone?
After Partyness
This one was too good to relegate to the map. Plus it's pretty long so it might show up funky. Behold: at a Tribeca Film Fest after party, we've got Rachel Dratch longing to be back on TV, Nikki "Hairspray" Blonski, Spencer Breslin, Heidi Montag and Spencer Twat trying to control who looks at them, and Ally Sheedy…
Martha Stewart Invites A Jew For Easter
It's so nice that Martha Kostyra Stewart let Rachel Dratch into her home—well, studio—for the Easter holiday. Especially since Rachel is a Jew and seems totally weirded out by the Polish Easter meal that Martha is preparing. It's like, you can almost hear her thinking, "Didn't your grandfather kill my grandfather in…
Rachel Dratch Explains That Whole Demotion/Recasting Situation
Back in August, news emerged that Rachel Dratch was being, er, shifted ("demoted" is a bummer word, as you'll soon see) from her lead role on 30 Rock into one where she'd play a "wide variety" of parts after producers decided to "scrap her character." A couple of days after the initial announcement, we learned that…
Debbie Downer Demoted Recast
On Wednesday, SNL mastermind and 30 Rock executive producer put a positive spin on the decision to demote star Rachel Dratch from a lead character to a "wide variety of roles," telling Variety, "The way it's been rewritten, it's a much funnier part." Of course, what he meant to say was, "The way it's been recast,…
Debbie Downer Demoted
We blame Andy Dick's wandering tongue for making us miss yesterday's Variety story on Rachel Dratch's new role—or roles, as the case may be—on NBC's upcoming series for those who'll find Aaron Sorkin's 60-minute treatment of the behind-the-scenes zaniness at SNL too demanding, the comparatively bite-sized 30 Rock,…
