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Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

CrankYank — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:15:32 EDT

@CrankYank: And then I watched the Today Show and realized it already is. Fuck it.

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

CrankYank — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:13:18 EDT

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: They came for my sitcoms and I said nothing. Then they came for my one-hour drama, and again I said nothing. Then they wanted to pimp out my news, and there was no precedent to defend it. And my TV became one long infomercial.

CrankYank

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:14:30 EDT

@92BuickLeSabre: well allrighty then; not selling out, cashing in

sigh

it was probably always like this and we just didn't know it then

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:37:46 EDT

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: My apologies. For a moment there my earnest past experiences with words like "empowers" and "growth" overtook my jaded cynical present and future self.

Of course, you are right, and I have reread it as: "caaaaash money!!!"

92BuickLeSabre

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:26:07 EDT

@92BuickLeSabre: i'd say au contraire; i'd say it means u intend to ride it for every cent u can get

in this post modern xtreme capitalism age in which we find ourselves

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:25:15 EDT

@SarahHeartburn: all about the cross pollination, sadly, yes

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:24:47 EDT

@CrankYank: as if tv means something ...

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

DonPardoCalrissian — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:24:07 EDT

So Tina Fey is being Liz-Lemoned? As long as 30Rock doesn't get as bad as TGS.

DonPardoCalrissian

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

CopyofBlueboy — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:09:48 EDT

Ah, yes. Pos-mens.

CopyofBlueboy

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

Dusty in the Wind — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:09:11 EDT

Busted.

Dusty in the Wind

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:09:07 EDT

Not to point out the obvious, but...
if you feel that Nissan helps empower the growth of your show...
you really don't have a lot of confidence in your show.

92BuickLeSabre

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:56:09 EDT

@richardmarxhatesmyhair: No doubt at all. Look, the folks at your local grocery store have to keep their Coke in a Coke fridge, which means they have to buy Fanta too, and whatever water Coke markets in your area, so that means a Pepsi fridge too (because their customers want Pepsi, and Coke will sue the store if Pepsi is in a Coke fridge). I imagine at higher levels it has even stricter requirements.

SarahHeartburn

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:53:49 EDT

@lawyergay: I think that could be called peformance art now. and eligible for a grant.

SarahHeartburn

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

CrankYank — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:53:08 EDT

There is a difference between having sponsorship relationships and letting them run your show, which is what he is intimating.

"American Express has been inside 30 Rock"? Yes, pimping is the correct word.

CrankYank

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

DinaRonson — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:50:42 EDT

Whatevs
What impresses me is I saw that episode being filmed @ JFK on April 4th.

DinaRonson

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:09:15 EDT

@richardmarxhatesmyhair: sell sell sell ... yes i do believe that's part of the deal for being rich and famous

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

richardmarxhatesmyhair — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:04:27 EDT

@Ryan Tate: I feel you, don't get me wrong. Silverman is a yahoo, but I think Fey,et al. are contractually obliged to take part in the horse & pony show.

richardmarxhatesmyhair

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:48:34 EDT

@Ryan Tate: i hear u, but to me tv is such an utterly craptastic and commercial thing anyway that what's the point of being "pure"

ever since isaac mizrahi went to design for target, you know

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:47:48 EDT

@lawyergay: hear hear. and stocking up on cat litter

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

Ryan Tate — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:43:02 EDT

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: @richardmarxhatesmyhair: There's a huge gulf between being willing, even very wiling, and being in "love" with and "friends" with your sponsors, i.e. being super pumped. Which I thought I said pretty clearly, but I just added another line to be safe.

Ryan Tate

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

lawyergay — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:29:07 EDT

What happened to the good old days when "marketing" meant pulling on your support hose, trundling down to the neighborhood grocery store and grouchily sniffing cantaloupes?

lawyergay

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:25:24 EDT

@richardmarxhatesmyhair: whoa

if_i_only_had_a_heart

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

richardmarxhatesmyhair — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:23:25 EDT

Wait, are you trying to say the creator, director, writer and star of a hit show wants the network that airs along with the advertisers who sponsor the show to be happy enough to keep said show on the air?
What a snarky sellout.

richardmarxhatesmyhair

Pimping Tina Fey's Heart Part Of NBC Exec's Awful Vision Of The Future

if_i_only_had_a_heart — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:11:13 EDT

"snarky Tina Fey super excited and pumped to "sacrifice some dignity" to support her show, as one commenter put it? Really?"

d00d that supposes some kind of inherent internal conflict between wanting to be on tv and wanting to have sponsors and make them happy

it's not clear to me there is any such conflict

which, of course, could be your point

but

if_i_only_had_a_heart