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You wanted resolution on the "30 Rock" finale? You got it. Sort of. At least, the sort befitting "30 Rock," with its loopy storytelling mixed with joy in spoofing the culture of TV.

After seven kooky, smart, high-energy, and completely delirious seasons, Tina Fey's "30 Rock" is signing off for good, and, quite frankly, it doesn't make us feel like "high-fiving one million angels." In fact, it's a total bummer.

Big life celebrations scored in the ratings last night. The Liz Lemon wedding episode of NBC’s departing 30 Rock drew a 1.3/4 in adults 18-49 and 3.6 million viewers. That was up 8% from its last original two weeks ago and the comedy’s best demo rating since Oct. 11 and largest viewership this season. Meanwhile, ABC’s sophomore drama Scandal (2.2/6) popped 10% from its last episode two weeks ago to hit a season high. (In adults 18-34, it hit a series high). That is with Scandal‘s lead-in, Grey’s Anatomy (3.0/8), dipping 6% from two weeks ago to tie its season low. No dead cat bounce for ABC’s Last Resort. In its first airing post cancellation news, the freshman drama (1.0/3) fell 17% from two weeks ago to a series low.

Featuring Steven Pasquale as a neurosurgeon with a twisted alter-ego, "Do No Harm" will premiere on Thursday, January 31 at 10 p.m. That's the same night that "30 Rock" will air its hour-long series finale.

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Jack McBrayer from "30 Rock" and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog are insulted at a famous Chicago hot dog stand.
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NBC, which will unveil its primetime schedule for next season to advertisers on Monday, this afternoon picked up a 13-episode season of “Community” and of “30 Rock” – the award winning-est of NBC’s Thursday comedy lineup once famously known as Must See TV, but these days better known as Self-Referential TV.

In a break from its usual filmed style, NBC's "30 Rock" went live Thursday night with an episode that was full of fun and, yes, very lively. As promised, the setup for the episode had boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) delivering the bad news that, as a cost-cutting measure, "TGS," the fictitious show-within-a-show produced by Liz Lemon (series star Tina Fey), would henceforth be filmed, not broadcast live.

The publicist for comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor wasn't drinking when he collapsed at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah....

"30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan is recovering from a kidney transplant. A statement released Monday by Morgan's publicist says Morgan is doing well and taking "much-needed time" to recover from the surgery earlier this month.