Though we are grateful for the affection 30 Rock has received from critics and hipsters, we were actually trying to make a hit show. We weren’t trying to make a low-rated critical darling that snarled in the face of conventionality. We were trying to make Home Improvement and we did it wrong.
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No matter how many times we tried to course-correct the show to make it more accessible - slow the dialogue down, tell fewer stories per episode, stop putting people in blackface - the show would end up careening off the rails again. In my limited experience, shows are like children. You can teach them manners and dress them in little sailor suits, but in the end, they’re going to be who they’re going to be.
Tina Fey, Bossypants
