Tina Fey Requests 30 Rock Episodes Featuring Blackface Be Removed, Issues Apology

reunion, titled,, on Friday. The teaser begins with Tina Fey's beloved character angry with New Yorkers who don't wear their masks in public amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.«No mask, hot-shot? You scared of the virus now?” Liz yells at a mask-less stranger, who replies by saying, „I already had corona! I'm on my way to donate plasma.“»Boom! Another successful interaction with a man!" she shouts.

30 Rock reunion special has been released – scroll down the page to watch it now.The original cast members, including Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer, will reunite for a one-off scripted episode next week.In the teaser clip, Fey’s Liz Lemon is seen accosting a maskless man on the streets of New York.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBCUniversal has set plans for its first “creativity summit,” an online event July 16 primarily for media buyers and press that will culminate in a sneak preview of the 30 Rock upfront show NBC will broadcast later that night.Talent including Fred Armisen, D-Nice, Tina Fey, Dan Fogelman and Ego Nwodim will appear during the four-hour event.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen Tina Fey announced that “30 Rock” would remove four episodes featuring blackface (or what she called “race-changing makeup”) from streaming services, she said that it was because she wanted to “do the work and do better in regards to race in America.” Soon thereafter, episodes featuring approximations of blackface from “Community,” “Scrubs,” and “The Golden Girls” were pulled offline and a scene from “The Office” was cut from Netflix, all ostensibly in

The Office creator Greg Daniels has announced Rainn Wilson’s blackface scene in the hit U.S. comedy has been edited out.The Dwight Christmas episode, which aired in 2012, no longer contains a scene featuring Rainn Wilson in character as Dwight trying to convince his colleagues to celebrate Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas while in blackface.

Scrubs have been removed from streaming service Hulu due to their use of blackface.The medical comedy is the latest in a long line to have episodes removed from the internet due to their perceived racial insensitivity.Yesterday, 30 Rock creator Tina Fey asked for four episodes of the show including blackface to be removed from streaming services and be made unable to purchase online.“As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring

.The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17).

Megyn Kelly is speaking out almost two years after NBC cancelled her show, , following her controversial blackface comments.

Numerous episodes of 30 Rock will soon leave all streaming platforms if they haven't already. The episodes in question feature characters in blackface, and at the request of creator Tina Fey and NBC Universal, the four episodes will soon be unavailable to stream or buy.

Tina Fey has applauded TV bosses for shelving episodes of her hit comedy 30 Rock, which featured actors in “race-changing make-up”.

NEW YORK -- At the request of co-creator Tina Fey, four episodes of the comedy “30 Rock” are being removed from circulation because they featured characters performing in blackface. The series aired on NBC from 2006 to 2013, but episodes are still being shown in television syndication and on streaming services including Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes and Peacock.

30 Rock that featured characters in blackface are now being pulled from streaming services and syndication. As reported by Vulture, the episodes were pulled at the request of the show's executive producers, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.  In a letter sent to the platforms that streamed 30 Rock, Fey wrote, "As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing makeup are best taken out of circulation.

Tina Fey has applauded TV bosses for shelving episodes of her hit comedy 30 Rock, which featured actors in “race-changing make-up”.

30 Rock featuring Blackface (disturbingly, there's more than one) are being removed from streaming platforms immediately. According to , the episodes in question will no longer be available to stream on Hulu and Amazon Prime, will no longer air on television, and will no longer be available to purchase on iTunes and Google Play.

© Getty US actress Tina Fey attends the world premiere of "Wine Country" at the Russian Tea Room in New York City on May 8, 2019.

Tina Fey called for '30 Rock' episodes featuring blackface to be removed. Four episodes of the NBC comedy - three of which include characters wearing blackface - have been pulled from streaming platforms, and the show's creator, star and producer has revealed she made the request.

have been pulled from streaming services for featuring characters donning blackface. The decision to remove the episodes comes at the request of the show's creator, star and executive producer, Tina Fey, according to multiplereports.In a letter penned by Fey — along with executive producer Robert Carlock — and sent to the media platforms streaming the sitcom, she requested that the episodes in question to be removed from availability.«As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race

NBC has announced that they are relying on one of the network’s classic sitcoms to introduce their new slate of content for the upcoming 2020-2021 television season. A new original episode of 30 Rock will air on NBC in July, and it will also double as an upfront special for NBCUniversal.