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Friendly reminder that "30 Rock: A One-Time Special" (2020) can be streamed/downloaded/torrented legally from the Internet Archive [discussion] (archive.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SatyrSack@lemmy.one to c/30rock@dubvee.org
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I presume it is freely available there because of all the pos-mens and product integortion. It's sort of just one big advertisement disguised as a 30 Rock episode.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock:_A_One-Time_Special

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[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Apparently most NBC affiliates refused to air it because aside from simply promoting the upcoming fall schedule, it heavily endorsed the then-new streaming service Peacock. They saw that as a potential means of leading viewers away from them.

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Which makes sense from the standpoint of a traditional broadcast business, but if 2020 proved anything was true, it was that streaming services are the new king. Traditional broadcast TV is the horse-drawn carriage business in an automobile world.

I sent this to a friend of mine who is a huge fan of 30 Rock, and he was unaware of it too. So I will thank you again on his behalf: this was much appreciated! Thank you!

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Traditional broadcast TV is the horse-drawn carriage business in an automobile world.

"We make horse buggies and the first Model T just rolled into town."
"We're dinosaurs..."
"We don't need two metaphors. That's bad writing. Not that it matters."

EDIT: Is that last line there also another "Studio 60 vs. 30 Rock" joke?

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