New comedy from ‘30 Rock’ alum premieres
By Mary Fournier TV MediaI t’s been four years since the final episode of “30 Rock” aired, but Tina Fey, the iconic show’s creator and star, has been keeping busy. On top of some impressive onscreen performances — see “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” (2016) if you haven’t already — Fey has been busy behind the scenes of some major projects.
She’s the co-creator and producer of Netflix’s hilarious hit series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” and her newest project, for which she earns an executive producing credit, rolls out this week: “Great News” premieres Tuesday, April 25, on NBC.
Created by Fey’s longtime collaborator Tracey Wigfield (“The Mindy Project”), the comedy series is loosely based on Wigfield’s relationship with her mother, and tells the story of Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan, “Ground Floor”), a smart and ambitious woman working as a producer on the cable news show “The Breakdown.”
Katie feels stuck in her career and is unsure of her capabilities; it doesn’t help that her kind-butoverbearing mother, Carol (Andrea Martin, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” 2002) — having just earned a college degree thanks to the inspiration of a friend’s eulogy — announces that she’s been hired as an intern at “The Breakdown.”
Promising to provide viewers with some good laughs, the show also stars Adam Campbell (“The
Five-Year Engagement,” 2012) as Greg, the executive producer of “The Breakdown” and Katie’s boss; John Michael Higgins (“Yes Man,” 2008) as Chuck Pierce, a difficult veteran co-anchor of the show; Nicole Richie (“The Simple Life”) as Portia, the young and stylish co-anchor; and Horatio Sanz (“Saturday Night Live”) as Justin, Katie’s candid best friend and the show’s editor.
There has been lots of buzz about “Great News,” and many are touting its similarities to Fey’s “30 Rock.” While “Great News” is loosely based on Wigfield’s relationship with her mother, “30 Rock” was loosely based on Fey’s time working on “Saturday Night Live.” Furthermore, “30 Rock” took a behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on of a sketch comedy show, where “Great News” follows the same template, except at a news station.
“Where this show and ‘30 Rock’ share some DNA is it’s a funny show with a lot of fast-paced jokes,” said Wigfield at the Television Critics Association press tour in January.
However, both Wigfield and Fey reassure viewers that “Great News” isn’t a simple replacement for “30 Rock.” Wigfield said that the show is “observational comedy about news and events,” while Fey states that “the show isn’t ripped from the headlines à la ‘SNL,’ but more about relationships.”
Relationships and news seem to go hand in hand in the new series. During the same TCA press tour,
Higgins mentioned that the show deals with “generational motors” pertaining to the generational gaps and challenges on the show, particularly between Chuck and Portia. Chuck was once a well-respected news anchor but now feels as if he’s been discredited, relegated to local cable due to ageism in the industry. Furthermore, he and Portia clash because she has little interest in Chuck’s traditional ways of broadcasting, while Chuck views Portia and the future of broadcasting with disdain.
“It touches on the generational gaps between how news is traditionally given out to the world versus how it is now,” says Richie — which is something apparent even in the trailer for the show. In one scene, Carol and Chuck discuss the gulf between them and their much younger co-workers. Chuck asks, “Who is Snapchat? Is he one of the minions? And are they all Pokémon?”
The show premieres at an interesting time for cable news. With accusations of “fake news” and “alternative facts” swirling in the media these days, “Great News” could have a lot of material to incorporate into its storyline for years to come.
“I’d love for the show to be able to do more comedy on ... the state of news and where news is going,” Wigfield said.
That being said, at least 10 episodes of “Great News” had been filmed before the current “fake news” commotion began: “We shot these knowing that we’d be
on in mid-season, so with the delay on broadcast, you can sort of take ideas from the headlines, but you can’t do a joke that will feel really old by the time the show airs,” Fey said.
So it’s topical, but not quite as topical as, say, “Saturday Night Live” or other late-night series. And, while currency and relevance are important, above all, the creators of the show want to focus on the relationship between a mother and daughter.
“A lot of the show is the annoyance of ‘oh my God, my mom is in my workplace,’” field said in an interview for People. “But all of that annoyance needs to be offset by love.”
Don’t miss this new comedy when it premieres Tuesday, April 25, on NBC.
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GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Draft (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NBA Countdown (Live) (1:00)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
6:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (3:00)
7:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 NFL Draft (Live) (3:30)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Kan. (Live) (3:00)
USA NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Live) (3:00)
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10:00 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR K&N Pro Series (1:00)
10:30 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (0:30)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (0:30)
FSN WPT Poker Borgata Open. (1:00)
NBCSN Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship. (2:00)
TNT Inside the NBA (1:00)
11:30 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (2:00)
Friday, April 28
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
8:30 a.m. FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (2:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)
FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
1:00 p.m. FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
1:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (0:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (Live) (3:00)
3:00 p.m. ESPN SportsNation (Live) (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
ESPN2 NBA: The Jump (0:30)
FSN Sled Head 24/7 (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsNation (0:30)
ESPN2 We the Fans: Section 250 of Soldier Field (0:30)
10:30 a.m. ESPN2 We the Fans: Section 250 of Soldier Field (0:30)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
11:00 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR
Bundesliga Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
ESPN NFL Draft (Live) (8:00)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)
FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR DFL Soccer B. Muni. at Wolf. (Live) (2:00)
(11) KARE EPL Soccer Burn. at C.Pal. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
NBCSN Track & Field Penn Relays. (Live) (2:30)
Noon FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Kan. (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (Live) (1:30)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP 30 for 30 (2:00)
9:00 p.m. TBS ELeague (1:00)
9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)
ESPN NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (3:00)
10:00 p.m. FSN Twins Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship. (2:00)
10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)
10:30 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
11:00 p.m. FSN UEFA Europa League Magazine (0:30)
11:30 p.m. FSN UEFA Champions League Magazine (0:30)
Saturday, April 29
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00) ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
8:30 a.m. (29) WFTC Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)
CNBC Off the Grid (0:30)
FSN Jason Mitchell Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:25)
8:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)
9:00 a.m. CNBC EPL Soccer Leic. at WBA (Live) (2:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 We the Fans: Section 250 of Soldier Field (0:30)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (2:00)
9:30 a.m. ESPN2 We the Fans: Section 250 of Soldier Field (0:30)
FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
(7) KCCO PGA Golf Round 3 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. (Live) (3:00)
(11) KARE NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 3 Texas Shootout. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN Track & Field Penn Relays. (Live) (2:00)
2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Kickboxing GLORY 40. (Live) (2:00)
LIFE NWSL Soccer Chi. vs. Port. (Live) (2:30)
3:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Supercross Pre-Race (Live) (0:30)
4:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR AMA Supercross Monster Energy. (Live) (3:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 Shorts (0:30)
SHOW Boxing Card TBA Showtime Championship. (Live) (2:00)
5:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
6:00 p.m. FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Kan. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (29) WFTC Soccer Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (11) KARE NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Live) (3:00) (29) WFTC MLS Soccer SJ at MIN (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Softball Women’s Mo. at LSU (Live) (2:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN Boxing Card TBA Premier Champions. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN IndyCar Series Pre-race (Live) (0:30)
8:30 p.m. NBCSN IndyCar Auto Racing IndyCar Series Phoenix Grand Prix. (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Soccer Post-game (Live) (0:30)
FSN Twins Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN In the Spotlight (0:30) NBCSN IndyCar Series Post-race (Live) (0:30)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Apr 23, 2017 to Apr 29, 2017
You’dthink that Andrew Zimmern would have run out of truly bizarre culinary experiences by now. With the seasons of Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods” and its spinoffs — “Bizarre Foods America” and “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations” — now numbering in the 20s, the James Beard Awardwinning chef with the iron palate is still finding incredible and exotic new dishes to chow down on.
In “Delicious Destinations” — unlike its parent series, “Bizarre Foods” — Zimmern checks out the classic dishes that a location has to offer, whether stomach-twistingly bizarre or all together more ordinary.
These dishes all have a story, though, and he explores their history and checks out some local joints that may be doing something a bit less conventional with the classics.
Take the next pair of back-toback episodes, airing Tuesday, April 25, for example. Zimmern pays a visit to Italy, stopping by Venice in the first episode. He’s been here before in a previous season, but the world-famous canal city still has so many culinary treats to explore.
Venice is the birthplace of carpaccio, and Zimmern finds some of the raw beef dish that’s been pounded so thin that it’s practically paper.
He also checks out cuttlefish that has been stewed in its own ink and a classic Italian dessert: espressosoaked tiramisu.
In the second of the back-toback episodes, our host heads west to Milan, where a steaming bowl of minestrone soup waits for him. The city is a culinary giant, and the saffron-tinted risotto that Zimmern sinks his teeth into is pretty indicative as to why.
Of course, no culinary visit to Milan would be complete without having a taste of the city’s most famous dessert. Panettone is a fluffy, delicious cake that has found popularity
throughout Europe and Latin America, especially around Christmastime; but as any food junkie knows, the most authentic version of a dish is always found in its birthplace. There may not be many truly bizarre foods left for Andrew Zimmern to sink his teeth into, but that doesn’t make his international culinary adventures any less entertaining. A new episode of “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations” airs Tuesday, April 25, on Travel Channel.
Sunday, April 23
Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE Lidia’s Kitchen
TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
1:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE A Chef’s Life
TRAV Food Paradise
2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE The Mind of a Chef
3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show
TRAV Food Paradise
4:30 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise
5:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise
6:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise
7:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise (N)
Monday, April 24
Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods America
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show
TRAV Bizarre Foods America
2:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
3:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
4:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
5:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods:
Thursday, April 27
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show
Friday, April 28
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show
Saturday, April 29
11:00 a.m.
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It’s come out that several of Donald Trump’s businesses have ties to the Russian Mafia. So, if you’re keeping track, we’re officially up to season 3 of “The Sopranos.”
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to get rid of Internet privacy rules. Members cast their vote, then immediately ran home to delete their browser histories.