I think the shows on CBS had more to do with it.

Well if you are selling a product, you can’t run the risk of upsetting half of the population. It’s bad for business. I remember Michael Jordan telling Democrats who want his public endorsement, saying Republicans also wear Sneakers.

writer said:
I think the shows on CBS had more to do with it.

Not really, am bored of all the various types of CSI.

The Mentalist is currently on opposite 30 Rock.

“Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?”

Rush Limbaugh mocks Barack Obama pretty well. I’m sure there is a certain 50% of the country that doesn’t like him as well.

The First Lady of Comedy? For a DECADE? Hardly.

Before the Palin impression, Fey was just another SNL cast-er. Nothing worth spending too much time talking about.

If anyone gets that title presently, it would probably have to be between Ellen. Certainly not Fey.

PS- Didn’t Newsweek pan the book? Why no mention?

It wasn’t the impression and mocking, it was how obvious and repetitive the impression and mocking was. The second I saw Palin for the first time, I knew that Palin would be lampooning her, which was fine. But, it went on and on and on and became pathetic. People thought that Fey was a comedic genius before the impressions stared, but the constant bashing only made her look like a left-wing shill and hack. I am not a fan of Palin at all, but if you are gonna make fun of her at least make it clever.

ModerateMan said:
“Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?”

Rush Limbaugh mocks Barack Obama pretty well. I’m sure there is a certain 50% of the country that doesn’t like him as well.

50% of the country (Rep/cons) + Fellow drug abusers and dealers 10% = 60% (at least)

Because of her Palin impression i’ve never watched he show and I never will. The same can be said for everyone in my family. And my extended family. So she lost about 50 viewers in my family alone.

Tina is at least smart enough to realize she and Alec have alienated 50% of the population. But seeing as neither leaves New York unless forced to, she and he should not have a problem.

ImNotBlue said:
The First Lady of Comedy? For a DECADE? Hardly.

Before the Palin impression, Fey was just another SNL cast-er. Nothing worth spending too much time talking about.

If anyone gets that title presently, it would probably have to be between Ellen. Certainly not Fey.

PS- Didn’t Newsweek pan the book? Why no mention?

Nah, she was out of SNL for years before Palin was unveiled by John McCain. Do your facts before posting wrong information.

And yes I do think she’s a Commie pinko monster.

“Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?”

Are Manhattan media types so out of touch with the rest of the country that they even have to ask this question?

I remember when Passion of the Christ was selling record numbers of tickets, and the question was asked, “Will Hollywood make other Christian faith-based movies?” Many media talking heads opined that they would because all Hollywood cares about is money, and if there’s a market to met, then Hollywood will meet it. Of course, they didn’t. Not since Passion, has there been a reasonably budgeted Hollywood movie that explicitly told a religious story. Why is that?

The same principle that drives the absence of faith-based movies in H-Wood not coincidentally is the same principle that drives the writers & producers of 30-Rock – politics. Big Media could easily craft a right-leaning show, or weave legitimately conservative characters and story lines into existing programs and in doing so, broaden the appeal to those programs to a much wider audience. That would be the smart business decision, and the decision they would make if they really only cared about money. They don’t. They care first and foremost about creating and furthering a particular political narrative. That’s it. And, it’s also the reason why 30-Rock, a well-written, well-acted and well-produced show can’t manage to get more than a few million viewers each week.

Next stop…celebrity rehab. She’s snorted half of peru by now.

Tina Fey said:
Let’s face it, between Alec Baldwin and me there is a certain fifty percent of the population who think we are pinko Commie monsters.’”

Tina you’re too modest.

ImNotBlue said:
The First Lady of Comedy? For a DECADE? Hardly.

Before the Palin impression, Fey was just another SNL cast-er. Nothing worth spending too much time talking about.

If anyone gets that title presently, it would probably have to be between Ellen. Certainly not Fey.

PS- Didn’t Newsweek pan the book? Why no mention?

This is what she was talking about.

Jaurez said:
Next stop…celebrity rehab. She’s snorted half of peru by now.

and this

Since when does the half-guv enjoy 50% approval or likeability ratings? Unlike the latest AP poll showing Obama over 50% approval with an 84% likeability… Weird, I can’t find anything about that poll on Mediate? I search “Obama & poll” and all it comes up with is a Q poll/42%/ and the word plummeting??? Odd, but I guess if that’s all Mediate wants me to know, it must be true!

Thanks again Mediaite, I was beginning to think “Barry, Mau Mau, Hussein-Kenya” was a little more popular and likeable in the real world….Phew!!

Chris Jones said:
Because of her Palin impression i’ve never watched he show and I never will. The same can be said for everyone in my family. And my extended family. So she lost about 50 viewers in my family alone.

LOL, and the Jones family

Chris Jones said:
Because of her Palin impression i’ve never watched he show and I never will. The same can be said for everyone in my family. And my extended family. So she lost about 50 viewers in my family alone.

Once again a nice selection of proof that the conservative funny bone is vestigial.

You betcha Tina cries herself to sleep each night knowing that Goober and his cousins skip her show to watch “Jersey Shore” & reruns of “Hee Haw”.
But she wakes up with a big smile knowing the smart demographic gets it.

Jaurez said:
Next stop…celebrity rehab. She’s snorted half of peru by now.

Typical clueless conservative. Smart celebs won’t touch anything but Bolivian East Slope…Peruvian is for the hoi polloi….

Chris Jones said:
Because of her Palin impression i’ve never watched he show and I never will. The same can be said for everyone in my family. And my extended family. So she lost about 50 viewers in my family alone.

You are contradicting yourself, how can you stop watching something you’ve never seen?

writer said:
I think the shows on CBS had more to do with it.

skyfet said:
Not really, am bored of all the various types of CSI.

writer said:
The Mentalist is currently on opposite 30 Rock.

skyfet said:
Do your facts before posting wrong information.

Zing !

Its all fun and games until the rating drop!

Seriouly – I am sooooo sorry to hear about the drop in ratings….Seriously!

“When will they ever learn….when will they e…..ver learn!

Here you can sing along if you want…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVAaeDwzQM

I liked Fey before Palin, during Palin, and I like her after Palin. Her comedy is classic and classy.

Sprocket said:
Once again a nice selection of proof that the conservative funny bone is vestigial.

You betcha Tina cries herself to sleep each night knowing that Goober and his cousins skip her show to watch “Jersey Shore” & reruns of “Hee Haw”.
But she wakes up with a big smile knowing the smart demographic gets it.

I’m holding out hope that Chris Jones is mocking Palin supporters.

“The show and Fey have won countless awards and it’s in no danger of being canceled any time soon”

Whew. Considering the network that carries 30-Rock, couldn’t this be considered “damning with faint praise”?

I believe that 30-Rock is routinely beaten by the Univision programming that airs opposite it, even when 30-Rock is not in reruns. Candidly, if 30-Rock was on virtually any other broadcast network, it would have been canceled long ago. But, the sad fact of the matter is NBC has such pathetic programming, it has to settle for the miniscule ratings 30-Rock brings in.

Yeah, awards don’t mean squat.

I mean: how many awards has Palin, Glenn Beck, or O’Reilly won?

tws258 said:
Zing !

Of course that came out wrong , D’OH .

Mediaite , meet me over at camera three. Still no edit , really ?

Republitarian said:
“The show and Fey have won countless awards and it’s in no danger of being canceled any time soon”

Whew. Considering the network that carries 30-Rock, couldn’t this be considered “damning with faint praise”?

I believe that 30-Rock is routinely beaten by the Univision programming that airs opposite it, even when 30-Rock is not in reruns. Candidly, if 30-Rock was on virtually any other broadcast network, it would have been canceled long ago. But, the sad fact of the matter is NBC has such pathetic programming, it has to settle for the miniscule ratings 30-Rock brings in.

You paint with too broad a brush. Broadcast networks have some history of carrying quality programs despite ratings because of the prestige the program brings the network. In the case of “30 Rock”, you have an iconic program which is often replayed in a variety of different settings and you’re holding onto a small, but important demographic group. It works well into that highly-educated, astute, well-bred, witty, class of Americans who find little else of value on the tele. It’s like one of the British comedies.

No matter how many awards the show gets, Tina’s saying she believes her Palin impression hurt the show’s ratings. More likely is that more viewers prefer the shows on CBS.

writer said:
No matter how many awards the show gets, Tina’s saying she believes her Palin impression hurt the show’s ratings. More likely is that more viewers prefer the shows on CBS.

You are not quoting the actual program it is opposite on, are ya?

Republitarian said:

I believe that 30-Rock is routinely beaten by the Univision programming that airs opposite it, even when 30-Rock is not in reruns. Candidly, if 30-Rock was on virtually any other broadcast network, it would have been canceled long ago. But, the sad fact of the matter is NBC has such pathetic programming, it has to settle for the miniscule ratings 30-Rock brings in.

I always find it interesting when people say “X show got beat by Y Show” without any qualification. Saying Univision beats any English speaking show without pointing out that the offerings of Spanish speaking shows at a given time is dwarfed by English speaking shows. Therefor most of the large Spanish population will be tuned into one or two channels, while the even larger English population has hundreds of channels to chose from.
Its like saying Fox News beats (insert any other cable news channel here). Conservatives, like Hispanics, really have only one channel that speaks conservative they can watch without fear of being infected with liberal thoughts, while liberals have literally hundreds of channels they can watch without fear. So obviously Fox will have better numbers than a liberal cable channel. But you add all of the liberal channels together and YIKES! Fox News is really small potatoes…..

Not quoting anything, skyfet. The ratings are what they are.

I do disagree with Fey’s politics but it has nothing to do with the fact that I don’t find her funny. Let’s face it, almost all of Hollywood is on the other side of the spectrum than I am. However, I could care less of their politics when I’m watching them perform. If I found out the barista at starbucks was a raging liberal I wouldn’t suddenly hate her lattes. That being said, Tina Fey isn’t funny. Palin is ripe, and i mean ripe, for satire but I found Fey’s impression the easy way out. Creating a bimbo character with a bad Alaskan accent takes what, maybe all of 5 minutes to get perfect? She has a small audience because whenever she pops up on TV me and my friends, all sides of the political spectrum, collectively groan.

Republitarian said:
“Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?”

Are Manhattan media types so out of touch with the rest of the country that they even have to ask this question?

I remember when Passion of the Christ was selling record numbers of tickets, and the question was asked, “Will Hollywood make other Christian faith-based movies?” Many media talking heads opined that they would because all Hollywood cares about is money, and if there’s a market to met, then Hollywood will meet it. Of course, they didn’t. Not since Passion, has there been a reasonably budgeted Hollywood movie that explicitly told a religious story. Why is that?

The same principle that drives the absence of faith-based movies in H-Wood not coincidentally is the same principle that drives the writers & producers of 30-Rock – politics. Big Media could easily craft a right-leaning show, or weave legitimately conservative characters and story lines into existing programs and in doing so, broaden the appeal to those programs to a much wider audience. That would be the smart business decision, and the decision they would make if they really only cared about money. They don’t. They care first and foremost about creating and furthering a particular political narrative. That’s it. And, it’s also the reason why 30-Rock, a well-written, well-acted and well-produced show can’t manage to get more than a few million viewers each week.

Why would Hollywood need to make more religious films? There’s thousands of fictional books that come out per year, without having to go back to the well on a 2000 year old piece of fiction.

Tina Fey is way over rated. The only reason she won any awards was basically the same reason why Obama and Krugman got their Nobels. She has never made me even attempt to laugh and that goes way back to her SNL years. It’s good that she knows how to cash in, because like most former SNL stars, her 15 minutes of fame will soon be over and you won’t be hearing from her ever again.

Tina Fey is beginning to suffer the Karma whiplash just like Katie Couric. I wonder who will be next?

tatboy said:
Tina is at least smart enough to realize she and Alec have alienated 50% of the population. But seeing as neither leaves New York unless forced to, she and he should not have a problem.

You are right and she is right.

I think she is funny, but no one likes to watch their beliefs ridiculed by an actor or by a character… especially when there are other viewing choices. I check out a lot of new shows, and usually I quit watching because I lose interest; but sometimes I quit because I don’t like a blatant political message. For instance, I don’t bother with anything produced by David E Kelley, because he insists on including a leftwing message with every episode.

Sprocket said:
I always find it interesting when people say “X show got beat by Y Show” without any qualification.

Look, you can’ “qualify” it all you want. The last 1st-Run episode 30 Rock that aired was on March 24. According to TvByTheNumbers, it garnered a 1.9/Share in the 18-49 Demo with roughly 4.4M viewers. That is PATHETIC and it’s over 3M viewers less than what NBC as a network collectively averages for the season. Like I said, if 30 Rock was airing on any other network, it would have been canceled a long, long time ago.

Republitarian said:
“Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?”

Are Manhattan media types so out of touch with the rest of the country that they even have to ask this question?

I remember when Passion of the Christ was selling record numbers of tickets, and the question was asked, “Will Hollywood make other Christian faith-based movies?” Many media talking heads opined that they would because all Hollywood cares about is money, and if there’s a market to met, then Hollywood will meet it. Of course, they didn’t. Not since Passion, has there been a reasonably budgeted Hollywood movie that explicitly told a religious story. Why is that?

Haven’t the Chronicles of Narnia films made quite a lot of money? Or are they not explicitly spiritual?

I have always wondered why anyone who looks like Tina Fey would invite comparisons between herself and Sarah Palin.

skyfet said:
Nah, she was out of SNL for years before Palin was unveiled by John McCain. Do your facts before posting wrong information.

I said she was an SNL cast-er… as in, she was known for being on the cast of SNL, even if she wasn’t on it at the moment. That was her “claim to fame” prior to 30-Rock and the Palin impression… but it was a minor claim.

Nacho said:
This is what she was talking about.

Really? So I must fawn over Fey? Really?

What did I say about her politics? Nothing.

So sensitive, Nacho… chill out.

But to give her the crown (as they did in the article) is simply foolish. She is nowhere near the comedic talent of some other women out today. As I said, Ellen is at the top of that list… Fey isn’t even on the list.

Sprocket said:
Conservatives, like Hispanics, really have only one channel that speaks conservative they can watch without fear of being infected with liberal thoughts, while liberals have literally hundreds of channels they can watch without fear. So obviously Fox will have better numbers than a liberal cable channel. But you add all of the liberal channels together and YIKES! Fox News is really small potatoes…..

In the cable news universe, Fox beats all the other combined.

Even when you consider events like the SOTU or election coverage, where the broadcast networks compete directly with the cable networks, the FOX broadcast network plus Fox News Channel do pretty well up against everyone else, including ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN.

writer said:
No matter how many awards the show gets, Tina’s saying she believes her Palin impression hurt the show’s ratings. More likely is that more viewers prefer the shows on CBS.

I agree completely. I don’t watch 30 Rock because there are other shows on. I’m sure there are a number of people who dont’ watch because of Fey’s Palin impression, but people generally prefer procedural shows.

Plus, cable has come into it’s own quite a bit lately. Cable networks are broadcasting some quality programming that I think people prefer over 30 Rock.

NBC really hasn’t had a show worth watching over the last few years other than The Office and Chuck.

Originally, House was supposed to be on NBC as it is owned by NBC Universal, but Jeff Zucker didn’t feel it was a good fit for the network. Now, House is a hit, and a quality show.

J Baustian said:
Haven’t the Chronicles of Narnia films made quite a lot of money? Or are they not explicitly spiritual?

Well, I wouldn’t even agree that they’re explicitly spiritual, but I would agree that they have a spiritual subtext. However, that is a far-cry from what I was referring to with my reference to Passion of the Christ. There has not been a single, overtly Christian movie that has been produced since Passion, even though Passion proves without equivocation that there is a HUGE market for such a movie. Gibson made that film for a song, and yet it generated almost $1B in total sales. To me, that seems like a convincing business case for the genre.

How many anti-war or anti-Conservative propaganda films have been made in the last 8-years that haven’t made two-nickels between them – a dozen or more?

There have been some studio films that have danced around a Christian theme in recent years, like the Narnia franchise or the Sandra Bullock movie from a couple years ago, but no explicitly religious Christian movie that has told a biblical or historical story that was unquestionably Christian in nature has been produced by a major studio since Passion.

Poor Tina, Poor poor Tina. She will always exist now in the shadow of Sarah Palin. Too bad, so sad….

Family Guy is liberal but at least they have Rush Limbaugh on. Tina Fey is incapable of understanding what it takes to draw an audience.

J Baustian said:
Haven’t the Chronicles of Narnia films made quite a lot of money? Or are they not explicitly spiritual?

Disney dumped Chronicles in 2008 and left it up to an independent studio and partner Walden media to join forces with 20th Century Fox to produce/distribute. For spiritual reasons ? Maybe- it certainly wasn’t because the franchise lost money.

ProudCanadian said:
Why would Hollywood need to make more religious films?

Ah, money? Isn’t that what drives any industry, the pursuit of profit? It’s quite clear that there is money to be made in the genre, but the studios still refuse to make them.

However, overtly leftist political films that routinely flop at the box office, like Fair Game, Rendition, In the Valley of Elah, The International and many others, have no problems getting studio support. Why is that? Why do films that are predictably going to lose money continue to be made, while films that clearly will make money, don’t?

Republitarian said:
Well, I wouldn’t even agree that they’re explicitly spiritual, but I would agree that they have a spiritual subtext. However, that is a far-cry from what I was referring to with my reference to Passion of the Christ. There has not been a single, overtly Christian movie that has been produced since Passion, even though Passion proves without equivocation that there is a HUGE market for such a movie. Gibson made that film for a song, and yet it generated almost $1B in total sales. To me, that seems like a convincing business case for the genre.

How many anti-war or anti-Conservative propaganda films have been made in the last 8-years that haven’t made two-nickels between them – a dozen or more?

There have been some studio films that have danced around a Christian theme in recent years, like the Narnia franchise or the Sandra Bullock movie from a couple years ago, but no explicitly religious Christian movie that has told a biblical or historical story that was unquestionably Christian in nature has been produced by a major studio since Passion.

Passion wasn’t produced by a hollywood studio but an independent actor with enough money to finance his own project and assume the risks – it was rejected flat out by major distribution companies -much to their regret. The only way a Christian film will get produced is through independent backers who will not be beholden to the Hollywood standard of success. The millions of $$ made was in spite of Hollywood, and proved that a Christian market is worldwide. Any Hollywood producer would hope to make half the success of Passion but then they would have to tell the story from first hand conviction and not treat it as fiction.

LOL

HATERS GONNA HATE

Most of you commenting have NO CLUE about Fey (witness referencing her as a former SNL CAST member. LOL!!!!)

Fey has done MORE with her life and career in the past ten years that most of you couldnt do your whole life. If you realized how HARD this woman works, you would scoff at “work” a certain Facebooker does these days.

Of course, most of you are just sore that Fey TOTALLY RUINED the political career of said Facebooker and will never get over it.

LOL at those who think the sitcoms on CBS are better. WOW. Have you SEEN a Big Bang Theory or Two and Half Winning?LOL

From reading these threads, there’s one SURE THING I’ve picked up: GOP/TB’s don’t know squat about COMEDY.

Tina Fey is going to the curb side just like Katie Couric, she is yesterday’s news.

They been used and now their credible is non-existent.

But mostly they are overtly and covertly disliked by most women and the negative energy thrown their ways cannot be deflected.

And 30 Rock is oh so BBBBoooooorrrrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg!

Say what you will about Tina and her alter ego, Palin- “Mean Girls” is a classic.

Never heard of her before Sarah Palin, so it may have boosted her career some. I wouldn’t want my career enhanced at someone elses expense though.

Never heard of Sarah Palin before McCain picked her, so it may have boosted her career some. I wouldn’t want my career enhanced at someone elses expense though.

J Baustian said:
In the cable news universe, Fox beats all the other combined.

Even when you consider events like the SOTU or election coverage, where the broadcast networks compete directly with the cable networks, the FOX broadcast network plus Fox News Channel do pretty well up against everyone else, including ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN.

See there ya go, learning to qualify. Now just work on the defensiveness….it makes you seem needy.

Tina Fey is hilarious. I just think it’s sad that for so many, especially of my generation (20s’s) Funny=Correct. Hence the reason so many people actually think Sarah Palin really said she could see Russia from her house. Dont worry about it though the youth who vote liberal are SO informed.

Give or take an extra “s”

I’m a fan of Fey’s due to some of her SNL writing, Weekend Update and Mean Girls, but for a long time I didn’t watch 30 Rock (still bitter over cancellation of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip). I’ve started watching just recently though and have to say 30 Rock is a smart, funny show that really throws the jokes at you quickly. Fey seems to be a real hard worker too, so I wish her success.

That said, I think this article makes too much of a quip. Did 30 Rock lose some audience due to Palin fans not liking the caricature? Maybe. But they probably wouldn’t have cared much for the 30 Rock humor, or Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of a right-winger anyway.

if you look at 30 Rock’s ratings (as compiled on Wikipedia with credible source material)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock#Ratings
the 2008 election season (including Fey’s Palin impression) likely boosted 30 Rock from it’s modest ~6 million viewership it’s first 2 seasons to ~7.5 million (which incidentally Jersey Shore pulled on MTV this season).

the show has fallen hard the last few seasons–partially due to NBC’s overall problems, a later time slot, and natural aging of tv shows–rather than some political thing. but seriously, it’s sub 4.5 M viewers / 2.0 18-49 demo ratings in several of its last outings would put it in danger of cancellation pretty much anywhere else but beleaguered NBC
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/30-rock-ratings

I do have to respect the loyalty of the far-left, though.

Fey’s parody certainly hurt Palin’s reputation, and for that, the angry left bring out the long knives in defending her, and giving her (undue) credit as an artist. The line apparently goes, if you help us… we’ll get your back. That’s why anyone who dares to say, “I’m not a fan of Fey,” or even anything close to that, gets attacked as if they had criticized Obama himself!

That’s loyalty for you! Mindless, dishonest, disrespectful, and biased… but loyal.

Ratings-Schmatings! Anytime I get to see Tina Fey holding something long in her hands and blowing on it gets my vote any day!

SNL is not the same without Tina there, but 30 Rock is comedy genius weekly, if only for those of us who enjoy it. As long as it remains on the schedule I’ll be watching. But “Outsourced” is another thing entirely, I will never watch a show about jobs that belong in this country but are now in India or some other country. Not a funny premise, whoever pitched it should be fired.

Bill Huggins said:
LOL HATERS GONNA HATE Most of you commenting have NO CLUE about Fey (witness referencing her as a former SNL CAST member. LOL!!!!) Fey has done MORE with her life and career in the past ten years that most of you couldnt do your whole life. If you realized how HARD this woman works, you would scoff at “work” a certain Facebooker does these days. Of course, most of you are just sore that Fey TOTALLY RUINED the political career of said Facebooker and will never get over it. LOL at those who think the sitcoms on CBS are better. WOW. Have you SEEN a Big Bang Theory or Two and Half Winning?LOL From reading these threads, there’s one SURE THING I’ve picked up: GOP/TB’s don’t know squat about COMEDY.

Or maybe some people just don’t want every show they watch to constantly interject politics into everything. We’ve been conditioned over these past few years that everything has to be all political, all the time, and it gets grating.

ImNotBlue said:
I do have to respect the loyalty of the far-left, though.

Fey’s parody certainly hurt Palin’s reputation, and for that, the angry left bring out the long knives in defending her, and giving her (undue) credit as an artist. The line apparently goes, if you help us… we’ll get your back. That’s why anyone who dares to say, “I’m not a fan of Fey,” or even anything close to that, gets attacked as if they had criticized Obama himself!

That’s loyalty for you! Mindless, dishonest, disrespectful, and biased… but loyal.

Right. Has nothing to do with Ms. Fey’s hard work and talent. I’m sure it’s easy for a talented, disciplined woman devoted to her art and her work to parody a vacuous, unfocused woman devoted to herself.

Do people really dislike Fey because of that impression?

She struck me as an angry, hateful person long before Palin came along.

People adore her because it’s fashionable. She was never that appealing or funny. Her humor on SNL was always blind in the left eye–which is something SNL never did before. (One quick example, Willie Horton at the Dukakis watch party.) By systematically ignoring the kind of humor that’s so good it writes itself, she made the show worse. All because she’s a hateful, territorial reptile of a person.

She’s being a bit too facile with her explanation. 30 Rock routinely takes digs on conservatives and the right, well apart from Palin. Alec Baldwin’s character is basically a lampoon of corporate conservative types, and they even dedicated one episode to a potential political candidate that Jack embraced. That character was framed as a TeaParty type and revealed as an over-the-top caricature. By ridiculing 50% of the potential audience you basically call for them to change the channel. So lowered ratings should not come as a surprise.

The comparisons to Rush angering 50% of his potential audience are well off because of the central fact that his program is political, while 30 Rock is ostensibly entertainment. When many want political cant they seek it out from political outlets, however what Hollywood has a hard time grasping is when it comes to entertainment outlets people do not prefer political discourse. That is when you are more likely to cleave your audience.

Tina Fey is just another hollywwod liberal that uses the platform to further advance their political agenda. Most Americans have in one way or other been influence to vote a certain way by how the pinko media wants them too. Problem isn’t so much Hollywood elites but more so the minions that do not inform themselves but are hypnotized to believe everything that the pinkos want them to believe. Prime example is sitting in the white house. Media sold him as a brilliant/ intelligent man. Now we know that in fact is not the case. Obama was packaged and sold like a brilliant man, ask yourself what has he done to further our nation into a more prospect nation. Gas 4.00. Is the media making a big thing about it like when bush was in the white house? Three wars, where are the left screaming? No they’re saying Obama has a heart for helping the people in Libiya. Need I say more. Fool you once shame on them, fool you twice, must be a democrat.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Right. Has nothing to do with Ms. Fey’s hard work and talent. I’m sure it’s easy for a talented, disciplined woman devoted to her art and her work to parody a vacuous, unfocused woman devoted to herself.

Royal, you’re really not the one to be defending anyone. I mean, you’ve NEVER had anything positive to say about someone who disagrees with you. In fact, you’re exactly an example of what I’m talking about… odds are, you had no idea who Tina Fey was prior to her impression. But since you value what she did (for political reasons), she’s gone onto the protected list.

I’ll see if I can make this more clear for you. If someone simply doesn’t find Ms. Fey funny, and say so, your response would be, what?

The only thing hurting 30 Rock’s ratings is the fact that it’s 30 Rock.

I’ve been a Fey fan for years starting with her stint on SNL. Even though I am a conservative I thought her comic gig as Palin was for the most part very funny and clever as is 30 Rock. The show had a hard start since it is an inside the business sort of comedy and didn’t get much public attention at first. I still found it funny. However, when she won an award for her work in 30 Rock in the same year she portrayed Palin…that award was NOT earned. It was a terrible short season; bad reviews and the year of the writers’ strike which hurt numerous programming. So it is clear to me that she did NOT deserve an award for 30 Rock but really won and deserved an award for doing Palin. It just wasn’t aptly named. And she knows it because she has admitted in her wonderful self-deprecating way, that the season was not so good.

I always thought Palin should have graced us all with a Fey impersonation. Of course, Palin would need to include that hideous trademark Tina Fey scar as well.

Tina’s next movie is “Scarface.”

BTW, her new biography got blasted by, of all people, Newsweek.

ImNotTrue brings his lighthearted, utterly non-partisan views to yet another subject he knows little about – except that he doesn’t like it. “Mindless, dishonest, disrespectful, and biased,” indeed.

He will likely respond by telling me what I REALLY meant to say, which will be tough to do since I used HIS words – with a twist, as he so often does to others.

ImNotBlue said:
I mean, you’ve NEVER had anything positive to say about someone who disagrees with you. In fact, you’re exactly an example of what I’m talking about… odds are, you had no idea who Tina Fey was prior to her impression.

Pot, meet kettle.

The “odds” don’t favor you, since Fey was popular long before she parodied $arah Palin.

Fey had a large following on SNL for many years BEFORE 30 Rock debuted. Loyal “Feynatics” helped establish that show and keep it going. Ratings alone do not measure the affection the fans of a particular show may have. The demographics of a show’s audience also matter, as do production costs.

It’s fair to point out that NBC – or any network – may keep a lower-rated show on-the-air if the net’s overall ratings are down. Whether this is true of 30 Rock I can’t say.

Fey’s uncanny resemblance to Palin – along with her brilliant comedic mind – made Fey a natural to engage in some campaign season frivolity. Pailn’s “pageant speak” provides a rich lode of oratorical gems that are just too good to be left unmined. Fey picked up her pen and dug in.

SNL often pokes fun at the Left. Fred Armisen has parodied Obama many times – not always in a flattering way, either.

Many of Palin’s rhetorical wounds are self-inflicted. She leaves herself wide open for parody by demonstrating her shallowness and vapidity on a regular basis. She makes Dubya look like Olivier by comparison.

When I commented before, I mentioned the things I really like that Fey has done, and I didn’t mention the Palin impersonation because it wasn’t among my favorites. I will say, however, that the one she did (may have been a parody of the Couric interview) in which she read, nearly word for word, a long rambling quote from Palin was pretty devastating. To use Palin’s own words in parody really illuminated how vacuous Palin is.

jrcmi said:
jrcmi says:
April 5, 2011 at 6:14 pm jrcmi(Quote)

Son, you do the work of two men; unfortunately those men are Abbott and Costello!

jrcmi said:
ImNotTrue brings his lighthearted, utterly non-partisan views to yet another subject he knows little about – except that he doesn’t like it. “Mindless, dishonest, disrespectful, and biased,” indeed. He will likely respond by telling me what I REALLY meant to say, which will be tough to do since I used HIS words – with a twist, as he so often does to others.

Here’s what you’re actually saying (since you asked):
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

I know I’ve been mean to you in the past, Jr… trying to decipher what you’re saying, pointing out the hypocrisy, and forcing you to stammer and stutter while you try to defend yourself. I wish I could say I’m sorry… I’m not, but I really do wish, for your sake, I could.

Pot, meet kettle.

You see, that’s not really true. I respect plenty of folks on the left… especially the ones who can give their opinions without being rude, snarky, or needlessly arrogant. Fortunately, there are plenty of folks like that! Royal, just happens not to be one of them.

The “odds” don’t favor you, since Fey was popular long before she parodied $arah Palin.

Really? Define “popular.”

Fey had a large following on SNL for many years BEFORE 30 Rock debuted. Loyal “Feynatics” helped establish that show and keep it going. Ratings alone do not measure the affection the fans of a particular show may have. The demographics of a show’s audience also matter, as do production costs.

Uh… just because there were a small group of people who really liked her, doesn’t actually mean she was “popular.” I’d like to see some evidence of that, please.

It’s fair to point out that NBC – or any network – may keep a lower-rated show on-the-air if the net’s overall ratings are down. Whether this is true of 30 Rock I can’t say.

Frankly, I can’t (and haven’t) comment on “30 Rock.” I’ve never seen it… which is why I haven’t criticized it. But please, defend all you want.

Fey’s uncanny resemblance to Palin – along with her brilliant comedic mind – made Fey a natural to engage in some campaign season frivolity. Pailn’s “pageant speak” provides a rich lode of oratorical gems that are just too good to be left unmined. Fey picked up her pen and dug in.

Terrific! SNL has parodied plenty of people… that’s what they do. However, pointing out the fact that her parody made her much more popular, garnered unconditional love from the left, and allowed some to use the impression to actually define Palin (instead of using Palin to define Palin) isn’t an attack on Fey… it’s just the reality of the situation.

SNL often pokes fun at the Left. Fred Armisen has parodied Obama many times – not always in a flattering way, either.

And was called racist for doing so. But we already know how “funny” the left finds people who mock them.

Many of Palin’s rhetorical wounds are self-inflicted. She leaves herself wide open for parody by demonstrating her shallowness and vapidity on a regular basis. She makes Dubya look like Olivier by comparison.

Again, I’m not sure how any of that is relevant to anything I have thus far said. Please explain.

“First Lady of Comedy”?! Is that, self-proclaimed? I find nothing particularly funny about her. In fact, she’s pretty much forgettable.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
I liked Fey before Palin, during Palin, and I like her after Palin. Her comedy is classic and classy.

ten thumbs up

Amy Poehler did a great Hillary Clinton and Clinton appeared on the show and had fun with it (second half of video). http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/1055/amy-poehler-hillary-clinton
Sarah Palin had fun with Tina Fey’s impression AND with Alec Baldwin when she was on SNL:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/gov-palin-cold-open/773761/
So, lighten up. It’s just comedy. If the people being made fun of don’t take it so seriously, neither should all of you.

Well, I guess only, I don’t know, the comments to this post will tell.

Jon, the Mediaite comments sections have been overrun by conservatives. They mean nothing.

I don’t dislike Tina Fey over her Sarah Palin impression. I dislike her over the fact that herself and those like her (of the left-leaning view) are condescending towards anyone who doesn’t view the world as they do. Her arrogance and disrespect for anyone outside of her sheltered “liberal” mindset is what makes her so annoying to people.