Published 14:57 IST, June 23rd 2020

Tina Fey wants several '30 Rock' episodes taken out of circulation; Here's why

Tina Fey recently wrote to streaming platforms to request the removal of certain '30 Rock' episodes for the use of a trope that may hurt people's feelings.

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Actor and comedian Tina Fey has requested streaming platforms to remove certain episodes from her show 30 Rock. She said se episodes need to be removed because y feature a character in blackface. Read on to kw more details about whole story:

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Tine Fey requests to take down 30 Rock episodes 

According to a leading entertainment portal, several episodes of NBC’s comedy show 30 Rock are being removed from OTT services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes, and ors. This is due to fact that it features a character who uses blackface. Some of episodes have already been removed, and remaining will soon be taken off, reports stated. This request of episode-removal came from actor Tine Fey, who is also creator of show along with Robert Carlock.

According to reports, Tina Fey wrote a letter to streaming companies that stream show. In letter, she talked about how everyone is trying to ''make America better and do good things in regards to race”. She furr said that it will be best if episodes that feature actors in “race-changing” make up could be taken off internet and out of circulation.

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She furr said that she apologises for pain that she may have caused unkwingly. Fey furr said that “comedy-loving kid” should be made familiar to se TV tropes and “be stung” by how ugly y are in reality. She furr thanked NBC for accepting her request.

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About show, 30 Rock 

30 Rock is an American satirical situational comedy show. It originally aired on NBC and has a total of seven seasons. It features actors like Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, and ors.

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show has over 130 episodes and has garnered a huge fan following. 30 Rock has been acclaimed by critics for its use of surreal humour and has garnered several awards to date. It premiered back in October 2006.

show is available on several streaming platforms like Amazon Prime, Hulu, as well as iTunes Store and Google Play. Mill Creek Entertainment released entire show on Blu-ray in April 2020.

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14:57 IST, June 23rd 2020