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'Humor Is Not at All Clear': Germany Explains '30 Rock' to Television Viewers
artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/3/2009
'Humor Is Not at All Clear': Germany Explains '30 Rock' to Television Viewers
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The low viewership for "30 Rock" on a German television channel may have been the result of the show's highly specific pop-cultural sensibility, inadequate promotion -- or maybe the description of "30 Rock" that appears on the channel's official Web site.
dingorue.com - 11/1/2009
30 Rock Season 4 Episode 4
— dingorue.com — 30 Rock Season 4 Episode 4 Audition Day airs Thursday November 5 at 9:30/8:30c on NBC. “30... ROCK” “AUDITION DAY” 11/05/2009 (09:30PM - 10:00PM) (Thursday) : SCHEMING ENSUES ON AUDITION DAY WHEN EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET THE ACTOR OF THEIR CHOICE HIRED. BRIAN WILLIAMS ... (more) 30 Rock Season 4 Episode 4

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'30 Rock' scores zero rating in Germany
hollywoodreporter.com - 11/4/2009
'30 Rock' scores zero rating in Germany
— hollywoodreporter.com — If "TGS" got ratings like this, Jack Donaghy would have killed it years ago.... (more) '30 Rock' scores zero rating in Germany

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Tuned In:  Germans to 30 Rock: Wir Verstehen Nicht!

TV Tattle:  ODDS & ENDS

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Germans to 30 Rock: Wir Verstehen Nicht!
Tuned In — ... . Which it turns out is also a 0.0 in the metric system!  Itzkoff attempts an explanation in a followup. It's a shame, but maybe the mistake was starting the series at the beginning. As the show moves along, it becomes one of the more German-oriented comedies on U.S. TV. There is, for starters, "Episode 210" above, in which Liz commits a linguistic faux pas when Jack asks her to deal with a group of German investors. But that's not all! Tell me this musical moment wouldn't warm those chilly Teutonic hearts: On the other hand, there may be such a thing as trying too hard:

ODDS & ENDS
TV Tattle — ... Part 2 of "GMA's" "Ally McBeal" reunion Jimmy Fallon surfaces on "Gossip Girl," his 2nd primetime cameo in a week ESPN's "30 on 30" tackles the Len Bias story , with few questions answered Vincent Kartheiser cried at both of his "Mad Men" co-star weddings UK's Guardian newspaper publishes a "The Wire" book Fisher Stevens finds work on "Ugly Betty" Kim Zolciak sings "Tardy for the Party" live on stage Why Germans don't get "30 Rock's" comedy “I’m definitely a minimalist,” says Don Draper's mistress Chris ...

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