There are more than a few parallels between NBC's new sitcom Great News and 30 Rock. They're both about hard-working women in the television industry (news for the newer show, sketch comedy for the older one), they both hail from comedy queen Tina Fey and fellow executive producer Robert Carlock, and, most importantly, they're both funny.
But Great News, which was created by 30 Rock and The Mindy Project writer Tracey Wigfield, has one key difference. "It's a funny show with a lot of fast-paced jokes per page but the show is very different. At its core it's a show about a mother and a daughter," Wigfield said on a Television Critics Association 2017 winter press tour. "There were a couple times -- Tina was very much on it -- about let’s make sure Katie isn’t, like, eating tuna out of a can or tucking her shirt into her underwear, that kind of thing, making sure that Katie is a very different character
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But Great News, which was created by 30 Rock and The Mindy Project writer Tracey Wigfield, has one key difference. "It's a funny show with a lot of fast-paced jokes per page but the show is very different. At its core it's a show about a mother and a daughter," Wigfield said on a Television Critics Association 2017 winter press tour. "There were a couple times -- Tina was very much on it -- about let’s make sure Katie isn’t, like, eating tuna out of a can or tucking her shirt into her underwear, that kind of thing, making sure that Katie is a very different character
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