When he announced in 2009 that he'd retire from acting after completing the 6th Season of the critically acclaimed NBC sitcom "30 Rock", Alec Baldwin also said the show would end there. The New York Times recently interviewed Baldwin where he revealed his plans to run for mayor of New York City after walking away from acting. He won't be able run for the upcoming election due to his commitment to the series, which expires at the conclusion of the upcoming 6th season.
Squashing Baldwin's previous statement that the 6th season would be the last for the show, Executive Producer Lorne Michaels recently stated that "30 Rock will continue into a seventh season with or without Baldwin" and series writer Sarah Maslin Nir said that Baldwin will "appear occasionally in future episodes while he’s enrolled in a master’s program in politics and government".
As a fan of the show myself, I am skeptical that the series can survive and flourish without Alec Baldwin's "Jack Donaghy". The chemistry between him and Tina Fey's "Liz Lemon" are what makes the show what it is. The 6th Season of "30 Rock" will begin airing on NBC in early 2012. It's getting a late start because Tina Fey is currently expecting her second child.
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