Did you know that Tina Fey's original pitch for '30 Rock' could have led to a completely different show? In a 2013 interview, Fey revealed that her initial idea was to create a cable news program with a satirical twist, similar to Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom'. But here's where it gets controversial... NBC executive Kevin Reilly rejected this pitch, and Fey was convinced to explore a subject closer to home: her time working at 'Saturday Night Live'. And this is the part most people miss... The show we know and love, '30 Rock', was born from this decision, and it's a live-action cartoon that's more like a family comedy than a politically-minded satire. So, what would have happened if Fey had gone with her original pitch? Little is known about it, but we can imagine it would have been a humorous take on the news, with Fey's producer and on-screen talent, played by Alec Baldwin, satirically covering the day's headlines. But we're all better off for the show we got, and Fey agrees. She told Rolling Stone that if they had tried to move forward with her original idea, she would have 'drowned trying to keep up with the subject matter'.
