Gossip Girl girls won't be on 30 Rock after all
For some reason, this news pleases me.Not because I have some hatred toward Gossip Girl. As a matter of fact, the few times I've watched it I've found it rather clever and engrossing. No, the reason why I'm glad that Blake Lively and Leighton Meester won't appear on 30 Rock is because I'm really afraid the show is going to turn into another casting stunt-filled sitcom, which will get tiresome after a while. Official word from the show is that Lively and Meester won't be on the show for logistical reasons.
I think it's one thing to have a celeb make an appearance on the show because they are icons (Carrie Fisher, Tim Conway, the rumored Oprah guest spot) or have a direct connection to NBC (Jerry Seinfeld, David Schwimmer) or they're someone with a comic sensibility that mirrors the show's (Steve Martin). But I think having cast members from Gossip Girl just smelled of a ratings ploy. I don't think 30 Rock needs to prove they are hip by having them on, they're already hip as it is, for their own reasons (despite the fact that they don't get super ratings). Hey, with her buzz right now, I think Gossip Girl should be trying to get Tina Fey on their show.

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