More Guest Stars
A-list guest stars continue for NBC comedy as Blake Lively and Leighton Meester will play Tina Fey's school mates.
What is going on at 30 Rockefeller Plaza? Television has been the destination for guest stars to make some extra cash, stage a comeback, or boost their profile, but the list of actresses dropping by NBC's 30 Rock is--and I use this phrase sparingly--off the hook.
In late August, Jennifer Aniston finalized a deal to appear on the show. Just a week later, Oprah Winfrey was reported to be in final discussions to make a one-episode appearance.
Now for the mind-blowing news: Gossip Girl leads Blake Lively and Leighton Meester (who play Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf, respectively, in the superbuzz CW show) will appear together in an upcoming episode of 30 Rock. That certainly deserves one of GG's trademark OMFGs.
According to EW.com, Lively and Meester will play high school classmates of Tina Fey's Liz Lemon in a flashback that outs Lemon as a bit of a school bully (Fey wrote and starred in the catty high school comedy Mean Girls, if you remember). The episode is tentatively scheduled for November sweeps.
What's more, in the inevitable flash forward, producers are looking to get Blake's older sister, Robyn Lively, to play the older version of Blake's character.
Jumping networks in the middle of a season isn't normally standard protocol. But with Gossip Girl still fishing for ratings and 30 Rock taking the guest-star route, this seems like a win-win situation for everyone involved.
