30 Rock

Ready for the latest twist in the incredibly wild and unpredictable career of one James Franco? Sources confirm to me exclusively that the movie-star actor will follow up his upcoming arc on General Hospital with a guest appearance on 30 Rock. NBC declined to comment, but a Rock solid insider tells me that Franco (playing himself) will be involved in a faux romance with Jane Krakowski's Jenna — a relationship arranged by their respective agents. Sound familiar? It's probably because this is the storyline Tina Fey floated by me at the Emmys way back in September. " into a high-profile relationship with »
- Michael Ausiello

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While Emmy didn't bite HBO's vampire hit True Blood for any of the major categories, Family Guy became the first animated series since The Flintstones in 1961 to be nominated as best comedy series - which will pit it against a record six other programs, it was announced Thursday morning.
Stephen M. Silverman

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If this award season were a quiz show, Slumdog Millionaire would be the final answer. The much-honored indie love story took yet another honor—Best Adapted Screenplay—at tonight's 2009 Writers Guild Awards. Milk scored the Original Screenplay prize. 30 Rock, Mad Men, In Treatment, Breaking Bad, Recount, John Adams, The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live were among the TV winners. Tina Fey's 30 Rock was honored for both best writing on a comedy series and best writing of a single comedy episode ("Succession"). Slumdog's Simon Beaufoy defeated the writers of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, all of whom he'll face at the Oscars, and The Dark Knight,...

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