Diana Vacc sees “Great News”

“Breakdown” is right. GREAT NEWS represents how broken network TV really is. You’ll never see anything this bad on FX.

by Diana Vaccarelli

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At the end of April, GREAT NEWS, a new sitcom produced by Tina Fey and created by Tracey Wigfield, a writer from Ms. Fey’s 30 ROCK, premiered on NBC. Like its predecessor, GREAT NEWS is also an exaggerated behind the scenes look at how TV works. This time around, however, the series centers around a news producer and her relationship with her mother, who unexpectedly begins working with her as an intern.

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