"30 Rock: A One-Time Special" is a special episode of the American comedy television series 30 Rock, and the 139th overall episode of the series. It aired on NBC in the United States on July 16, 2020. The special served as NBC's 2020 upfront presentation and reunited cast members Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, and Jack McBrayer. Plot During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Jack calls Liz to inform her that Kenneth Parcell, the now head of NBC, has asked them to reunite the cast for a TGS reboot on Peacock. Liz reaches out to the former writers of the show to see if they are interested, and they agree to participate. Liz also is able to recruit former stars Tracy Jordan and, despite initially avoiding her due to a series of public controversies, Jenna Maroney to return. The gang virtually reunites to pitch it to Kenneth, but he refuses, revealing it was all a ruse to confront them about ignoring his several attempts to reunite virtually over Zoom. After being rejected, Jack reveals to Liz that he is bored of retirement and desperately wants to get back in the television game. Liz, Jack, Jenna, and Tracy all unite to crash Kenneth's speech during the NBC upfront. Kenneth gathers them in a private web room and realizes during their confrontation about his stunt that he's sick of being surrounded by "yes-persons" and missed having people be honest with him. Tracy and Jenna volunteer to lead the presentation while Kenneth shows Liz and Jack trailers for upcoming shows, to which they react with positivity. After the presentation, Jack reveals to Liz that Kenneth has asked him to lead NBC's new female-centric streaming service Peahen and Liz reveals that Kenneth has asked her to write a new pilot. Throughout the episode, promotions are made for several NBCUniversal properties, including Peacock, Universal Parks & Resorts, Telemundo, NBC News, coverage of the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as upcoming new shows for the 2020–2021 television season. Background On June 16, 2020, NBC announced the network would air a new, remotely-produced special episode of the series. On July 14, Vulture reported that most of NBC's major affiliate groups, including Tegna, Hearst Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar Media Group, and Gray Television, whose NBC affiliates together reach about half the United States' population, would be refusing to air