Elizabeth Banks, who you may know from 40-Year-Old Virgin, Zack & Miri and W, has signed on for a four-episode run for 30 Rock.

Banks will reportedly play a love interest to Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy and it seems to have the promise to be another hilarious cameo on Tina Fey’s NBC show.  This seems like a really good move for Banks as well, considering she hasn’t had a noteworthy role over the last year.  A guest run of episodes on 30 Rock should keep her in the minds of mainstream comedy fans.

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This post was written by Eric Van Dril.  For more of his writing, check out RipcordNews.com.

I got into 30 Rock in the show’s 3rd season after hearing rave reviews from friends and critics.

I decided to give it a chance and then started watching it regularly because there was always one or two laugh-out-loud moments in every episode.  But the thing was that I never understood why it was so beloved by critics as a show while watching the 3rd season.

The universal love for Alec Baldwin wasn’t hard to grasp because he was/is the funniest part of the show, but 30 Rock wasn’t close to as funny as Weeds, Californication or The Office. And nothing ever seemed to be at stake in the show, which was completely different those three shows I just listed.

That said, I used the summer of 2009 to go back and catch up on the first two season of 30 Rock and I absolutely loved it.  I think those two seasons were on par with the second and fifth season of The Office in terms of original acting, which is why 30 Rock has been so disappointing in its 3rd and 4th seasons.

The writers have gotten away from many of their supporting characters and are so willing to drop many of its plotlines.

I mean, what ever happened to Liz trying to get a baby?

It was dropped like I just dropped 30 Rock from my DVR’s scheduled recordings.

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This post was written by Eric Van Dril.  For more of his writing, check out RipcordNews.com.

Elvis Costello, Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow will all appear on the season finale of 30 Rock, music mag NME reports.

The music-centric episode will air next week, on May 14 at 9:30 p.m.  It’s called “Kidney Now!”

If you’ve been watching 30 Rock lately, you know that Jack Donaghy’s character just reunited with his father, played by the magnificent Alan Alda.  But the situation isn’t entirely positive because Alda’s character needs a kidney and he’s finally found a relative capable of giving him a kidney.

Though the situation (and last week’s episode) is quite funny, it brings up a rather large moral dilemma.  Would you give up a vital organ for a family member?  How about one you just met earlier that day?

I’d like to go on record and say that my answer is an emphatic ‘No!’  I like my kidneys too much.

What do you think?

It seems to me that the best time to watch TV during the week is Thursday night at 8 p.m.

You have The Office, 30 Rock, CSI and Grey’s Anatomy.  And that’s solely on three networks -specialized networks can pull in strong numbers, as well.  The best example is the NFL Network, with their Thursday Night Football.

But those four shows are the heavyweights of Thursday night, and on a given week, Grey’s and CSI battle for night’s top ratings.

Because this week saw Gil Grissom leave the CSI forever, CSI dominated the night for CBS, and Grey’s Anatomy was a bit of a disappointment.

(The second number is the amount of viewers, in millions)

The conclusion of the “CSI” repeat, and the new episode featuring Petersen’s departure, delivered a 13.9/21 at 9 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy,” 8.5/13, moved ABC into second. “The Office,” 4.9/7, and “30 Rock,” 4.0/6, were third for NBC. “Kitchen Nightmares” earned a 2.7/4, keeping FOX ahead of The CW and “Supernatural.”

You know what’s quietly a really good show on Thursday nights that doesn’t get hardly any press?  Supernatural.

I found myself watching it over this past summer, and was surprised by how much I liked it, considering my feat of everything paranormal.  But it’s too bad because all of the quality programming that airs opposite of the CW’s hour-long drama.

So Supernatural out, and hope that your TIVO/DVR doesn’t crap out on Thursday nights.

I’m kind of mad at myself, and I’ll tell you why.

Before the Thanksgiving break, I promised myself I would watch 30 Rock, but I instead watched the NBA and listened to music in my apartment. 

It was a good time hanging out with my roommates with all of my work done for the week, but I missed Jennifer Aniston’s guest-spot on 30 Rock.  It was allegedly brilliant – as most 30 Rock episodes are – but now it’s not on NBC.com, and I’m ticked off.

Things might get better for me, and all 30 Rock fans for that matter, because Aniston is allegedly interested in a full-time role on 30 Rock.

“That to me,” Aniston tells GQ, “is an ideal job: great cast, New York City. We’ll see what I say if they come back and ask me – I wouldn’t say yes, I wouldn’t say no.”

With her career after Friends largely being a disappointment, who wouldn’t benefit from Aniston joining 30 Rock?  Aniston would be the star on a very well-written TV show, Tina Fey could keep 30 Rock on the air because of the bump in ratings Aniston would provide, and NBC would finally get a bankable show with a bankable star.

All that’s left is crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s. 

Not really, but don’t be surprised to see Aniston back alongside Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey on 30 Rock in the near future.

30 Rock is on a roll lately.

First, they snagged Jennifer Aniston, and then the queen bee of celebrities in the United States, Oprah Winfrey.

Tina Fey, the show’s creator, head writer and star, also convinced Alec Baldwin to stay aboard the show over the summer while impersonating Sarah Palin and convincing Steve Martin to guest star.

Now Reese Witherspoon said that she would like to guest-star on 30 Rock.

“Oh, sure. Yeah. I love Tina [Fey], and I think she does such a great job,” Witherspoon tells E! News, “and she really understands comedy for women.”

So keep your ears pinned and eyes open for more news on 30 Rock, Reese Witherspoon and a potential fusion on one of TV’s best shows.  In the meantime, do you think this would work and/or actually happen?  Or do you think that Witherspoon, like most smart actors, is just keeping her options open?