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At 3pm Eastern,12pm Pacific time today (exact time scoop!), NBC will put the full premiere episode of 30 Rock‘s much-needed Season 3 online simultaneously on Hulu and NBC.com. The “real” premiere on the TV set is next Thursday, so what’s a fan to do? The 30 Rock watching experience will be dulled by the solitary, distracted nature of online viewing, but OMFG what are Liz and Jack doing in the above scene? A re-enactment of Dirty Dancing? A careful analysis of Liz’s shirt shows it to be the same one she wears in a scene from the promo for the premiere episode with guest star Megan Mullally, so it’s safe to assume that that mysterious scene (no doubt a one-off joke, but a lot of us still care) happens in the episode premiering online today. My personal premiere-plan is to try to resist peeking until tonight, when I’ll hook my computer up to the TV with one of those thingies and watch with a friend or two (and if that doesn’t work, gather ’round the laptop like an old time radio.) But it might be hard to resist the siren-song of the best comedy ever, just a few clicks away. No matter what choice you or I make, this season is going to be Epic.
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I think I’ll watch today. I watch alone anyway, so no dilemma here.
I was having the same dilemma. The allure of the ad I see every day walking to work just makes me need to see it. I wish they would just show it this week in place of the unwatchable Kath & Kim. Seriously, I watched half of the last episode and began getting physically ill so I had to stop. Down with Kath & Kim!
I’m taking the high road and leaving friends in the dust in favor of watching it at work today. I can’t wait another week.
I’ve had that problem, I subscribed to the Hulu RSS for the simpsons last season, and now I watch most TV with my boyfriend on DVR. But the I’ll get a Hulu RSS feed update before we have a chance to watch it, and I’d rather not watch something alone if there’s a chance to watch it not-alone.