Update: "30 Rock" Will Mention Kim Jong ll's Death

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Kim Jong ll On "30 Rock": Elizabeth Banks On How Death Will Affect Plot
12/19/11


After news of Kim Jong ll's passing broke, many TV fans took to Twitter to express concern ... over a fictional character.

On "30 Rock", Kim captured Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) wife, TV journalist Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks) in North Korea. With Avery being held captive, Jack is left to raise their newborn daughter on his own.



But with Kim dead, fans wondered what would happen to that storyline.

Banks took to Twitter to thank everyone for their concern:

"Appreciate all of the concern over Avery Jessup's fate now that Kim Jong ll has died. We're at a pivotal moment in history."





Margaret Cho played Kim in the Season 5 episode 'Everything Sunny All the Time Always' and the Season 6 promo for "30 Rock" featured quite a bit of the ongoing North Korea storyline.

So far, there's been no word on how Kim's death might play into the new season of the Tina Fey-created comedy.

NBC has not responded to a request for comment.







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[JamesG]

"30 Rock" Season 6: Tina Fey & Writers Are Addressing Kim Jong ll's Death
1/2/11


Panic struck "30 Rock" fans when Kim Jong ll was announced dead on Dec. 18, but how is the writers' room coping?

The breaking story threw "30 Rock" for a loop since last season, Kim (portrayed by Margaret Cho) captured Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) wife, TV journalist Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks) in North Korea. With Avery held captive, Jack is left to raise their newborn daughter on his own.







In a promo for "30 Rock's" upcoming sixth season, posted below, Banks' character poses for holiday cards with Kim that read: "Death to U.S. Imperialist Wolves and Happy Hanukkah."

Baldwin explains in the video, "A lot of things are going to happen this season apropos of my wife being gone."



But with Kim dead, Robert Carlock, a producer for the Emmy-winning series, told Us Weekly that Tina Fey and the writers plan to adjust the storyline ... he's just not sure how.

"We sort of went back to the script because we'd already shot eight or nine episodes and we realized that luckily we hand't referred to King Jong ll by name yet -- just to North Korea in general," Carlock added.

"We can't go back ... but the fun puzzle is turning around and trying to figure out how to get her out of there and how to continue things. Maybe we'll have to have Margaret Cho showing up again having faked her death, because she wants to get a gig on a morning talk show," Carlock joked to the tabloid.

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[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Everything sunny all the time always. Good time! Beach party!

But omg at that last idea. Margaret Cho as Kim Jong is too funny.