<P> Although Fey went on to say, "Rachel and I were both very excited about this new direction", Dratch said that she was not happy with the media's depiction of the change as a demotion; however, she was also skeptical about the reasons she was given for the change, and was not happy with the reduction in the number of episodes in which she would appear . Following the first season, Dratch only appeared in a handful of episodes . </P> <P> Shortly following the casting of McBrayer and Dratch, Alec Baldwin was cast as Jack Donaghy, the "totally uncensored" vice president of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming . Fey said that the character of Jack Donaghy was written with Baldwin in mind, and she was "very pleasantly surprised when he agreed to do it". Judah Friedlander was cast as Frank Rossitano, a staff writer of The Girlie Show . Friedlander had never met Fey before auditioning for a role in 30 Rock . His character was based on at least two writers with whom Fey used to work at SNL, but he has said that he "certainly brought some of (his) own things to it, as well". Finally, Scott Adsit was cast as Pete Hornberger, a longtime friend of Liz's and producer of The Girlie Show . Adsit, an old friend of Fey's, also had his character written based on him . </P> <P> Following SNL's ongoing tradition, 30 Rock had several real - life politician cameos, examples being Al Gore (twice), Nancy Pelosi (series finale) and Condoleezza Rice (as Jack Donaghy's former love interest). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> October 11, 2006 </Td> <Td> April 26, 2007 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> October 4, 2007 </Td> <Td> May 8, 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> October 30, 2008 </Td> <Td> May 14, 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> October 15, 2009 </Td> <Td> May 20, 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> September 23, 2010 </Td> <Td> May 5, 2011 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> January 12, 2012 </Td> <Td> May 17, 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> October 4, 2012 </Td> <Td> January 31, 2013 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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