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How Tina Fey Wrote the Most Realistic—and Optimistic—Marriage on TV
How Tina Fey Wrote the Most Realistic—and Optimistic—Marriage on TV
June 15, 2026
Long before the term heteropessimism was coined, Tina Fey made the sentiment a staple of her comedy on “30 Rock.” Her quasi-autobiographical heroine, Liz Lemon, was the chronically single head...