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Article: Thursday rocks the vote for peacock: four noms emerge from NBC block.(WRITER: COMEDY)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 13, 2007
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Diversity is not the underlying theme of this year's comedy series writing race. And it's not just because all but one nomination went to former denizens of the "Saturday Night Live" writers' room.
Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, each tapped for their work on NBC's "The Office," are competing with the show's British forefathers, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who are jointly up this year for HBO's "Extras."
Emmy voters dissenting from "The Office" pool will be limited in their alternatives. NBC's rookie skein "30 Rock," another Thursday show, generated the only other nominations, with one each going to series creator-exec producer Tina Fey and ...