Tina Fey Inks Four-Year Deal With Universal TV

'30 Rock' creator to develop new projects for studio after NBC series ends run

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/25/2012 2:42:45 PM

Tina Fey has signed a four-year overall deal with Universal Television, keeping her at the studio that produces her NBC comedy 30 Rock.

The contract will have her develop new projects for Universal TV with the potential to star in them as well. Fey has been at NBC since she joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 1997.

30 Rock premieres its seventh and final season on Oct. 4. The show, based loosely on Fey's time as head writer of SNL, has never been a major ratings draw but won the Emmy for best comedy series from 2007-09.