Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn a very early scene in Peacock’s new series “Girls5eva,” a rising rap star is looking for something he can sample inexpensively.
His producer, before directing him to a forgotten hit by a pop quintet, suggests “anything by the Stones: Sharon or Oliver.”It’s that kind of joke — so briskly delivered, it only registers as the next one arrives — that defines a Tina Fey-produced show.
In the eight years since “30 Rock” ended, Fey and current or former creative collaborators have put together a long list of series with a special density. (Most recently, “30 Rock” writer Tracey Wigfield developed Peacock’s surreally witty “Saved by the Bell” reboot.) The combination of cerebral wordplay and exuberant strangeness.
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