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  • The Fulcrum: Is Liz Lemon the new Mary Richards?

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    By Anne Ichikawa, Shine staff, on Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:09am PDT

    Mary Tyler Moore: CBS;Tina Fey: NBC

    Mary Tyler Moore: CBS;Tina Fey: NBC

    Welcome to a new feature on Shine, The Fulcrum, where we take current TV shows and compare them to their older, original counterparts. Our inspiration? The lovely ladies you see to your left: Tina Fey and Mary Tyler Moore.

    Who here watches the hee-lar-ious 30 Rock? Maybe its hiatus from the ole boob tube has made me grow fonder of the show, but I've been been missing new episodes. Like the deserts miss the rain.

    So much that I've also probably been thinking about it too much. It dawned upon me (from my avid watching of Nick at Nite as a kid) that Tina Fey's Liz Lemon is eerily similar to Mary Tyler Moore's Mary Richards. A little graphical comparison after the jump! Read More »

    Related: tv, tina fey, the fulcrum, mary tyler moore, 30 rock

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