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Earlier versions of this column inadvertently dropped the word "not" from this sentence: Also sad, NBC does not seem to share his devotion to the cause of parental alienation. This version has been corrected.
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Alec Baldwin, Still Angry at the Wrong Person

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And finally, it turns out Baldwin is also a victim of NBC.

"I don't want ['30 Rock'] to get hurt," he told Rosie and Babs in the interview, taped earlier this week.

"In our business, as you both know, when you do a program like that, or a film, there are 250 or 300 people who go to work every day on this show . . . and I don't want those people to be negatively impacted and for them to be hurt by this situation. So I've asked NBC to let me out of my contract and let me leave."

Instead of starring on one of the few bright spots on NBC's prime-time landscape, Baldwin said, "I would like to take a specific piece of my life, whether it's three years or five years -- it doesn't matter -- and devote myself . . . to the cause of parental alienation."

Now, Baldwin has a point here. We've all seen how the tawdry antics and ugly divorce of Charlie Sheen impacted ratings on CBS's "Two and a Half Men," turning the once No. 1-rated sitcom on television into the No. 1-rated sitcom on television. If only Sheen had thought of the little people toiling ceaselessly on this series and left.

Sadly, Baldwin, who is the star of "30 Rock," had not realized his devotion to the cause of parental alienation the other day when he signed a contract to do another season of the series, which NBC subsequently announced had received an early second-season pickup.

Also sad, NBC does not seem to share his devotion to the cause of parental alienation. The network issued a statement that goes like this:

"Alec Baldwin remains an important part of '30 Rock.' We look forward to having him continue his role in the show."


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