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 In July and August 2005 , four episodes of the first season aired on CBS , UPN 's sibling network , in an attempt to gain more exposure for the series . 

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 The series was officially announced on March 23 , 2010 , with Jerry Springer being confirmed as the host . The original series was produced by Comcast Entertainment Group ; Jay James and Tim Puntillo served as executive producers . On July 26 , GSN announced plans to renew the show for a second season , which began airing on August 16 , 2010 . A syndication test run was shown on a select group of Sinclair Broadcast Group 's stations January 10 , 2011 . The series began airing in syndication in the United States in September 2012 , becoming to first original program the network 's history to achieve such a feat . 

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 Season one began airing in the United States on October 11 , 2006 , and featured 21 episodes . The season finale aired on April 26 , 2007 . Jack Donaghy , the " Head of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming " at General Electric ( GE ) , is transferred to work at the NBC headquarters , 30 Rockefeller Plaza , and retool the late @-@ night sketch @-@ comedy series The Girlie Show . The show 's cast and crew are outraged by this , especially head writer Liz Lemon and main actress Jenna Maroney . Jack proceeds to wreak havoc on The Girlie Show , forcing Liz to hire off @-@ the @-@ wall movie star Tracy Jordan . He again irritates the cast and crew of The Girlie Show when he changes the name to TGS with Tracy Jordan ( or just TGS ) . 

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 In April 2011 , executives of the Fox Broadcasting Company officially announced that " Seahorse Seashell Party " would air on May 1 . However , on April 29 , it was announced that the crossover event would be removed from the schedule , in response to a series of tornadoes that killed nearly 300 people in the Southern United States . The episodes were subsequently replaced by repeats of " I Am the Walrus " from American Dad ! , " Brian Writes a Bestseller " from Family Guy , and " Ain 't Nothin ' But Mutton Bustin ' " from The Cleveland Show . MacFarlane agreed with the decisions after consulting with the executives of Fox , and a spokeswoman for the company later announced that the episodes would air the following season . 

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 It first aired on Fox in the United States on September 17 , 2009 to generally positive reviews . It was watched by an estimated 9 @.@ 96 million viewers , and received a 2 @.@ 43 ratings share among viewers 18 – 49 . 
