Live episode of '30 Rock' planned Tina Fey accepts the trophy for 30 Rock at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles on September 20, 2009. UPI /Jim Ruymen NEW YORK, March 29 (UPI) -- NBC said it plans to air a live episode of its New York-set sitcom "30 Rock," starring Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey. The episode is to air April 26. The show's first live episode aired Oct. 14, 2010. Beth McCarthy-Miller, who directed that episode, will return to direct the new live episode, NBC said. Once again, two versions of the same story will be telecast -- one live for East Coast viewers and a second for the West Coast, the network said.