page_title: Black Light Attack!
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Black Light Attack! / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Cheyenne Jackson at a New York rally for same-sex marriage equality on May 17, 2009
context_page_description: "Black Light Attack!" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 68th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by Steve Hely and directed by series producer Don Scardino. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company in the United States on January 14, 2010. Guest stars in this episode include Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Cheyenne Jackson.
  In the episode, TGS with Tracy Jordan head writer Liz Lemon and new cast member Danny Baker further their relationship, while their boss Jack Donaghy becomes jealous and plans to break them apart. Meanwhile, movie star Tracy Jordan recruits TGS writer Sue Laroche-Van der Hout into his entourage, and Jenna Maroney auditions for a role on Gossip Girl. This episode was Jackson's third appearance as Danny.
  "Black Light Attack!" received generally mixed reception from television critics. According to the Nielsen ratings system, it was watched by 5.014 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 2.3 rating/6 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic. Its rating constituted a 30 percent drop from the December 2009 episode "Secret Santa".
context_section_description: "Black Light Attack!" was written by Steve Hely and directed by series producer Don Scardino. This was Hely's first writing credit and Scardino's twenty-third episode directed. It originally aired in the United States on January 14, 2010, on NBC as the tenth episode of the show's fourth season and the 68th overall episode of the series.
  "Black Light Attack!" was filmed on November 9 and November 13, 2009. In the scene in which Jenna plays the dying mother on Gossip Girl, the scenery is that used for the Waldorf residence in Gossip Girl. The two series are shot next to each other at Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York. In September 2008, it was reported that actresses Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, who star on Gossip Girl, were set to guest star on 30 Rock, but the appearances fell through.
  Dr. Sanjay Gupta guest starred as himself in "Black Light Attack!"; Liz is at home and watches Dr. Gupta on CNN as he expounds about the rise in female libido before menopause, referred to as the "Dirty 30s". This was actor Cheyenne Jackson's third appearance as Danny on 30 Rock. He made his debut in the November 12, 2009, episode "The Problem Solvers", and would later guest star on "Secret Santa". Series' creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey had seen Jackson in the Broadway musicals Xanadu and Damn Yankees, the latter that starred Jane Krakowski, who plays Jenna on the show. According to Jackson in a November 2009 interview, Fey set up a meeting to interest him in a role on the program. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, it was revealed that it was Krakowski who brought Jackson to the attention of the 30 Rock producers. While at the Knicks game, Danny reveals details to Jack, about the woman he is seeing, such as "She never takes off her shoes ... Even though the reason is she's never let a man see her feet", which is a real life trait of Fey's and her character.
caption: Cheyenne Jackson made his third appearance as Danny Baker in this episode.
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