Rachel Dratch no longer has a role on the upcoming NBC laffer "30 Rock." Instead, she’ll have many, many roles.Dratch was originally tapped to play Jenna DeCarlo, an actress on "The Girlie Show" — the show-within-a-show on "30 Rock."But with the focus of "30 Rock" moving away from "The Girlie Show" and more toward the interaction among stars Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan, the show’s exec producers decided to scrap Dratch’s character.Instead, Dratch will appear in several episodes in a wide variety of roles. In the "30 Rock" opener, for example, she’ll now appear as a cat wrangler (whose felines are needed for a sketch)."Both Tina and I obviously adore Rachel, and we wanted to find a way in which we could go to her strength," said "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels, who is also an exec producer on "30 Rock." "The way it’s been rewritten, it’s a much funnier part."Michaels said some of Dratch’s characters, such as the cat wrangler, will return, while others will appear just once.
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I never got her and actually find her annoying and sounds like I am not the only one. Bet you Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels felt bad that she left SNL for the show and she didn’t test well as herself, so they created multiple roles to keep her. Loyality is a good thing if you can find it in this town.
