NBC Ditched Tina Fey's New Sitcom—and She Couldn’t Be Happier

As other TV comedies get canceled, she's glad to be on Netflix

The television landscape is changing by the day, and the networks are doing everything they can to hold on to their piece of the pie. As the Television Critics Association's winter press tour kicked off Wednesday, a trio of outlets—Netflix, ESPN and National Geographic Channel—shared their plans to make waves in 2015. Among the day's highlights:

Netflix became NBC's—and Tina Fey's—sitcom savior.

Last May, NBC picked up the sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt—co-created by Tina Fey and produced in-house by NBCUniversal—for midseason.

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