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Aug. 4, 2017 / 8:18 AM

Tina Fey to appear in Season 2 of NBC's 'Great News'

Tina Fey arrives on the red carpet at the 71st Annual Tony Awards on June 11 in New York City. The writer and actress is set to appear on Season 2 of NBC's "Great News." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

1 of 3 | Tina Fey arrives on the red carpet at the 71st Annual Tony Awards on June 11 in New York City. The writer and actress is set to appear on Season 2 of NBC's "Great News." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- NBC has confirmed Tina Fey is joining the cast of its sitcom, Great News.

The television newsroom-set show stars Briga Heelan, Andrea Martin, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, Horatio Sanz and John Michael Higgins. Season 2 is to begin Sept. 28.

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"How we feel knowing that the legendary Tina Fey is coming to #GreatNews next season," the network's Twitter account said Thursday, along with a GIF of Fey waving her hands in the air and the words, "High Fiving a Million Angels" underneath.

Fey has a decades-long history with NBC -- first as a writer and player on Saturday Night Live, then as star of the sitcom, 30 Rock, a comedy she co-created.

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