Production
"Blind Date" was written by co-executive producer John Riggi and directed by supervising producer Adam Bernstein. This episode originally aired on October 25, 2006 on NBC as the third episode of the show's first season and overall of the series. This episode featured a guest appearance from actress Stephanie March, who played Gretchen Thomas. That season's co-executive producer Brett Baer had a brief appearance in "Blind Date", as a man who hits on Liz, after Gretchen leaves.
One filmed scene from "Blind Date" was cut out from the airing. Instead, the scene was featured on 30 Rock's season 1 DVD as part of the deleted scenes in the Bonus feature. In the scene, Pete comes to Liz's office and tells her about how Jack set-up the TGS stage in which they can play poker. Liz asks him if it would be all right if she brings Gretchen to the poker game.
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