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"Let's Stay Together" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by [insert name] and directed by [insert name]. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on October 7, 2010. Queen Latifah and Rob Reiner guest star.

In the episode, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) appears before Congress to discuss NBC's merger with the fictional cable company KableTown. One Congresswoman named Regina Bookman (Latifah) demands from Jack more diversity in its programming lineup. Meanwhile, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), the head writer of the fictitious show The Girlie Show with Tracy Jordan (TGS), cannot withstand the criticism her staff writers' give her, and finally Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) helps Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) reapply in the competitive NBC page program.

"Let's Stay Together" has received [insert positive, mixed, or negative] reception from television critics. According to Nielsen Media Research, it was watched by [insert number] million households during its original broadcast, and received a [insert number] rating/[insert number] share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic.

Production
"Let's Stay Together" was written by [insert name] and directed by [insert name]. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 7, 2010, as the third episode of the show's fifth season.

In September 2010, it was announced that actress and singer Queen Latifah would guest star on 30 Rock as a Congresswoman named Regina Bookman who demands from Jack Donaghy more diversity in its NBC programming lineup. In addition, it was also confirmed that director Rob Reiner would appear as himself.

In an August 2010 interview, co-showrunner and executive producer Robert Carlock was asked if the show would continue to make reference of the real-life acquisition of NBC Universal by cable company Comcast, which occurred in November 2009, to which Carlock replied that their version of the acquisition was in the "works".

Co-showrunner and executive producer Robert Carlock noted that the real-life acquisition of NBC Universal by cable company Comcast, which occurred in November 2009, that it would not change the show's "reason for existence", explaining that since the merger has occurred it has made things "even funnier" for the staff writers. "To us it's great, we've been able to do our version of 'ripped from the headlines,' which a lot of comedies don't get to do." In the fourth season episode, "Don Geiss, America and Hope", it was revealed that Kabletown runs pay-per-view adult channels. "We don't begin to imagine that the good people in Kabletown are chiefly purveyors of pornography, but we need to make some sort of observation about our fictional company", said Carlock.

Reception
According to the Nielsen Media Research, this episode of 30 Rock was watched by [insert number] million households in its original American broadcast. It earned a [number] rating/[number] share in the 18–49 demographic.