Tina Fey Claims End Of '30 Rock' Draws Nigh

To be a bit cynical, one imagines that if Tina Fey is being truly prophetic, her art-imitating-life hit comedy "30 Rock" will end with the fictitious show it's centered on being cancelled amid hopeless, plummeting rating.

The Emmy-winning comic actress, writer and "Saturday Night Live" alum dropped by "The View" Thursday morning. Of course, she was predictably hit with questions about recent tweets by "30 Rock" co-star Alec Baldwin claiming that he's "leaving NBC just in time."

I think I'm leaving NBC just in time.

— AB (@alecbaldwin) April 11, 2012

Fey half-heartedly confirmed what's been speculated since Baldwin's April 11 message: that after six seasons, the NBC prime time comedy set behind the scenes of producing a fictitious hit prime time comedy is probably winding down.

"As far as I know, he's not leaving the show. We're all in this together 'til the end," Fey explained. "I think that he just maybe means that the end of the show . . . is visible on the horizon.

"We can't do this for 35 years," Fey added when host Barbara Walters looked taken aback by the news.

The good news being, the show is signed through a seventh season if NBC opts to renew it. The bad news being, ratings have been less than spectacular, hitting series-low numbers this season while briefly taking over the current "Community" time slot while the Dan Harmon comedy took a much-publicized hiatus. Even if it's run its course, it still stands to make back-end residuals off of streaming deals with Netflix and Hulu, royalties from iTunes episode downloads, and the syndication rights purchased by Comedy Central and WGN.

For more from Fey this morning, check out the clip below. Let us know: do you think it's time to take this faithful NBC horse behind the barn?