High-level corporate machinations are generally beyond the immediate concern of sitcom writers, but the creators of at least one NBC comedy likely took a keen interest in General Electric’s sale of the network to Comcast on Thursday.

“30 Rock,” the backstage comedy created by Tina Fey, bases plenty of jokes on the tension between the show-within-the-show, “TGS,” and its corporate overseer, which had been G.E.

On Thursday night, Alec Baldwin, who plays Jack Donaghy on “30 Rock,” a G.E. executive and corporate foil to Ms. Fey’s character, briefly touched on the Comcast purchase in an Times Talks interview with Janet Maslin, book critic for The New York Times. While Mr. Baldwin claimed to have no interest in the corporate implications of the deal, he did have some narrative ideas.



“I wanted my character to barricade himself in his office, and he would not take orders from anyone at Comcast,” he said. “And I would only take orders from Jack Welch — that guy doesn’t even work at G.E. anymore.”

Watch a clip of Mr. Baldwin on “30 Rock” here and an excerpt from last night’s talk below.