Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Watch the trailer for Tina Fey's new Netflix sitcom

If you're still mourning the loss of 30 Rock, mark your calendars for the Netflix premiere of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The new sitcom, which was co-written and co-created by Tina Fey, returns to New York City for another round of high-energy comedy.
Unbreakable Kimmdy Schmidt stars Ellie Kemper as a woman who escapes a doomsday cult after 15 years locked away from the rest of the world, who moves to the big city to restart her life. Based on this first trailer, the transition isn't an easy one:
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has had an unusually circuitous path to its premiere. The series was originally planned as a midseason replacement for NBC, but was later acquired by the content-hungry team at Netflix, who ordered two full seasons. We'll see if Netflix subscribers are as instantly enamored of Kimmy Schmidt when the show premieres in March.
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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.
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