Just on the heels of the announcement that Rachel Dratch’s role on 30 Rock would be facing some changes, the latest word is that Jane Krakowski will be taking over the part originally filled by Dratch. Krakowski will be playing the star of “The Girlie Show”—the fictional show around which 30 Rock centers. If you’ve been following the fall premieres, you may recall that this is the role that Dratch was set to star in. The recent news from Lorne Michaels, executive producer of the series, was that Dratch would now be taking on a variety of characters on the show. Says Michaels of Krakowski joining the series, “Jane is enormously talented and everyone is thrilled that she is joining the cast. I think it’s going to be a perfect fit.” The show also stars Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan. You may remember Krakowski from Ally McBeal; she is also a seasoned stage actress—but I have fond memories of her as cousin Vicki in the movie Vacation.

30 Rockwill debut on October 11.