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"From the winks to the nods to the accent, she nailed it," said Marc Bona, assistant entertainment editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. "And she did so at a time when it seemed the whole country was tuned in
-- both to the presidential race as well as 'Saturday Night Live.'" Her Palin impression has benefited "30 Rock," too. The show premiered its fourth season to 8.5 million viewers, a million more than last year's opener. Recently, she was also nominated for a Golden Globe (for best performance by an actress in a TV series, comedy or musical), as well as a Screen Actors Guild award. "The `SNL' stuff has certainly changed things for me," Fey said in October. "A lot more people seem to know who I am." Last year's AP Entertainer of the Year also went to a comedian whose satire blended in with politics: Stephen Colbert. ___ On the Net:
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