30 Rock 

Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.

Creator:

Tina Fey

Stars:

Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan

Won 6 Golden Globes. Another 80 wins & 312 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tina Fey	...	Liz Lemon / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Tracy Morgan	...	Tracy Jordan / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Jack McBrayer	...	Kenneth Parcell / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Scott Adsit	...	Pete Hornberger / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Judah Friedlander	...	Frank Rossitano / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack Donaghy / ... 138 episodes, 2006-2013
Jane Krakowski	...	Jenna Maroney / ... 137 episodes, 2006-2013
Keith Powell	...	Toofer / ... 130 episodes, 2006-2013
Katrina Bowden	...	Cerie 99 episodes, 2006-2013
Kevin Brown	...	Dot Com 84 episodes, 2006-2013
Grizz Chapman	...	Grizz 80 episodes, 2006-2013
John Lutz	...	J.D. Lutz / ... 77 episodes, 2006-2013
Maulik Pancholy	...	Jonathan 62 episodes, 2006-2013

Storyline

Elizabeth "Liz" Lemon is the executive show runner for a late night sketch comedy show called "The Girlie Show", that stars her close friend and major drama queen Jenna Maroney. When GE hires a new executive vice president for NBC named Jack Donaghy, he decides to take Liz Lemon under his wing and turn around TGS, which for years has been unable to find the proper audience it deserves. So to do so, he brings on unhinged, wildly unpredictable star Tracy Jordan to turn the series into a ratings hit. But Liz soon finds out that controlling her odd ball writing staff, the NBC page program, keeping Tracy on a short leash, and getting him to get along with Jenna proves to be one disaster after another. Will TGS ever see true success? And will Liz find the right partner to get married and start a family?

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Plot Keywords:

writing | workplace | employer employee relationship | television writer | television network | 

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Taglines:

Comedy night done right

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

NBC [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Tina Fey Project

Filming Locations:

Silvercup Studios - 4222 22nd Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Video, Little Stranger, NBC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Donald Glover, who was a Staff Writer and Script Supervisor for the show from 2006 to 2009, also had brief roles during that period, such as Young P.A. in season one, episode five, "Jack-Tor", or as Gay Kid in season three, episode twenty-two, "Kidney Now!" After he left the show for a role on Community (2009), he returned to play Young Tracy Jordan in season six, episode nineteen, "Live from Studio 6H". During an April 2012 interview with "Entertainment Weekly", Tina Fey said that they already knew that Glover "could sound like Tracy, because we did an extended version of (Tracy Jordan's novelty song) 'Werewolf Bar Mitzvah', and by the time we finished it, we were wrapped and didn't have Tracy. So half of it is just Donald imitating Tracy."

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Dennis Duffy: Hey dummy.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.65 (2012)

User Reviews

Best Writing on TV to date

This show has the best writing on TV to date. I know Fey was the original creator of this show. She has reinvented comedy and especially women's place in it. Kudos Tina! You deserve all your success! I've been looking in vein on line to get the full list of staff writers for 30 rock but have yet to find the full list. They all deserve praise. The wit and repartee apparent in the writing is supreme... and the direction isn't too shabby either.

They also include a lot of parody of the genre as well as self deprecating humor. And the way they weave cross product plugs either in extreme obvious ways or so subtly the viewers don't know what hit them. This is true genius. An Emmy is not enough. OK... maybe not a Nobel Prize... but close?