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 76 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:

Enjoy the ride. (Season 2)

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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

In a 2018 "New Yorker" profile of Donald Glover, Glover said that he had long wondered if he had been hired as a writer on this show because of his race. At the time he was hired, he was only twenty-three-years-old, still living in the New York University dorms as a Residential Advisor, and had limited experience. Tina Fey confirmed Glover's suspicion; she admired Glover's talent, but hired him because funds from NBC's Diversity Initiative "made him free." This set-up was actually a subplot in season four, episode seventeen, "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter", when Toofer discovers he was hired because of NBC's Diversity Initiative, which was still covering his salary.

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Quotes

Liz Lemon: Hey, nerds! Who has two thumbs, speaks limited French and hasn't cried once today? This moi.

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Connections

Referenced in Difficult People: Unplugged (2016)

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?