30 Rock is an American satirical television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC. Created by Tina Fey, the single-camera television series follows the lives of the head writer of The Girlie Show with Tracy Jordan (TGS), Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), the other staff members of TGS, and their network executive, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin).
30 Rock was a critical success, winning several major awards (including Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007, 2008, and 2009), and achieving the top ranking on many critics' year-end best of 2006 and 2007 lists. [1] On July 14, 2009, the series was nominated for 22 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most in a single year for a comedy series. [2] Despite the acclaim, the series struggled in the ratings throughout its run. [3] It broadcast a total of 138 episodes over seven seasons, from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. In addition, a special episode premiered on July 16, 2020. [4]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 21 | October 11, 2006 | April 26, 2007 | |
2 | 15 | October 4, 2007 | May 8, 2008 | |
3 | 22 | October 30, 2008 | May 14, 2009 | |
4 | 22 | October 15, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | |
5 | 23 | September 23, 2010 | May 5, 2011 | |
6 | 22 | January 12, 2012 | May 17, 2012 | |
7 | 13 | October 4, 2012 | January 31, 2013 | |
Special | July 16, 2020 |
The first season of 30 Rock premiered on NBC on October 11, 2006, [5] and concluded on April 26, 2007. [6]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [7] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Adam Bernstein | Tina Fey | October 11, 2006 | 101 | 8.13 [8] |
2 | 2 | "The Aftermath" | Adam Bernstein | Tina Fey | October 18, 2006 | 102 | 5.71 [9] |
3 | 3 | "Blind Date" | Adam Bernstein | John Riggi | October 25, 2006 | 103 | 6.01 [10] |
4 | 4 | "Jack the Writer" | Gail Mancuso | Robert Carlock | November 1, 2006 | 104 | 4.61 [11] |
5 | 5 | "Jack-Tor" | Don Scardino | Robert Carlock | November 16, 2006 | 107 | 5.19 [12] |
6 | 6 | "Jack Meets Dennis" | Juan J. Campanella | Jack Burditt | November 30, 2006 | 105 | 5.97 [13] |
7 | 7 | "Tracy Does Conan" | Adam Bernstein | Tina Fey | December 7, 2006 | 108 | 6.84 [14] |
8 | 8 | "The Break-Up" | Scott Ellis | Dave Finkel & Brett Baer | December 14, 2006 | 109 | 5.94 [15] |
9 | 9 | "The Baby Show" | Michael Engler | Jack Burditt | January 4, 2007 | 110 | 5.89 [16] |
10 | 10 | "The Rural Juror" | Beth McCarthy | Matt Hubbard | January 11, 2007 | 111 | 6.01 [17] |
11 | 11 | "The Head and the Hair" | Gail Mancuso | Tina Fey & John Riggi | January 18, 2007 | 112 | 5.04 [18] |
12 | 12 | "Black Tie" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon & Tina Fey | February 1, 2007 | 113 | 5.71 [19] |
13 | 13 | "Up All Night" | Michael Engler | Tina Fey | February 8, 2007 | 114 | 5.17 [20] |
14 | 14 | "The C Word" | Adam Bernstein | Tina Fey | February 15, 2007 | 106 | 5.01 [21] |
15 | 15 | "Hard Ball" | Don Scardino | Matt Hubbard | February 22, 2007 | 115 | 4.61 [22] |
16 | 16 | "The Source Awards" | Don Scardino | Robert Carlock & Daisy Gardner | March 1, 2007 | 116 | 5.74 [23] |
17 | 17 | "The Fighting Irish" | Dennie Gordon | Jack Burditt | March 8, 2007 | 117 | 5.15 [24] |
18 | 18 | "Fireworks" | Beth McCarthy | Dave Finkel & Brett Baer | April 5, 2007 | 118 | 5.37 [25] |
19 | 19 | "Corporate Crush" | Don Scardino | John Riggi | April 12, 2007 | 119 | 5.07 [26] |
20 | 20 | "Cleveland" | Paul Feig | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock | April 19, 2007 | 120 | 5.16 [27] |
21 | 21 | "Hiatus" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | April 26, 2007 | 121 | 4.72 [28] |
The second season of 30 Rock was intended to be 22 episodes, but due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, the final seven episodes were scrapped. [29]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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22 | 1 | "SeinfeldVision" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | October 4, 2007 | 201 | 7.33 [30] |
23 | 2 | "Jack Gets in the Game" | Michael Engler | Robert Carlock | October 11, 2007 | 202 | 6.60 [31] |
24 | 3 | "The Collection" | Don Scardino | Matt Hubbard | October 18, 2007 | 203 | 6.22 [32] |
25 | 4 | "Rosemary's Baby" | Michael Engler | Jack Burditt | October 25, 2007 | 204 | 6.50 [33] |
26 | 5 | "Greenzo" | Don Scardino | Jon Pollack | November 8, 2007 | 205 | 6.60 [34] |
27 | 6 | "Somebody to Love" | Beth McCarthy | Tina Fey & Kay Cannon | November 15, 2007 | 206 | 6.45 [35] |
28 | 7 | "Cougars" | Michael Engler | John Riggi | November 29, 2007 | 207 | 5.82 [36] |
29 | 8 | "Secrets and Lies" | Michael Engler | Ron Weiner | December 6, 2007 | 208 | 5.84 [37] |
30 | 9 | "Ludachristmas" | Don Scardino | Tami Sagher | December 13, 2007 | 209 | 5.58 [38] |
31 | 10 | Episode 210 | Richard Shepard | Robert Carlock & Donald Glover | January 10, 2008 | 210 | 5.98 [39] |
32 | 11 | "MILF Island" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Tina Fey & Matt Hubbard | April 10, 2008 | 212 | 5.77 [40] |
33 | 12 | "Subway Hero" | Don Scardino | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock | April 17, 2008 | 211 | 6.50 [41] |
34 | 13 | "Succession" | Gail Mancuso | Andrew Guest & John Riggi | April 24, 2008 | 213 | 5.52 [42] |
35 | 14 | "Sandwich Day" | Don Scardino | Robert Carlock & Jack Burditt | May 1, 2008 | 214 | 5.38 [43] |
36 | 15 | "Cooter" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | May 8, 2008 | 215 | 5.45 [44] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | 1 | "Do-Over" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | October 30, 2008 | 301 | 8.66 [45] |
38 | 2 | "Believe in the Stars" | Don Scardino | Robert Carlock | November 6, 2008 | 302 | 8.07 [46] |
39 | 3 | "The One with the Cast of Night Court" | Gail Mancuso | Jack Burditt | November 13, 2008 | 303 | 7.60 [47] |
40 | 4 | "Gavin Volure" | Gail Mancuso | John Riggi | November 20, 2008 | 304 | 7.08 [48] |
41 | 5 | "Reunion" | Beth McCarthy | Matt Hubbard | December 4, 2008 | 305 | 7.18 [49] |
42 | 6 | "Christmas Special" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon & Tina Fey | December 11, 2008 | 306 | 7.38 [50] |
43 | 7 | "Señor Macho Solo" | Beth McCarthy | Ron Weiner | January 8, 2009 | 307 | 5.37 [51] |
44 | 8 | "Flu Shot" | Don Scardino | Jon Pollack | January 15, 2009 | 308 | 6.63 [52] |
45 | 9 | "Retreat to Move Forward" | Steve Buscemi | Tami Sagher | January 22, 2009 | 309 | 6.41 [53] |
46 | 10 | "Generalissimo" | Todd Holland | Robert Carlock | February 5, 2009 | 310 | 6.39 [54] |
47 | 11 | "St. Valentine's Day" | Don Scardino | Jack Burditt & Tina Fey | February 12, 2009 | 311 | 7.68 [55] |
48 | 12 | "Larry King" | Constantine Makris | Matt Hubbard | February 26, 2009 | 312 | 6.36 [56] |
49 | 13 | "Goodbye, My Friend" | John Riggi | Ron Weiner | March 5, 2009 | 313 | 7.25 [57] |
50 | 14 | "The Funcooker" | Ken Whittingham | Donald Glover & Tom Ceraulo | March 12, 2009 | 314 | 6.43 [58] |
51 | 15 | "The Bubble" | Tricia Brock | Tina Fey | March 19, 2009 | 315 | 7.13 [59] |
52 | 16 | "Apollo, Apollo" | Millicent Shelton | Robert Carlock | March 26, 2009 | 316 | 7.17 [60] |
53 | 17 | "Cutbacks" | Gail Mancuso | Matt Hubbard | April 9, 2009 | 317 | 6.81 [61] |
54 | 18 | "Jackie Jormp-Jomp" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon & Tracey Wigfield | April 16, 2009 | 318 | 7.32 [62] |
55 | 19 | "The Ones" | Beth McCarthy | Jack Burditt | April 23, 2009 | 319 | 6.30 [63] |
56 | 20 | "The Natural Order" | Scott Ellis | John Riggi & Tina Fey | April 30, 2009 | 320 | 5.95 [64] |
57 | 21 | "Mamma Mia" | Don Scardino | Ron Weiner | May 7, 2009 | 321 | 6.13 [65] |
58 | 22 | "Kidney Now!" | Don Scardino | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock | May 14, 2009 | 322 | 5.70 [66] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 | 1 | "Season 4" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | October 15, 2009 | 401 | 6.39 [67] |
60 | 2 | "Into the Crevasse" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Robert Carlock | October 22, 2009 | 402 | 6.84 [68] |
61 | 3 | "Stone Mountain" | Don Scardino | John Riggi | October 29, 2009 | 403 | 6.10 [69] |
62 | 4 | "Audition Day" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Matt Hubbard | November 5, 2009 | 404 | 6.15 [70] |
63 | 5 | "The Problem Solvers" | John Riggi | Ron Weiner | November 12, 2009 | 405 | 6.00 [71] |
64 | 6 | "Sun Tea" | Gail Mancuso | Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan | November 19, 2009 | 406 | 5.72 [72] |
65 | 7 | "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon | December 3, 2009 | 407 | 6.08 [73] |
66 | 8 | "Secret Santa" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Tina Fey | December 10, 2009 | 408 | 6.70 [74] |
67 | 9 | "Klaus and Greta" | Gail Mancuso | Robert Carlock | January 14, 2010 | 409 | 5.12 [75] |
68 | 10 | "Black Light Attack!" | Don Scardino | Steve Hely | January 14, 2010 | 410 | 4.98 [76] |
69 | 11 | "Winter Madness" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Vali Chandrasekaran & Tom Ceraulo | January 21, 2010 | 411 | 5.54 [77] |
70 | 12 | "Verna" | Don Scardino | Ron Weiner | February 4, 2010 | 412 | 5.79 [78] |
71 | 13 | "Anna Howard Shaw Day" | Ken Whittingham | Matt Hubbard | February 11, 2010 | 413 | 6.00 [79] |
72 | 14 | "Future Husband" | Don Scardino | Tracey Wigfield & Jon Haller | March 11, 2010 | 414 | 5.77 [80] |
73 | 15 | "Don Geiss, America and Hope" | Stephen Lee Davis | Jack Burditt & Tracey Wigfield | March 18, 2010 | 415 | 6.79 [81] |
74 | 16 | "Floyd" | Millicent Shelton | Paula Pell | March 25, 2010 | 416 | 6.25 [82] |
75 | 17 | "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon & Tina Fey | April 22, 2010 | 417 | 4.00 [83] |
76 | 18 | "Khonani" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Vali Chandrasekaran | April 22, 2010 | 418 | 5.16 [83] |
77 | 19 | "Argus" | Jeff Richmond | Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan & Paula Pell | April 29, 2010 | 419 | 5.44 [84] |
78 | 20 | "The Moms" | John Riggi | Kay Cannon & Robert Carlock | May 6, 2010 | 420 | 5.42 [85] |
79 | 21 | "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Matt Hubbard | May 13, 2010 | 421 | 4.96 [86] |
80 | 22 | "I Do Do" | Don Scardino | Tina Fey | May 20, 2010 | 422 | 5.36 [87] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 | 1 | "The Fabian Strategy" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Tina Fey | September 23, 2010 | 501 | 5.91 [88] |
82 | 2 | "When It Rains, It Pours" | Don Scardino | Robert Carlock | September 30, 2010 | 502 | 5.68 [89] |
83 | 3 | "Let's Stay Together" | John Riggi | Jack Burditt | October 7, 2010 | 503 | 4.90 [90] |
84 | 4 | "Live Show" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Robert Carlock & Tina Fey | October 14, 2010 | 504 | 6.70 [91] |
85 | 5 | "Reaganing" | Todd Holland | Matt Hubbard | October 21, 2010 | 505 | 5.18 [92] |
86 | 6 | "Gentleman's Intermission" | Don Scardino | John Riggi | November 4, 2010 | 506 | 5.31 [93] |
87 | 7 | "Brooklyn Without Limits" | Michael Engler | Ron Weiner | November 11, 2010 | 507 | 5.09 [94] |
88 | 8 | "College" | Don Scardino | Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan | November 18, 2010 | 508 | 5.11 [95] |
89 | 9 | "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish" | Ken Whittingham | Kay Cannon | December 2, 2010 | 509 | 5.03 [96] |
90 | 10 | "Christmas Attack Zone" | John Riggi | Tracey Wigfield | December 9, 2010 | 510 | 4.76 [97] |
91 | 11 | "Mrs. Donaghy" | Tricia Brock | Jack Burditt | January 20, 2011 | 511 | 5.34 [98] |
92 | 12 | "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Robert Carlock | January 27, 2011 | 512 | 4.92 [99] |
93 | 13 | "¡Qué Sorpresa!" | John Riggi | Matt Hubbard | February 3, 2011 | 513 | 4.78 [100] |
94 | 14 | "Double-Edged Sword" | Don Scardino | Kay Cannon & Tom Ceraulo | February 10, 2011 | 514 | 4.59 [101] |
95 | 15 | "It's Never Too Late for Now" | John Riggi | Vali Chandrasekaran | February 17, 2011 | 515 | 4.07 [102] |
96 | 16 | "TGS Hates Women" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Ron Weiner | February 24, 2011 | 516 | 4.50 [103] |
97 | 17 | "Queen of Jordan" | Ken Whittingham | Tracey Wigfield | March 17, 2011 | 517 | 4.19 [104] |
98 | 18 | "Plan B" | Jeff Richmond | Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan | March 24, 2011 | 518 | 4.36 [105] |
99 | 19 | "I Heart Connecticut" | Stephen Lee Davis | Vali Chandrasekaran & Jon Haller | April 14, 2011 | 519 | 4.45 [106] |
100 | 20 | "100" | Don Scardino | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock & Tina Fey | April 21, 2011 | 520 | 4.60 [107] |
101 | 21 | 521 | |||||
102 | 22 | "Everything Sunny All the Time Always" | John Riggi | Kay Cannon & Matt Hubbard | April 28, 2011 | 522 | 3.95 [108] |
103 | 23 | "Respawn" | Don Scardino | Hannibal Buress & Ron Weiner | May 5, 2011 | 523 | 4.20 [109] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
104 | 1 | "Dance Like Nobody's Watching" | John Riggi | Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield | January 12, 2012 | 601 | 4.47 [110] |
105 | 2 | "Idiots Are People Two!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Robert Carlock | January 19, 2012 | 602 | 4.05 [111] |
106 | 3 | "Idiots Are People Three!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Robert Carlock | January 26, 2012 | 603 | 3.82 [112] |
107 | 4 | "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" | Jeff Richmond | Matt Hubbard | January 26, 2012 | 604 | 3.98 [112] |
108 | 5 | "Today You Are a Man" | Jeff Richmond | Ron Weiner | February 2, 2012 | 605 | 3.23 [113] |
109 | 6 | "Hey, Baby, What's Wrong" | Michael Engler | Kay Cannon | February 9, 2012 | 606 | 3.88 [114] |
110 | 7 | 607 | |||||
111 | 8 | "The Tuxedo Begins" | John Riggi | Dylan Morgan & Josh Siegal | February 16, 2012 | 608 | 3.59 [115] |
112 | 9 | "Leap Day" | Steve Buscemi | Luke Del Tredici | February 23, 2012 | 609 | 3.70 [116] |
113 | 10 | "Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky" | Michael Slovis | John Riggi | March 1, 2012 | 610 | 3.77 [117] |
114 | 11 | "Standards and Practices" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Vali Chandrasekaran | March 8, 2012 | 611 | 3.42 [118] |
115 | 12 | "St. Patrick's Day" | John Riggi | Colleen McGuinness | March 15, 2012 | 612 | 4.00 [119] |
116 | 13 | "Grandmentor" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Sam Means | March 22, 2012 | 613 | 3.31 [120] |
117 | 14 | "Kidnapped by Danger" | Claire Cowperthwaite | Tina Fey | March 22, 2012 | 614 | 3.42 [120] |
118 | 15 | "The Shower Principle" | Stephen Lee Davis | Tom Ceraulo | March 29, 2012 | 615 | 3.14 [121] |
119 | 16 | "Nothing Left to Lose" | John Riggi | Lauren Gurganous & Nina Pedrad | April 5, 2012 | 616 | 2.79 [122] |
120 | 17 | "Meet the Woggels!" | Linda Mendoza | Ron Weiner | April 12, 2012 | 617 | 2.98 [123] |
121 | 18 | "Murphy Brown Lied to Us" | John Riggi | Robert Carlock & Vali Chandrasekaran | April 19, 2012 | 618 | 3.06 [124] |
122 | 19 | "Live from Studio 6H" | Beth McCarthy Miller | Jack Burditt & Tina Fey | April 26, 2012 | 619 | 3.47 [125] |
123 | 20 | "Queen of Jordan 2: Mystery of the Phantom Pooper" | Ken Whittingham | Luke Del Tredici & Tracey Wigfield | May 3, 2012 | 620 | 3.04 [126] |
124 | 21 | "The Return of Avery Jessup" | John Riggi | Dylan Morgan & Josh Siegal | May 10, 2012 | 621 | 2.92 [127] |
125 | 22 | "What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?" | Michael Engler | Matt Hubbard | May 17, 2012 | 622 | 2.84 [128] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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126 | 1 | "The Beginning of the End" | Don Scardino | Jack Burditt | October 4, 2012 | 701 | 3.46 [129] |
127 | 2 | "Governor Dunston" | Robert Carlock | Robert Carlock | October 11, 2012 | 702 | 3.40 [130] |
128 | 3 | "Stride of Pride" | Michael Engler | Tina Fey | October 18, 2012 | 703 | 3.04 [131] |
129 | 4 | "Unwindulax" | James E. Sheridan | Matt Hubbard | October 25, 2012 | 704 | 3.13 [132] |
130 | 5 | "There's No I in America" | John Riggi | Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan | October 31, 2012 | 705 | 3.38 [133] |
131 | 6 | "Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy" | Don Scardino | Luke Del Tredici | November 15, 2012 | 706 | 3.34 [134] |
132 | 7 | "Mazel Tov, Dummies!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Tracey Wigfield | November 29, 2012 | 707 | 3.61 [135] |
133 | 8 | "My Whole Life Is Thunder" | Linda Mendoza | Jack Burditt & Colleen McGuinness | December 6, 2012 | 708 | 3.22 [136] |
134 | 9 | "Game Over" | Ken Whittingham | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | January 10, 2013 | 709 | 3.79 [137] |
135 | 10 | "Florida" | Claire Cowperthwaite | Tom Ceraulo & Matt Hubbard | January 17, 2013 | 710 | 3.44 [138] |
136 | 11 | "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World" | Jeff Richmond | Lang Fisher & Nina Pedrad | January 24, 2013 | 711 | 3.81 [139] |
137 | 12 | "Hogcock!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock | January 31, 2013 | 712 | 4.88 [140] |
138 | 13 | "Last Lunch" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield | January 31, 2013 | 713 | 4.88 [140] |
No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
139 | "30 Rock: A One-Time Special" | Oz Rodriguez | Tina Fey & Robert Carlock | July 16, 2020 | 0.88 [141] [Note 1] | |
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