30 Rock: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
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Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 205 Ratings

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  • Starring: Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tracy Morgan
  • Summary: Like NBC's new drama "Studio 60," this comedy from SNL alum Tina Fey is set behind the scenes of a network sketch comedy program.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 31
  3. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    100
    Like the best TV comedies - from "Seinfeld" to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and all the way back to "The Jack Benny Program" - "30 Rock" sparkles not just because its central star gets to shine, but because everyone does.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    80
    A weirdly appropriate and hilarious symbol of our times.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    Nothing very funny happens on “30 Rock” until Alec Baldwin enters the room, and suddenly this new NBC sitcom comes alive.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    38
    To its credit, next week's second episode is better than tonight's revamped pilot: tighter, funnier and more expansive to other cast members.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 88
  3. Negative: 12 out of 88
  1. PeterF.
    10
    The funniest show on television, bar none.
  2. drlowdon
    8
    30 Rock stars the fantastic Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a fictional live variety programme called The Girlie Show, as she tries to manage her out of control actors while still making time for some sort of personal life.

    As with any sit-com 30 Rock takes a few episodes to really get going as we start to understand the personalities of the cast. Each of the characters have their moments but it is the central relationship between Liz Lemon and company executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) that really sets the show apart from other comedies. Baldwin    … Expand
  3. JawsLaxerDrama
    7
    30 Rock is created by Tina Fey- a brilliant comic who deserves praise. While 30 rock isn't always funny, and sometimes awkward the only person I want to punch is Kenneth and Tracy Morgan- it is flawed but the t.v. show is great. It's great. Not the best, but still good.… Expand
  4. GerarseF
    4
    I really don't get what all the excitement is about. I laughed at Sports Night, really enjoy humor that requires thought, but in three episodes of 30 Rock I have yet to find much humor in it. I guess I will have to watch it since it is stuck between Scrubs and ER, I was just hoping for more.… Expand

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