30 Rock

One of the nice things about having written for the A.V Club for almost thirteen years is that I have the luxury of only writing about television shows I love (The Office, 30 Rock, Eastbound & Down) or am perversely fascinating by (the deathless warhorse that is Saturday Night Live). So i...

And as predicted, the search for an Oscar host has quickly been concluded: According to Variety, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, co-stars of the upcoming Meryl Streep romantic comedy It's Complicated, have picked up the hosting gig that was turned down by Hugh Jackman, Ben Stiller, and R...

Some commenters razzed me last week for giving the premiere of 30 Rock a C+ and the last episode of Saturday Night Live a C. Was I suggesting that modern-day Saturday Night Live was nearly as good as 30 Rock? Of course not. That would be fucking fucking insane. I judged each show by the wildly dive...

The actor: Rachel Dratch started her career in performing sketch-comedy at Second City before spending seven seasons as a utility player on Saturday Night Live, where she found love for her “Debbie Downer” and Boston teen characters. Since then, Dratch has been a go-to bit player in all s...

30 Rock occupies an unusual place in the television landscape. It’s far from a hit—its ratings would have meant cancellation on just about any other network—but because of its leading lady, snarky sense of humor, and satirical digs at the network that airs both it and the show within its sh...

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In a related plot thread Jack decides to invest heavily in Volure’s latest business venture and bring Kenneth and his four thousand dollars in non-Confederate money along with him. I worry sometimes that 30 Rock will bleed Kenneth dry but he was fucking hilarious tonight. I could have watc...

Jenna, meanwhile, learns of this impromptu, delightfully insane Night Court reunion and is apoplectic over not being invited to reprise her role as a “were-lawyer” whose presence on Night Court marked the moment it officially jumped the shark. Has 30 Rock gone monster-crazy? Between t...

Well, my TV Club babies, tonight marked the triumphant return of 30 Rock and it couldn’t come a second too soon. I was fiending, yes...