30 Rock is fantastic. I missed out on watching it on TV, so I'm trying to catch up now. After watching the first 3 seasons, the show is still delivering hilarity in every episode. 30 Rock takes place in 30 Rockefeller where NBC is located. The show revolves around Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) who is runs a show called the Tracey Jordan Show, and her crazy life. Her boss (Alec Baldwin) is an insane business man, her best friend Jenna (Jane Krakowski) is the former star of the show, and an attention hog, and Tracey Jordan (Tracey Morgan) who is the new lead of the show, and my possibly be clinically insane.
The show really focuses on a few select characters. Most of the episodes are about Lemon, who is a middle aged women, working almost all the time, and who really doesn't have a solid grasp on her life. This really pulls her into some crazy situations. She tries to please everyone on the show, but in the process has trouble making herself happy. A large amount of the episodes revolve around Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and his attempt to climb the corporate ladder. Donaghy is smart, a genius in business, but let's business stand in his way of other activities that make him happy. This makes Lemon and Donaghy become very relate-able to each other, despite being very different characters.
The rest of the episodes and the B-stories really revolve around Tracey, Jenna, and the rest of the writers on the show. Tracey has some of the best B-stories, like when he goes crazy before being on the Conan O'Brien show, which is a big problem for Conan, as the last time Tracey was on the show, he pretended to be a robot and tried to stab O'Brien. Jenna, Kenneth (Jack Betrayer) and the writers of the show tend to end up in B-stories with each other that very loosely tie to the main plot, but are usually just as funny, of not funnier than the main story line.
What the show really brings is something I haven't seen for a while, and that's a Prime Time comedy series that I actually enjoy. The show is amazingly well written, the episodes always have more than enough humor to keep anyone entertained and it contains plenty of smaller, clever references to previous episodes and other forms of pop culture (especially random star wars references.) The show was created by Tina Fey, who spent a good amount of time on Saturday Night Live, which means she had to know a thing or two about being funny. The show is well cast, well written, well put together, and well there isn't much else to say about it.
It is rated TV-14, but could be suitable for younger children at parental discretion. It contains a lot of adult situations, but is also full of jokes that are appropriate for even preteens. The show is available on Netflix instant queue, but unfortunately only up to season 4. It's still a good start to a fantastic show. Go watch a few episodes and enjoy it.
I unfortunately could not find a trailer, or even a decent clip. But I still greatly suggest checking out the show.
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