30 Rock: Season 3

Love this show. Seen all seasons through at least 5 times. Never gets old. But speaking of which, WTF is with the disgusting old lady commercials that keep coming up. What target group do they think we are? Gross, tacky, irrelevant, and just plain invasion of privacy.

Tina Fey won the Mark Twain comedy award. It was well deserved. She's a crazy funny woman. I almost can't believe how funny this series is. But you do have to have an open mind about sexual jokes...

This review is for all 7 seasons. One of my very favorites . Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and a host of others do a fantastic job

Cannot add anything substantively different from all the others here. All time favorite; loved it 5 years ago, just started re-watching and my stomach hurts from laughing. Writing is spot-on, characters are hilarious, every scene well edited and acted. Jokes are sometimes so well done you get them on two levels.

The best comedy show and this season just keeps up the hilarity

Must have for fans of the show.

I really enjoy this series. I don't binge on them,but save them for when I really need a laugh,. Tina Fey et al always deliver the laughs.

This show is hilarious! A great purchase. Tina Fey is absolutely hilarious in this show. I recommend buying this one.

I have all seasons here and there. By the end of the series (season 7) it had waned a little to me... Yet, why do I find 30 Rock so hilarious! Maybe it's because I'm a son of a married couple. Or maybe it's because I'm Not a son of a married couple. I - Don't - Know... Watch it! Watch it good.

La suite des aventures des employés du TGS s'enchaînent dans les gaffes, la bonne humeur et le fou rire! Une série à conseiller!!!

I must confess that I came very late to 30 Rock. Call me stereotypical, patronising or judgemental if you may, but I have an in-built suspicion of 'female-penned or female orientated' television. I hate the very idea that all women must love a TV series because it is aimed squarely at them (I'm thinking of the horrid hyperbole that surrounds Sex And The City or the early days of Desperate Housewifes), I have no particular problem with either program (I just choose to ignore them) but I find the marketing ploy to treat all women as braindead sheep who will always follow the trend to be exasperating and yes, patronising. It also does'nt help my mood when I see superb drama such as The Wire or Deadwood pushed to the sidelines (in certain areas of the media) in favour of more women-friendly programs such as Ugly Betty. Once again, I have no problem with these programs exsisting, just that I find the media overdrive that follows their creaion depressing. So you can imagine how sceptical I was of the Tina Fey created 30 Rock. Here was a program which featured a female protaganist, was originally penned by a female and has an over-riding feeling of female relationship troubles running throughout (also note that my other favourite comedies include Curb, Peep Show and The Office). No wonder I took so long to discover it, but discover it I certainly did. And coming from my previous point-of-view, I now consider this to be the finest American network sitcom since the all conquering Seinfeld. Tina Fey plays the extremely likeable (& fallable) Liz Lemon, the head writer on NBC show TGS (originally The Girlie Show). Lemon is a superb creation, much like any great comedy creation we always see her faults (of which there are many) as endearing & loveable. She spends most her screen time desperatly trying to keep her show running smoothly by in turns stroking the inflated ego of her two main stars and keeping a hard stance with her writing team (most noteably the wonderful Frank). All the while she is looking for a man to share her (at times) heart-breakingly lonely life with. The episode where she befriends a lesbian is both warm & devastating heartbreaking, her fear of choking alone in her apartment and going days without discovery & her determined stance that lonliness is her 'lifestyle choice' give the show a depth missing from most television programming. The friendships she does strike up are all incredibly varied, the flirty stance she shares with Jack Donaghy (the monumental Alec Baldwin), the reliable work relationship with TGS's producer Pete, the long-time-always-depend-upon-me best friend Jenna and her bossy relationship with her writing team. Any moment that Fey is on screen is TV gold and her likeability is only equalled by her immense talent. But this isn't only about Fey, this show has so much depth it is impossible to do it justice on here (but I'll give it a shot). First of all is Alec Baldwin who has a long & varied film career with encompasses everything from Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice to the Michael Bay special effect laden Pearl Harbor (and every genre in between). He is truly monumental in his portrayal of Jack Donagy being extremely elegant & suave throughout whilst always holding a commanding air. He is a marvel. The supporting cast also shines right through with the 2 stars of TGS Jenna Marony (the beautiful Jane Krakowski) and Tracy Jordan (the Eddie Murphy-esque Tracy Morgan) always bringing warmth and humour to any scene. I espeically like the story thread in season 4 where Tracy decides to go for the EGOT (by which he aims to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award while actually not possessing any talent of particular note). The writing team (most notably the aforementioned Frank, the black Harvard graduate Twofer and the very secretive Lutz) offer many moments of much needed lad humour with their idiotic schemes & childish ramblings. And last but certainly not least, the incredeible page Kenneth (played by Jack McBayer). Kenneth is possibly the true star of the show, coming across as Woody's (from Cheers) simple brother (yes, he truly is that simple). He is completely naive about his role at NBC beleiving that he is living the high life even whilst he cleans pizza from the ceiling!!. The entire cast bring a real warmth to the show and the writing is always sharp, witty and well informed. In an age where old fashioned comedy seems to be at death's door and when it is now considered comedy to mislead the public with varios inane antics, it is nice to see a show which offers the basic art of humour within the context of great writing and superb comedic performance. If you find yourself enjoying comedies such as Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Eastbound & Down then you should give this superb creation your full attention.

"30 ROCK" ist für mich eine DER Comedy-Serien, die derzeit produziert und gezeigt werden. Leider hält sich der Erfolg hier in Deutschland arg in Grenzen, so dass bei ZDFneo sogar so wenig Leute bei der Erstausstrahlung zugeguckt haben, dass eine Quotenmessung nicht möglich war. Das ist enorm schade, da "30 ROCK" eine der interessantesten und abgedrehtesten Serien ist, die ich kenne. Die Charaktere sind in der mittlerweile dritten Staffel dem geneigten Zuschauer schon sehr ans Herz gewachsen, die Running-Gags zünden gekonnt und die Handlung wird konsequent voran getrieben. In den vorherigen Staffeln waren die einzelnen Folgen eher Stand-Alone-Episoden, die auch ohne den Handlungskontext der anderen Folgen funktionierten. In der vorliegenden Staffel bauen viele Episoden jedoch aufeinander auf, teilweise sogar mit gut platzierten Cliffhangern, so dass die Spannung und das "Weiterschauen-wollen" erhöht wird. Besonders spannend und bezeichnend für Staffel 3 ist jedoch die starke Präsenz von Gaststars, die in andere Rollen schlüpfen oder sich selbst spielen. Sei es Megan Mullally (spielte Karen Walker in "Will and Grace") als Prüferin bei der Adoptionsagentur oder Jennifer Aniston, die eine verrückte Freundin von Liz Lemon und Jenna Maroney spielt: die Gaststars sind mit Leib und Seele dabei und füllen ihre Rollen wunderbar aus. "30 ROCK" ist eine qualitativ hochwertige Serie, die durch die filmische Darstellung nicht den typischen Sitcom-Flair versprüht und mit den perfekt gesetzten Pointen die Zuschauer begeistern kann. Zwar funktionieren einige Witze hier in Deutschland nicht richtig, da sich die Charaktere über amerikanische Medienmenschen lustig machen, deren Namen bei uns eher unbekannt sind. Für mich aber weiterhin das Highlight, wie schon in der ersten und der zweiten Staffel, ist jedoch Alec Baldwin alias Jack Donaghy. Er spielt die Rolle von Liz' Vorgesetztem mit einer solchen Freude und Lust, dass das Zuschauen einfach großen Spaß macht. Was mir weiterhin sehr gut gefallen hat, ist die Tatsache, dass die Autoren der Serie den Fokus vermehrt auf den privaten Bereich von Liz und Co. legen, so dass der Zuschauer einiges über das Innenleben der Charaktere erfährt, was vorher noch im Verborgenen geblieben ist. Das beiliegende Bonus-Material ist ebenfalls sehenswert. Ein sehr lustiger Monolog Alec Baldwinds bei "Saturday Night Live" oder "Behind-The-Scene"-Extras sind hier nur als kleines Beispiel anzuführen. Durch den vorab eingestellten Untertitel kann das unsynchronisierte Bonus-Material auch von Zuschauern genossen werden, die der englischen Sprache nicht allzu mächtig sind. Ganz klar, nach dem Schauen der kompletten dritten Staffel kann ich sagen, dass "30 ROCK" auch in der aktuellsten Season ein Sahnebonbon der Comedy und zum Schreien komisch ist.

VERRY HAPPY THANKS !