• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 16, 2020
User Score
3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Negative: 4 out of 7
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  1. Jan 1, 2021
    0
    absolutely horrible. an hour long pile of garbage which is a lame advert for the peacrap streaming service which censors the past. garbage and shame.
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 22, 2020
    50
    The content basically felt like the kind of promotional video that actors would be enlisted to shoot for an upfront sales presentation for advertisers, which is precisely what this was, just on a national platform. It was occasionally funny -- especially the outtakes at the end, for those who stuck around -- sporadically clever and more than anything, really strange.
  2. Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Jul 17, 2020
    20
    The special was bad. The reunion portions were not great—Fey’s bumbling Liz Lemon has diminishing returns as the savvy professionalism of the woman behind the character becomes ever more apparent, and if the other performers were spirited, especially an indomitable Krakowski, there’s only so much TV magic you can make out of Zoom calls. The interstitial ads for NBCUniversal content were worse. The attempt to marry the two into a coherent narrative was excruciating.
  3. Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Jul 17, 2020
    30
    The One-Time Special feels like 30 Rock's "Man Cave," like something the show once would've mocked. Without the sharp jabs at NBC, the show's essence has been hollowed out.