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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.
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It's the best new sitcom of the fall. [16 Oct 2006, p.39]
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I don't want to spoil the great lines, delivered with perfect comic acting. To me, it's bliss.
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One of the zaniest - and most savvy - workplace comedies in years.
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The standard caution is relevant -- debut episodes tend to be highly polished. All the more reason to enjoy the hilarious scenes and fine ensemble cast here.
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It's smart without either condescending to or patronizing the viewer.
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30 Rock... is pretty darn funny, a bitterly merry comic jihad against corporate stupidity and mendaciousness.
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A rare and almost totally unexpected triumph.
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A weirdly appropriate and hilarious symbol of our times.
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OK, so I admit it, the premiere isn't all that funny, but the second episode is hilarious.
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Yet for all its laughs, 30 Rock does call to mind a kind of sketch show version of The Mary Tyler Moore Show — one in which everyone's playing Ted. That can be fun for a while, but eventually sitcom viewers tend to want to root for someone.
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Fey's humor possesses a sly, literate snap. And like NBC's recent cool comedies, "The Office" and "My Name Is Earl," her rollicking "30 Rock" has a surplus of nutty imagination.
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Baldwin's sharklike momentum pulls you through a sitcom that otherwise makes little sense.
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The cast is perfectly matched to this material.
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For all the show's cartooniness, its gender-conscious take on the TV business is actually more sophisticated [than Studio 60's].
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Where "Studio 60" takes a scathing and indignant tone toward television, "30 Rock" offers a more sarcastic, less hackles-raised critique. It's also funnier and goofier.
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Arguably the best comedy this fall.
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There's reason to hope, especially for Baldwin's bold performance and the cutting dialogue.
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There's plenty of charisma to go around on 30 Rock, and Fey will go just about anywhere for a laugh. Her absurd, yet almost believable, showbiz send-up is full of them.
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There's a lot to enjoy... But "30 Rock" is more sitcommy than most of the single-camera sitcoms on the air now, and it has none of the sharp bite of "The Larry Sanders Show."
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A good, potentially great, show.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 232 out of 270
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Mixed: 18 out of 270
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Negative: 20 out of 270
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PeterF.May 20, 2008The funniest show on television, bar none.
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alexlOct 10, 2006saw first episode on an nbc.com page and laughed out loud which is more than anything besides the office does for me
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mixalotOct 10, 2006the debut episode at least is incredibly funny.