30 Rock

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Season 4
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2006
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    Baldwin and Fey are entertaining without wearing the viewer out, the cast blends together well, and the way the show is structured--often feeling like a series of sketches--has produced some brilliant TV. Thursday night, however, feels like a semi-private joke.
  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    It feels, at times, like the episodes are trying too hard to be self-referential, with lots of jokes at the expense of NBC and General Electric, and with Baldwin seeming to address the audience directly at the start of the premiere.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    50
    Those jokes are supposed to establish Liz’s geek cred, but they mostly serve as speed bumps in the show’s otherwise fast and clever banter.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    50
    In a time span shorter than a T.G.I. Friday's commercial, we saw a pungent contrast between two sets of cultural values. This was all very funny and more than a bit embarrassing.

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#33 Best TV Season of 2009
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#61 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 121 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 121
  3. Negative: 18 out of 121
  1. gabrielbb5
    Jan 21, 2011
    7
    Every show has its missteps. The Office had season 6. Seinfeld had that uh, finale. Even Arrested Development started to feel a bit tired byEvery show has its missteps. The Office had season 6. Seinfeld had that uh, finale. Even Arrested Development started to feel a bit tired by the 3rd season. And now, it's 30 Rock's turn. Don't get me wrong, it still has a lot of laugh out loud moments and is mostly pretty solid, but the show starts to show strains by the latter half. It's not "season 6 of The Office" bad (man, getting through those episodes was... brutal) it gets better by the end (especially when Elizabeth Banks and Matt Damon step into frame, but overall it is a disappointing season. Thankfully the show returned to greatness with its fifth season.… Full Review »
  2. wilkat87
    Oct 18, 2010
    10
    the best sitcom on tv, fast,witty and funthe best sitcom on tv, fast,witty and fun .… Full Review »
  3. Tony
    Oct 17, 2010
    9
    While the show's fourth season was still funnier than 99% of the rest of the comedies on television, it was the first time it suffered fromWhile the show's fourth season was still funnier than 99% of the rest of the comedies on television, it was the first time it suffered from inconsistency and actual unfunny episodes ("Khonani," I'm looking at you). Its highest highs though, namely "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001," were still the funniest on television.… Full Review »
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