30 Rock

About 30 Rock

30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey. The show is produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger, Inc., in association with NBC Universal and airs on the NBC network in the United States. It is produced in a single camera setup. The show deals with the goings on behind the camera of the fictional live sketch comedy series, TGS with Tracy Jordan. The pilot episode first aired on October 11, 2006. The first season was comprised of 21 episodes. The second season, which premiered on October 4, 2007, was originally intended to contain 22 episodes, but was abbreviated to 15 episodes because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. A third season, which is expected to contain 22 episodes, is set to premiere on October 30, 2008.[10][11]

The current executive producers are Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, Marci Klein, David Miner and Robert Carlock. 30 Rock is filmed primarily at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, New York,[12] but some scenes are filmed on location at Rockefeller Center.[13] The series has an ensemble cast which currently consists of ten regular cast members, including Fey. The series main cast consists of Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander and Alec Baldwin. The show also has a cast of three other supporting characters as well as many recurring characters.

30 Rock has been a critical success, winning several major awards including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series,[14] the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series,[15] the Producers Guild of America Award for Producer of the Year in Episodic Comedy Series[16] and a Peabody Award[17] as well as achieving the top ranking on a myriad of critics' year-end best of 2006 and 2007 lists. Despite these accolades, the series averaged a low 5.8 million viewers in its first season, in the United States, according to the Nielsen Ratings system, and ranked just 102 out of 142 television series.[18]