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30 Rock - Season 1 :: 0143035991
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Author: Guest
Are you kidding me? Is this mind-numbingly boring, coma inducing show really on the same night as the hysterically funny & sweetly romantic The Office? I watched this show for a few weeks to see what it was about, and it turned out to be yet another unfunny venture from an SNL alum. The jokes weren't funny, the material was bland & Tina Fey just plain uninteresting with no star quality whatsoever. Looking at the ratings this show got, i'm hoping for a swift cancellation so The Office can move up to a full hour.
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Author: Guest
30 Rock is a seductive comedy with humor that feels clunky in the beginning - almost like (classic) SNL's red-headed stepchild, but eventually grows into its own.
The show centers around Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) as she deals with her new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a new showcase castmember (Tracy Morgan) forced on her by her boss. Tina Fey's Liz Lemon and her supporting cast of "writers" portray a hilarious back-and-forth while her interaction with her boss show a different humorous dynamic. Alec Baldwin shines as the boss who doesn't quite "get" Liz's comedy. He plays the typical network executive to a T, but you can see Liz's influence throughout the first season as he grows to trust her in matters beyond the show. Tracy Morgan does a great job at humanizing his character even though it's obvious that he is clinically insane.
The supporting cast has a strong showing, but as with all sitcoms the supporting characters tend to become half-baked and less developed. Though worth positively noting are Rachel Dratch's multiple random characters on the show - which show that her loss as a starring character was a real shame - and Chris Parnell as recurring character, Dr. Spaceman.
The season comes to a close a bit abruptly (almost anti-climacticly), but ends on a solid positive note. "30 Rock" shows its strength by not ending with a crazy cliffhanger and still leaving you enthusiastically waiting for the second season.
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Author: Guest
Please recall, we're reviewing the DVD, not the show itself (which you can do on the IMDB, which Amazon owns). This show is the true heir to Arrested Development's vacated throne; yet, unfortunately and unsurprisingly, Universal has given it a boxset worthy of its meagre ratings (around 6 million/year). The commentaries (which are mostly dry solo affairs--no fun cast commentaries as on the AD sets) are not presented with their respective episodes but rather cordoned off onto the skimpy extras disc in order to justify the two-volume version of same (created for casual fans of a show without casual fans). The original pilot that the TV critics watched with Rachel Dratch is not included. It's also the little things: The first and third cases have the same cover as the box, yet there is a different cast photo collage on the second case, which should have been on the third (extras) case instead (if my design sensibility is correct). That same photo collage is used on all the menus, including disc 2, which has the other cast collage on the cover. For the discs themselves, they merely ported the individual picture of each of the principals from, again, that same photo collage, onto each disc. It's this sort of cheap thoughtlessness that seems invested throughout this set. Perhaps this show is too downloaded to put much effort into its physical presentation. Still, a dissappointment.
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Author: Guest
I'm surprised when I found that 30 Rock only ranked 102 last season. But I'm very glad that almost all the reviews on this title is good or excellent. It's what a great comedy's all about. I believe 30 Rock will shine in the next season, so just enjoy yourself.
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Author: Guest
People may not remember that Seinfeld was a ratings loser the first 2 years of its run. And looking back, those first two years weren't that great. But this show is hilarious right from the start!
It's smart, witty, and just downright genius at times. But that may be the problem. It doesn't have a laugh track to tell people when a joke is. So many of the funnier jokes gets missed by not so savvy viewers...And people in general don't like smart, they like stupid (see King of Queens). This show isn't even in that league. If it is cancelled I'll be very sad. It's the best thing on TV. It's made me look foreward to thursday nights again.
Every episode is fantastic. Alec Baldwin is fantastic every week. And the supporting cast is perfect. Kenneth, TwoFor. Frank just needs to come up with something new on his hats, because that is the only joke that is worn out.
But besides that, every episode is great. My personal favorite is "Tracy does Conan". When Conan doesn't want Tracy on his show because last time he tried to stab him. Alec Baldwin's character tells him that if he doesn't let him on, he'll be doing a Christmas special from Bahgdad every year until the war is over! ....instant classic.
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