30 Rock
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Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.
- Country of originUnited States
- Year when published2007
- CastTina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
S1:E1
Pilot
Liz Lemon is called upstairs to meet the new network exec, Jack Donaghy, who instructs her to hire movie star Tracy Jordan to draw a young male audience to 'The Girlie Show'.
S2:E5
Greenzo
Jack hires an actor to play the superhero "Greenzo," who is to promote environmental consciousness (and G.E. products). But what happens when Greenzo becomes drunk with power?
S2:E6
Somebody to Love
Jack has a one night stand with a Democrat who is campaigning against one of NBC's sister companies, Liz suspects her neighbor is a terrorist, and Kenneth tries to raise money to buy Jack a pair of pants.
S2:E7
Cougars
Liz catches a lot of heat at the office when she starts dating a 20-year-old "boy toy," and Jack takes charge of Tracy's pitiful youth baseball team and tries to turn it into a winner.
S2:E8
Secrets and Lies
C.C. wants to go public with her relationship with Jack after talking with Liz, Toofer and Frank take their feud to dangerous levels, and Jenna becomes jealous because she thinks Tracy is getting more attention.
S2:E9
Ludachristmas
Jack gets attached to Liz's nurturing parents because they provide the love and support he never got from his mom. The staffers get ready for their raunchy holiday party, but Kenneth changes their plans at the last minute.
S1:E2
The Aftermath
The crew of "The Girlie Show" is skeptical of having Tracy Jordan join the cast, especially when the show is retitled 'TGS with Tracy Jordan'. Feeling everybody blames them, Liz and Tracy decide to throw a party on a yacht.
S1:E3
Blind Date
Jack convinces Liz to go on a date with his friend Thomas. "He" turns out to be a woman. Liz is confused about it. Jack invites himself to writers poker night and takes the usual friendly game to high stakes. Jack can read all but Kenneth.
S1:E4
Jack the Writer
Jack starts sitting in on the writer sessions. They get annoyed by his weird, not-so-funny ideas and want him to stop, so Liz must tell him. She does, making him angry. Tracy sends Kenneth for nachos at Yankee Stadium and other "missions".
S1:E5
Jack-Tor
Liz wants Jack to be in a sketch which turns out horribly. Tracy sees opportunity when Liz thinks he can't read. Frank and Toofer make Jenna think Jack is going to fire an actor. She plans to use her secret weapon, her "sexuality."
S1:E6
Jack Meets Dennis
Liz is back with her ex-boyfriend Dennis, a man she realizes is the rat king. Jack warns her of him but she is defiant. Jenna lies about her age to Jack, starts feeling old and does something to look younger. Tracy fears being normal.
S2:E10
Episode 210
Jack asks Liz to deal with a group of German TV execs so he can spend more time with C.C. but Liz has fallen in love with a piece of real estate. Tracy buys a cappuccino machine and gets Kenneth addicted to caffeine.
S2:E11
MILF Island
While the entire cast and crew is obsessed with watching the season finale of MILF Island, Liz tries to keep Jack from knowing that she is the person who made negative comments about him to a newspaper journalist.
S2:E12
Subway Hero
Jack asks Liz to get her ex-boyfriend Dennis for the show after he becomes a hero for saving someone at a subway station, and tries to get Tracy to become an African-American spokesman for the Republican party.
S2:E13
Succession
Don Geiss is prepared to name Jack as his replacement instead of his future son-in-law, and Jack is ready to name Liz as his replacement. Tracy tries to create a pornographic video game.
S2:E14
Sandwich Day
Jack's career at GE is on the line with Don Geiss in a coma, one of Liz's old flames comes back to town, and the guys confront the Teamsters on their sandwich day to get an extra sandwich for Liz.
S1:E7
Tracy Does Conan
Jack has Jenna bumped from the Conan show for Tracy, making her think he doesn't respect her. Tracy fears being boring on Conan and behaves crazier. Liz deals with wanting to break up with Dennis and the fact that she wants to break up.
S1:E8
The Break-Up
Jenna takes Liz out on the town after she breaks up with Dennis, Jack is having problems with his new relationship, and Tracy and Toofer clash over negative African American stereotypes.
S2:E15
Cooter
Liz has a positive pregnancy test, and thinks that Dennis is the father. Meanwhile, Jack regrets taking the Homeland Security position, Tracy finishes his pornographic video game, and Kenneth tries to get a job at The Olympics.
S3:E1
Do-Over
Jack comes back to GE, and is willing to do anything to get himself back in power. Meanwhile, Liz gets a visit from a caseworker from the adoption agency.
S1:E9
The Baby Show
Tracy wants Josh fired because of Josh's impression of him. Liz hears her biological clock ticking and Jenna enlists the crew's help. Jack is stressed by constant calls from his mother. Josh's impressions come to the rescue.
S1:E10
The Rural Juror
Jenna is mad at Liz because she thinks her new movie is terrible, and Jack helps Tracy create and market a new cooking machine.
S3:E3
The One with the cast of 'Night Court'
Jack ignores Liz's warnings and hooks up with her psycho ex-roommate from Chicago. Meanwhile, Tracy reunites some of the cast of Night Court for Kenneth, who is down about the changes in the pages' uniforms.
S3:E4
Gavin Volure
Liz thinks she's found the perfect mate in an eccentric, agoraphobic former CEO, and Tracy thinks that his sons are trying to kill him.
S1:E11
The Head and the Hair
Jenna sends Liz to ask the Head on a date but Liz ends up with the Hair, a guy she feels out of her league. Jack has Kenneth switch jobs with him for a day. Tracy gets help writing his memoirs, pressing Frank and Toofer to meet deadline.
S1:E12
Black Tie
Jack asks Liz to accompany him to a societal event, the birthday party of a royal. When Jack's ex-wife arrives, he introduces Liz as a girlfriend. To help Pete reclaim his manhood, Tracy holds a party in the office, inviting girl dancers.
S3:E5
Reunion
After Don Geiss wakes from his coma and tells Jack that he plans to remain as CEO, a snow-in forces Jack to go with Liz to her high school reunion--where Liz learns, much to her surprise, that she was the class bully.
S3:E6
Christmas Special
Jack accidentally hits his mother with his car and he is nursemaid as she recuperates. So he makes the staff put on a Christmas special. Liz's mom is not hosting a family Christmas so Liz buys toys as part of a 'Letters to Santa' program.
S1:E13
Up All Night
Liz makes staff work on Valentine's Day all night. She gets flowers but from whom? Jack and Bianca meet to finalize their divorce. He celebrates with Tracy who is role playing with his wife in a hotel room but Jack brings a hooker there.
S1:E14
The C Word
Liz decides to be a nicer boss when she overhears one of the writers calling her an offensive name.
S3:E7
Señor Macho Solo
Jack falls in love with his mother's nurse, Liz begins dating a little person to avoid being caught in an embarrassing situation, and Jenna tries to get the lead role in a Janis Joplin movie.
S3:E8
Flu Shot
Liz tries to make a stand and refuses to take a flu shot in a show of solidarity with her coworkers--until she discovers that her island vacation is not canceled. Meanwhile, Jack and Elisa break some rules to begin dating.
S1:E15
Hard Ball
Kenneth is added to Tracy's entourage but doesn't realize he is used to Grizz and Dot Com giving preferential treatment. Jenna is named funniest woman but is quoted as saying she hates the troops. Jack plays hard ball in Josh negotiation.
S1:E16
The Source Awards
Liz dates an African American man, Steven, but is uninterested. He accuses her of racism. Jack tries to mend a feud between Tracy and rap producer Ridikolus by having the former host the Source Awards and the latter endorse Jack's wine.
S3:E9
Retreat to Move Forward
Liz becomes an embarrassment to Jack when she accompanies him on a corporate retreat. Back at the show, Jenna and Frank sleep together, and Kenneth tries to scare Tracy into eating healthy.
S3:E10
Generalissimo
Elisa's grandmother hates Jack because he looks like an evil character in a telenovela. Meanwhile, Liz uses that character's underhanded moves to pick up on a sexy neighbor.
S1:E17
The Fighting Irish
Eddie, Jack's brother, says their dad died and he has been taking care of him. Jack hasn't seen his dad in 17 years. Liz is required to fire 10% of her staff which stresses her but in aerobics, Liz sees her crush Floyd and his girlfriend.
S1:E18
Fireworks
Jack uses Kenneth to scout a young gay competitor, Liz poses as an alcoholic to impress a guy she has a crush on, and Dr. Spaceman tells Tracy that he is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
S3:E11
St. Valentine's Day
On Valentine's Day, Liz has a disastrous first date with Dr. Baird, Elisa makes Jack go to church with her, and Kenneth, assisted by Tracy, takes out a blind woman.
S3:E12
Larry King
After an Asian economic meltdown, Tracy gives some irresponsible advice on "Larry King Live," and Jack and Elisa's relationship could be in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Liz tries to get her cell phone back from a cabbie who's blackmailing her.
S1:E19
Corporate Crush
Because of the fireworks disaster, Don Geiss takes Jack off microwave programming. When he meets Liz's boyfriend Floyd, they hit it off too well. Tracy pitches a film to Don Geiss about Thomas Jefferson in which he plays the major roles.
S1:E20
Cleveland
Liz considers moving to Cleveland with her new boyfriend, Tracy thinks the "Black Crusaders" are after him for playing negative black stereotypes, and Jack has sexual problems with his new fiancée.
S3:E13
Goodbye, My Friend
Liz launches a plan to adopt a baby from a donut store clerk, Jack talks Frank into going back to law school, and Jenna tries to get attention for her birthday.
S3:E14
The Funcooker
Jack gets the writers to come up with a name for GE's new pocket microwave, Liz unsuccessfully tries to get out of jury duty, Dr. Spaceman gives Jenna pills to help her stay awake, and Tracy deliberately tries to get fined by the FCC.
S1:E21
Hiatus
Tracy goes AWOL before the final show to avoid the "Black Crusaders," but Kenneth reveals that he's actually staying with his cousin. Meanwhile, the pressure of his imminent wedding and a visit by his mother lands Jack in the hospital.
S2:E1
SeinfeldVision
An angry Jerry Seinfeld goes to 30 Rock to confront Jack after he learns that Jack plans to digitally insert him into every current NBC program. Meanwhile, Liz buys a wedding dress, even though her marriage prospects are slim.
S3:E15
The Bubble
Liz feels uncomfortable when she joins her unusually handsome boyfriend in "the bubble," Tracy decides to quit the show rather than negotiate a new contract, and Jenna tries to have her hair cut for publicity and attention.
S3:E16
Apollo, Apollo
Liz is upset when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend Dennis slept with Jenna, Jack reminisces about his youth on the eve of his birthday, and Tracy prepares to go into space.
S2:E2
Jack Gets in the Game
Jack's rival, Devon, comes up with a new plan to get in tight with Don Geiss. Kenneth has a plan to get Tracy jealous about his wife, and Jenna finds a way to use her weight gain to her advantage.
S2:E3
The Collection
Jack hopes to be G.E. CEO so he hires a private eye to find any issues about himself. The P.I. exposes Jack's cookie jar collection. Jenna gains weight doing a musical Mystic Pizza, making her beloved by fans but she loses weight, panics.
S3:E17
Cutbacks
Liz is willing to do anything to avoid cutbacks at T.G.S., while Jack is forced to fire his personal assistant and hire Kenneth as his part-time assistant.
S3:E18
Jackie Jormp-Jomp
Jack tries to turn an accidental obituary for Jenna into a marketing opportunity for her Janis Joplin-based biopic. Meanwhile Liz makes friends with a group of single women while away from work for sexual harassment.
S2:E4
Rosemary's Baby
Liz befriends a female comedy writer from the 1960s who was one of her idols, until she realizes how pathetic the woman's life is now. Meanwhile, Jack has to find a way to talk Tracy out of taking up dog fighting.
S3:E19
The Ones
Jack has second thoughts about marrying Elisa when he finds out she killed her first husband for cheating. Meanwhile, Jenna tries to hook up with a sexy paramedic, and Tracy's wife asks him to get a tattoo of her.
S3:E20
The Natural Order
Jack finds out that his mother is seeing a married man. Back at TGS, Liz tells Tracy that he no longer gets preferential treatment, but doesn't realize that it applies to her too.
S3:E21
Mamma Mia
Liz launches a plan to help Jack find his biological father, and Tracy is conned by man who claims to be his biological son. Meanwhile, Liz and Jenna go to a magazine cover shoot.
S3:E22
Kidney Now!
Jack brings in several famous musical artists to perform a benefit song so his biological father can get a kidney, Tracy is afraid to speak at his high school's graduation, and Liz finds a talent in giving irresponsible relationship advice.