30 Rock, NBC, Airs Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c Episode: “Goodbye, My Friend” (Season 3, Episode 13) Synopsis: When Liz meets a pregnant teenager who’s thinking about giving up the baby once it’s born, she befriends the girl in an attempt to be first in line for adoption considera...

Filed under: OpEd, 30 Rock, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S03E13) "Donuts and then bed. What are you depressed about or celebrating?" - Pete, to Liz Holy crap, Josh was in this episode! Sure, he only had one line and wasn't on screen for too long, but Josh was in this episode! It's good to see that...

30 Rock, NBC, Airs Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c Episode: “Larry King” (Season 3, Episode 12) Synopsis: An adult photo that Liz took of herself comes back to haunt her when she accidentally leaves the cell phone with which she used to take it in a cab.  When the driver threatens to email it t...

Did Tracy make a reference to Mad Max:  Beyond Thunderdome?  That is so freaking hilarious, I can't stand it!  That movie is so horrible, but it's a horrible-enough-to-make-you-laugh-really-hard fun. Elisa is totally a Liz stand-in, complete with getting food at a hot dog st...

“Larry King” February 26th, 2009 What “Larry King” represents is an example of 30 Rock doing something that feels like it is happening less often: it takes one event, in this case a crises, and demonstrates its impact on various of the show’s characters. It reminds us t...

“St. Valentine’s Day” February 12th, 2009 After what I thought was a really fun little romp in “Generalissimo,” introducing us to Dr. Drew Baird (Jon Hamm) as Liz’s new love interest, the show continues to rush forward as more or less a romantic comedy. Centering ...

Filed under: OpEd, 30 Rock, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S03E09) "Did you know that Janis Joplin speed walked everywhere and was scared of toilets?" - Frank, editing Joplin's Wikipedia page OK, so I learned three things from tonight's episode. One, Jack revealed how he left the Bush administration...

Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free, Mad Men All this talk about Mad Men star Jon Hamm doing several episodes of 30 Rock as Liz's new boyfriend and this is the first time that this little nugget of information has come out: Hamm auditioned for the role of Jack Donaghy! (He didn'...

  Jenna:  I am sleepy, but I'm also so excited! Colleen, is apparently, only pleasant when she is asleep.  HEE. Elisa pronounces it DonaHY.  Her relationship with Jack is going to fail on that alone because we all know (as Liz does via "The Fighting Irish"...

“Senor Macho Solo” January 8th, 2009 For 30 Rock, the comedy is often to be found in the details: it isn’t that the broader plots themselves are that comically complex, but rather that the way they are executed offers enough individual quirks to elevate the series above most other ...