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Television series
German title 30 skirt
Original title 30 skirt
30rock.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2006-2013
Production
company		 Universal Television ,
Broadway Video
Little Stranger Inc.
length 21 minutes
Episodes 138 in 7 seasons ( list )
genre Sitcom
idea Tina Fey
production Lorne Michaels ,
Tina Fey ,
Joann Alfano ,
Marci Klein ,
David Miner
music Jeff Richmond
First broadcast October 11, 2006 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 April 29, 2009 on SF two
main actor
supporting cast
synchronization

30 Rock is an American sitcom that aired October 11, 2006 through January 31, 2013 on NBC . The concept comes from Tina Fey , who also plays the lead role. In Germany, the pay TV channel TNT is showing Series 30 Rock as a German premiere. The premiere in German free TV was on November 4, 2009 on the ZDF digital channel ZDFneo . In Switzerland, SF Zwei broadcasts the series in two-channel sound. In Austria, the series started on September 14, 2010 on pulse 4 , which broadcasts double episodes every Tuesday.

content

Entrance from 30 rock

The series takes place behind the scenes of the fictional NBC variety show The Girlie Show , which is roughly equivalent in structure to Saturday Night Live . This program is produced in the Comcast Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza), from which the name 30 Rock is derived.

The team of authors is led by Liz Lemon, a single woman in her mid-thirties. Her new boss, Jack Donaghy, tries to influence the program and hires, among other things, the extroverted film star Tracy Jordan, who becomes the new main character of the show, which is now called TGS with Tracy Jordan .

background

Tina Fey herself worked as a writer for Saturday Night Live for many years and was its first chief writer. 30 Rock is based in part on her experiences from that time.

Numerous guest stars appear in the series, including NBC colleagues such as Conan O'Brien , Chris Matthews , Tucker Carlson , Jimmy Fallon , Al Roker and Rachel Dratch . Other guests included Ghostface Killah , LL Cool J , Talib Kweli , Whoopi Goldberg , Jerry Seinfeld , John McEnroe , David Schwimmer , Carrie Fisher , Jennifer Aniston , Salma Hayek , James Franco , Steve Martin , Steve Buscemi , Adam West , Elizabeth Banks , Matt Damon and Bryan Cranston .

particularities

30 Rock is a single camera sitcom. The plot is very fast-paced and implemented with an abundance of content and visual details that were previously not common in this form in comedy series. Completely incidental, independent sub-acts are constantly interspersed in the actual plot.

By naming the actual company and personal names (for example NBC , GE , Brian Williams , Condoleezza Rice ), the series succeeds in building a pseudo-documentary reference into the fictional plot. This real satirical character is all the more reinforced when people appear as themselves (e.g. Conan O'Brien , Jerry Seinfeld , Al Gore , Larry King , Oprah Winfrey , Whoopi Goldberg or Buzz Aldrin ).

occupation

main characters

Elizabeth "Liz" Lemon
Liz ( Tina Fey ) is the lead author of "TGS with Tracy Jordan". At the beginning of the series, she is in her mid-thirties and is not in a committed relationship. She has had problems building a relationship for a long time.
Tracy Jordan
Tracy is the main character of "TGS with Tracy Jordan". The role is based in an exaggerated form on the life of its actor Tracy Morgan . Tracy is often cranky and rarely manages to obey the rules. He is married and has two sons and a daughter.
Jenna Maroney
Jenna ( Jane Krakowski ) co-stars with TGS and is Liz's best friend. Again and again she feels treated unfairly compared to Tracy and claims that Liz is primarily concerned with his needs and neglects them.
Kenneth Parcell
Kenneth ( Jack McBrayer ) is a Page in the GE Building. He loves his job and does all the tasks immediately, no matter how important they are. Kenneth is sometimes naive and likes to get upset about the misdeeds of his colleagues.
Pete Hornberger
Pete ( Scott Adsit ) is the producer on TGS. When Liz has a crazy idea in her head, it is usually he who tries to dissuade her. In the second season he lives with Liz.
Frank Rossitano
Frank ( Judah Friedlander ) is a member of the TGS writing team. His special trademark are his constantly changing baseball caps with funny sayings.
Jack Donaghy
Jack ( Alec Baldwin ) is Liz's manager. Despite initial difficulties, they make friends quickly, and it is usually Jack who first hears about Liz's problems. Jack has his own way of dealing with people and is often uncomfortably honest.
Cerie Xerox
Cerie ( Katrina Bowden ) is Liz's assistant. She is still very young and often attracts the attention of men. Cerie gets engaged to Aris in the first season , but the viewer never gets to see him. They get married at the end of the fourth season. Many gags come from the fact that Cerie indirectly insults Liz through her statements about older people.
James "Toofer" Spurlock
Toofer ( Keith Powell ) is another member of the writing team. He is friends with Frank. Because he's black, he gets along badly with Tracy, especially in the first season, because he believes that Tracy would cast the image of the black in a bad light.
Josh Girard
Josh ( Lonny Ross ) is another writer and co-star. Josh is not particularly intelligent and often acts like a child.
JD Lutz
Lutz ( John Lutz ) is another author. He is overweight and makes himself unpopular with some offensive remarks. As a result, Frank and Toofer often play pranks on him.
Grizz Grisworld and Walter "Dot Com" Slattery
Dot Com ( Kevin Brown ) and Grizz ( Grizz Chapman ) are Tracy's “personal assistants” and best friends who are always around and do anything to make him look good.
Jonathan
Jonathan ( Maulik Pancholy ) is Jack's secretary who always has a speakerphone in his ear. He works very hard to please Jack, whom he greatly admires.
Jack "Danny" Baker
Danny ( Cheyenne Jackson ) is the newest member of the cast. Jack nicknamed him Danny so that no one could confuse them.

Minor characters

  • Dennis Duffy , played by Dean Winters , Liz's short-term friend who keeps coming back.
  • Dr. Leo Spaceman , played by Chris Parnell , Jack's doctor, who knows little about medicine but treats every disease, and who often laughs at his patients for their diseases.
  • Hazel Wassername , played by Kristen Schaal , replaces Kenneth as the NBC bellboy when he is transferred.
  • Devon Banks , played by Will Arnett , the gay adversary of Jack in the battle for the post of CEO of General Electric.

Guest stars

1st season

2nd season

3rd season

  • Jennifer Aniston as Liz's college friend Claire Harper (ep.3.03)
  • Steve Martin as Jack's business friend Gavin Volure ( ep.3.04 )
  • Salma Hayek as Puerto Rican nurse Elisa (episodes 3.07-08 / 10-12 / 19)
  • Peter Dinklage as Liz 'Date Steward (ep.3.07)
  • Jon Hamm as Liz's neighbor Drew (episodes 3.10-11 / 15)
  • John Lithgow as himself (ep.3.13)
  • Calvin Klein as himself (ep.3.15)
  • Roger Bart as Jack's business friend Brad Halster (ep.3.17)
  • Steve Buscemi as private detective Lenny Wosniak (episode 3.20)
  • Alan Alda as Jack's biological father Milton Greene (episode 3.21 and 3.22)
  • Donald Glover Graduated from Tracy's Former High School (ep.3.22)
  • Musical guest stars in episode 3.22 "Concert for the kidney":
Elvis Costello , Mary J. Blige , Sheryl Crow , Clay Aiken , Adam Levine , Adrock and Mike D of the Beastie Boys , Michael McDonald , Rhett Miller, Wyclef Jean , Steve Earle , Moby , Cyndi Lauper , Sara Bareilles, Robert Randolph , Rachel Yamagata, Talib Kweli, and Norah Jones .

4th season

synchronization

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Marius Clarén by the synchronous company Berliner Synchron AG in Berlin .

main actor

actor role Main role
(season) 		Supporting role
(season) 		Voice actor
Tina Fey Liz Lemon 1-7 Sabine Arnhold
Tracy Morgan Tracy Jordan 1-7 Florian Halm
Jane Krakowski Jenna Maroney 1-7 Ina Gerlach
Jack McBrayer Kenneth Parcell 1-7 Kim Hasper
Scott Adsit Pete Hornberger 1-7 Michael Iwannek
Judah Friedlander Frank Rossitano 1-7 David Nathan
Alec Baldwin Jack Donaghy 1-7 Klaus-Dieter Klebsch
Katrina Bowden Cerie Xerox 2-7 1 Anne Helm
Keith Powell James "Toofer" Spurlock 2-7 1 Marcel Collé
Lonny Ross Josh Girard 2-4 1 Marius Clarén
Grizz Chapman Grizz Grisworld 3-7 1-2 Tilo Schmitz
Kevin Brown Walter "Dot Com" Slattery 3-7 1-2 Tobias Kluckert
Maulik Pancholy Jonathan 3-7 1-2 Timmo Niesner
John Lutz JD Lutz 4-7 1-3 Christian Gaul
Cheyenne Jackson Danny Baker 4-7 Robin Kahnmeyer

supporting cast

actor role Supporting role
(season) 		Voice actor
Rachel Dratch Greta Johansen 1, 5 Christin Marquitan
Rip Torn Don Geiss 1-3 Klaus Sunshine
Will Arnett Devon Banks 1-7 Sascha Rotermund
Sue Galloway Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout 1, 3-7
Paul Scheer Donny Lawson 2 Nicola Devico Mamone
Elaine Stritch Colleen Donaghy 1-7 Barbara Ratthey (episode 1-42)
Gisela Fritsch (episode 43-119)
Beate Gerlach (episode 133)
Chris Parnell Dr. Leo Spaceman 1-7 Torsten Michaelis
Steve Buscemi Lenny Wosniak 2-4 Santiago Ziesmer
Dean Winters Dennis Duffy 1-7 Dennis Schmidt-Foss
Jason Sudeikis Floyd DeBarber 1-2, 4 Norman Matt
Sharon Wilkins (episode 4)
Sherri Shepherd 		Angie Jordan 1-7 Anke Reitzenstein
Edie Falco Celeste "CC" Cunningham 2 Katarina Tomaschewsky
Paula Pell Paula Hornberger 2-4 Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif
Anita Gillette Margaret Lemon 2, 4
Buck Henry Dick Lemon 2, 5 Hasso Zorn
Jon Hamm Drew Baird 3-7 Thomas Nero Wolff
Salma Hayek Elisa Pedrera 3 Iris Artajo
Bobb'e J. Thompson Tracy Jr. 3-4 Lukas Schust
Alan Alda Milton Greene 3, 5 Bodo Wolf
Jan Hooks Verna Maroney 4th Marianne Gross
Elizabeth Banks Avery Jessup-Donaghy 4-6 Debora refuses
John Anderson Astronaut Mike Dexter 4th
Matt Damon Carol Burnett 4-5 Simon hunter
Matthew Benjamin Washington Donald 3-5 Jan-David Rönfeldt
James Rebhorn Dr. Chaplain 4th Eberhard Prüter

Episode list

reception

On its original broadcasting slot (Wednesdays, 8 p.m.), the series did not achieve convincing ratings. NBC then decided to move it to a different slot (Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.). Despite continued moderate audience numbers, another season was commissioned in April 2007. In autumn 2008, Tina Fey's Sarah Palin imitation led to significantly higher ratings for the series, so that the fourth season was ordered early in January 2009.

In contrast to the quotas, the reviews were mostly positive. Tom Shales of the Washington Post described the series as "refreshingly bright, sweet and [...] funny", Baldwin's performance was "magnificent". Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle thought 30 Rock was the funniest sitcom of the new season. New York Daily News , LA Weekly , New York Times

At the Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 , 30 Rock was named the best comedy series of the year. Elaine Stritch was awarded a Creative Arts Emmy for her guest appearance. Baldwin also won a 2007 Golden Globe Award for his role , and a year later Tina Fey also won a Golden Globe . In the Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 , 30 Rock went with a total of 17 nominations, from which four awards in the main categories of comedy series, leading actress (Tina Fey), leading actor (Alec Baldwin) and screenplay (Tina Fey for the episode "Cooter"), as well as one Award in the guest actor category ( Tim Conway for his role as Bucky Bright ) resulted.

In 2009, the series received three Golden Globe Awards in the categories of Best Series - Comedy or Musical , Best Series Leading Actor - Comedy or Musical (for Alec Baldwin) and Best Series Leading Actress - Comedy or Musical for Tina Fey. In the same year, 30 Rock was awarded the Emmy for Best Comedy Series and the Best Comedy Lead Actor (Alec Baldwin) award.

The first broadcast on ZDFneo when it went live on November 1, 2009 was watched by less than 5,000 people and was therefore below the measurable limit. This poor performance attracted attention in the American media.

Audience ratings (USA)

Season Season start Season finale rank ∅ viewers
(in millions)
1 October 11, 2006 April 26, 2007 # 102 5.8
2 4th October 2007 May 8, 2008 # 94 6.4
3 October 30, 2008 May 14, 2009 # 69 7.5
4th October 15, 2009 May 20, 2010 # 86 5.9
5 September 23, 2010 May 5, 2011 # 106 5.3
6th January 12, 2012 17th May 2012 # 130 4.6
7th 4th October 2012 January 31, 2013 # 99 4.6

DVD release

United States
  • Season 1 was released on September 4, 2007
  • Season 2 was released on October 7, 2008
  • Season 3 was released on September 22, 2009
  • Season 4 was released on September 21, 2010
  • Season 5 was released on November 29, 2011
  • Season 6 was released on September 11, 2012
  • Season 7 was released on May 7, 2013
Great Britain
  • Season 1 was released on March 17, 2008
  • Season 2 was released on May 25, 2009
  • Season 3 was released on April 5, 2010
  • Season 4 was released on October 25, 2010
  • Season 5 was released on March 12, 2012
  • Season 6 was released on April 15, 2013
  • Season 7 was released on May 5, 2014
Germany
  • Season 1 was released on May 14, 2009
  • Season 2 was released on February 25, 2010
  • Season 3 was released on March 3, 2011
  • Season 4 was released on February 16, 2012
  • Season 5 was released on April 11, 2013
  • Season 6 was released on March 27, 2014
  • Season 7 was released on February 19, 2015

Trivia

  • The fourth episode of the fifth season, "Live Show" was the first episode to be recorded in front of an audience. It was also broadcast live. Due to the different time zones in the United States, there was one live show for the east coast and one for the west coast.
  • Originally the series was supposed to take place behind the scenes of a news channel.
  • Indie music duo Pomplamoose wrote a song about 30 rock .

Awards

Emmy

  • 2007 - 10 nominations, including 2 awards:
  • 2008 - 18 nominations, including 7 awards:
  • 2009 - 24 nominations, including 5 awards:
    • Best Casting for a Comedy Series ( Jennifer McNamara )
    • Best comedy series
    • Best Actor in a Comedy Series ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best Editing for a Comedy Series ( Ken Eluto ) (Apollo, Apollo)
    • Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series ( Matt Hubbard ) (Reunion)
    • Best Cinematography in a Half-Hour Series ( Matthew Clark ) (Apollo, Apollo)
    • Best Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Fiction (The 30 Rock Digital Experience)
    • Best Director for a Comedy Series ( Todd Holland ) (Generalissimo)
    • Best Director for a Comedy Series ( Beth McCarthy-Miller ) (Reunion)
    • Best Director for a Comedy Series ( Millicent Shelton ) (Apollo, Apollo)
    • Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ( Alan Alda ) (Mamma Mia)
    • Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ( Jon Hamm ) (The Bubble)
    • Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ( Steve Martin ) (Gavin Volure)
    • Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series ( Jennifer Aniston ) (The One with the Cast of "Night Court")
    • Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series ( Elaine Stritch ) (Christmas Special)
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series ( Tina Fey )
    • Best sound mix in a half-hour comedy or drama series ( Griffin Richardson ), ( Tony Pipitone ) (Kidney Now!)
    • Best Special Class - Short Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs (30 Rock's Kenneth the Web Page)
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ( Jack McBrayer )
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ( Tracy Morgan )
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series ( Jane Krakowski )
    • Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series ( Jack Burditt ), ( Robert Carlock ) (Kidney Now!)
    • Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series ( Robert Carlock ) (Apollo, Apollo)
    • Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series ( Ron Weiner ) (Mamma Mia)
  • 2010 - 15 nominations:

Golden Globe Award

  • 2007 - 2 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
  • 2008 - 3 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical ( Tina Fey )
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
    • Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Alec Baldwin)
  • 2009 - 3 awards:
    • Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Alec Baldwin)
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Tina Fey)
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
  • 2010 - 3 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Alec Baldwin)
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Tina Fey)
  • 2011 - 3 nominations:
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
    • Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Alec Baldwin)
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical (Tina Fey)

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 2007 - 1 award:
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Alec Baldwin )
  • 2008 - 3 nominations, including 2 awards:
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Tina Fey )
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best Acting Company - Comedy
  • 2009 - 3 awards:
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Tina Fey )
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best Acting Company - Comedy
  • 2010 - 3 nominations, including 2 awards:
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Tina Fey )
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best Acting Company - Comedy
  • 2011 - 3 nominations:
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Tina Fey )
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Alec Baldwin )
    • Best Acting Company - Comedy

People's Choice Award

  • 2007 - 1 nomination:
    • Best New TV Series - Comedy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Award-winning US series "30 Rock" as free TV premiere on ZDFneo 21 episodes on Wednesdays at 10.30 pm
  2. ↑ ZDFneo shows "30 Rock" - award-winning US comedy as a free TV premiere from November 1st ( Memento from August 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c 30 Rock in the German dubbing index
  4. ↑ '30 Rock, 'Solid Enough to Rebuild a Thursday Foundation on washingtonpost.com of November 16, 2006 (English)
  5. ↑ NBC right to boast about its comedies on Thursday nights from February 28, 2007 (English)
  6. ↑ 2006: TV's top 'Heroes' and losers. In: www.nydailynews.com. New York Daily News, archived from the original on February 24, 2007 ; accessed on July 4, 2013 .
  7. ↑ The ups and downs of television. In: www.laweekly.com. LA Weekly, archived from the original on January 24, 2007 ; accessed on July 4, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Where the Tube Beats YouTube
  9. ↑ 30 Rock: America is amazed at 0.0 percent on ZDFneo by Christian Junklewitz on serienjunkies.de on November 3, 2009
  10. ↑ http://www.collider.com/2010/07/31/30-rock-live-episode-october-14-tina-fey-alec-baldwin-nbc/