Posts Tagged Under ‘30 Rock’
By fred | May 15, 2009
(S03E22) Now this is how to make a good season finale. On most shows, by season end something huge must be happening, whether good or bad it must be huge and possibly end on a cliffhanger, to urge viewers to come back next season. Now on a show such as 30 Rock where the TV clichés are usually mocked or turned into parodies, I think we were right to expect something a little different.
Another thing you often see during season finale, is guests. Of course, 30 Rock already went down that road at the beginning of the season, where every single episode was welcoming a new guest star week after week, from Oprah to Steve Martin to Jenifer Aniston, and since while some of those episodes were a lot of fun many have “complained” that we didn’t get to see the actual cast of the show, and the writers, enough, of course they did what they did.
Read the review of “30 Rock: Kidney Now! [season finale]” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
In Series: 30 Rock Season 3
By fred | May 14, 2009
* At 8.00 ABC has a new Ugly Betty
* On Fox there’s the season finale of Bones
* NBC has the season (series?) finale of My Name Is Earl
* And The CW has the season finale of Smallville
* At 8.30 on NBC there’s the season finale of Parks & Recreation
* At 9.00 on ABC it’s the two-hour season finale of Grey’s Anatomy
* While CBS has the season finale of CSI
* On NBC there’s the season finale (and 100th episode) of The Office
* And The CW has the season finale of Supernatural
* At 9.30 NBC has the season finale of 30 Rock
* Then at 10.00 a new episode of Southland
* While CBS has the season finale of CSI: New-York
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Shows: 30 Rock, Bones, CSI, CSI: New-York, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Parks And Recreation, Smallville, Southland, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | May 8, 2009
(S03E21) Sometimes it feels that the problem of this show is that they have created all those characters in the beginning, and now they’re stuck with them even though they don’t really know how to use them. Either that, of they don’t realize that what they’re doing right now with them simply isn’t really working. Tracy and Jenna are som every unique and “special” characters, there’s no question there, and I’m sure they can be part of great plots that are also lots of fun.
Unfortunately, more often than none they are trapped with awful plot lines that go nowhere and fail to deliver any laughs. This is probably true anytime they’re put together, which luckily wasn’t the case here. Still, Jenna is just re-doing what she’s done before, being her self-centered annoying self, and if they can’t find anything else/better for her to do, maybe they should just get ride of her or something…
Read the review of “30 Rock: Mama Mia” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
By fred | May 7, 2009
* At 8.00 ABC has a new episode of Ugly Betty
* On Fox there’s a new episode of Bones
* NBC has a new My Name Is Earl
* And on The CW there’s a new Smallville
* At 8.30 on NBC there’s a new Parks And Recreation
* At 9.00 ABC has the 100th episode of Grey’s Anatomy
* On CBS there’s a new episode of CSI
* NBC has a new episode of The Office
* And of course on The CW there’s a new Supernatural
* At 9.30 on NBC there’s a new episode of 30 Rock
* Then at 10.00 NBC has a new Southland
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Shows: 30 Rock, Bones, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Parks And Recreation, Smallville, South Park, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | May 1, 2009
(S03E20) It is undeniable, there’s a crazy dimension on this show, mostly in the form of Tracy & Jenna but it’s not limited to those two characters, every single one of them can be, at one point in time and any sort of reason, transported into a different world where things don’t really go the way they usually do outside in the real world. It’s not a complaint, I love it when the show turns into some kind of zombie freak show…
But if the situations can get out of hands or, again, when it comes to Tracy and Jenna we can accept behaviors that would be otherwise not believable for a second, there’s a limit to things we can allow, there are rules not to be broken. One of them being that all characters must remain true to themselves, they can’t go on and act in ways we would never believe them to be able to.
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Shows: 30 Rock
By fred | April 30, 2009
* At 8.00 on ABC there’s a new episode of Ugly Betty
* On Fox there’s a new Bones
* NBC has a new episode of My Name Is Earl
* While on The CW there’s a new Smallville
* At 8.30 NBC has a new Parks And Recreation
* Then at 9.00 ABC has s a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy
* On CBS there’s a new episode of CSI
* NBC has a new The Office
* And on The CW there’s a new episode of Supernatural
* At 9.30 on NBC there’s a new episode of 30 Rock
* At 10.00 ABC has a new Private Practice
* And NBC a new episode of Southland
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Shows: 30 Rock, Bones, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Parks And Recreation, Private Practice, Smallville, Southland, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | April 24, 2009
(S03E19) Now this is what I’m talking about. Sure, I’ve said many times that I wasn’t much of a fan of when we venture into the personal lives of Jack and/or Liz, and liked better when it stayed on the show within the show. But my point has always been, it needs to be happening at 30 rock, be about the show and, more importantly, the people behind it, the people who made it.
And while this episode was for the most part about the personal lives and relationship of some of the main characters, the one thing that made it work (to me) is that it was pretty much entirely taking place at NBC, and with the people of the show. I couldn’t help but feel like this episode was closer to what the show used to be back in the its season(s), and I loved it for that!
Read the review of “30 Rock: The Ones” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
By fred | April 23, 2009
* At 8.00 on Fox there’s a new episode of Bones
* NBC has a new episode of My Name Is Earl
* While The CW has a new Smallville
* At 8.30 on NBC there’s a new Parks & Recreation
* Then at 9.00 ABC has a new Grey’s Anatomy
* On CBS there’s a new episode of CSI
* NBC has a new episode of The Office
* And on The CW it’s time for a new dose of Supernatural
* At 9.30 NBC has a new 30 Rock
* At 10.00 ABC has a new Private Practice
* On CBS there’s a new episode of Harper’s Island
* And NBC has a new Southland
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Shows: 30 Rock, Bones, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Harper's Island, My Name Is Earl, Parks And Recreation, Private Practice, Smallville, Southland, Supernatural, The Office
By fred | April 17, 2009
(S03E18) I’ve often said that I think the show is best when it’s all about the show within the show and what happens at NBC, rather than the love lives of either Jack and/or Liz. This week had Liz is a story of her own that wasn’t either, but still managed to be funny. What was a letdown for me, was that it was also a perfect excuse to focus more of the other people involved on the show, but they didn’t go to there.
I don’t mean Jenna or Tracy, but those we barley get to see these days, like the writers or the always lovely Cerie. Alas, while the occasion was there, they didn’t they do anything with it, and if we saw them briefly, it was only that, brief. Too bad, because I’d have taken anything involving those guys over that stupid Kenneth plot which seemed to come out of nowhere and went nowhere.
Read the review of “30 Rock: Jackie Jormp-Jomp” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
In Series: 30 Rock Season 3
By fred | April 16, 2009
* At 8.00 on ABC there’s a new episode of In The Motherhood
* On Fox there’s a new episode of Bones
* And NBC has a new My Name Is Earl
* Followed at 8.30 by a new episode of Park & Recreation
* While on ABC there’s a new Samantha Who?
* At 9.00 CBS has a new episode of CSI
* On NBC there’s a new episode of The Office
* Followed at 9.30 by a new 30 Rock
* At 10.00 CBS makes a new victim on Harper’s Island
* While on NBC there’s a new Southland
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Shows: 30 Rock, Bones, CSI, Harper's Island, In The Motherhood, My Name Is Earl, Parks And Recreation, Samantha Who?, Southland, The Office
