#10Number of Seasons (To Date): 2
Years Active: 2006 - Present
Network: NBC
30 Rock is probably the funniest show in production. Starring, created and produced by Tina Fey, the show is a semi-autobiographical portrayal of her time as head writer of Saturday Night Live. The "semi" part of that sentence is very important because of all the surreal humor and characters present in the series (or at least, I hope that these characters and situations are fictionalized).
Tina Fey is always funny; though she is usually the straight (wo)man of the series, but there have been a fair share of situations wherein she is just as crazy as those around her. But even at her craziest, the employees at 30 Rockefeller Center still make her look sane. The most outwardly crazy is newcomer Tracy Jordan (played by Tracy Morgan), a former movie star who is known for extremely erratic behavior (he ran down the freeway in tightie whities yelling, "I am a jedi!") and dropping "truth bombs".
The entire cast is hilarious in their insanity, whether it be Jenna Maroney's prima donna aspiring star or Jack Donaghy's (played incredibly by Alec Baldwin) controlling nature. Of course, funny actors aren't enough if the plots are crap, and they certainly aren't on 30 Rock. Combining traditional sitcom elements with the show's off-beat nature, the characters have to put up with a lot of insanely funny situations, ranging from Tracy designing a porn video game to Jack's cruel mother trying to undermine the loving nature of Liz Lemon's family.
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