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30 Rock

Monday, October 19, 2009 || Percy Olsen

A comedy’s third and fourth seasons are akin to litmus tests of how a show will fair in the future. For example, “Seinfeld” didn’t lose a step in seasons 3 and 4, and from there it stayed consistently funny until…well, until its last episode. On the other hand, “Scrubs” began to show its cracks by the end of its third season, and was in complete free fall by season 5. The same goes for “Weeds.”

Best 30 Rock Moments

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 || Steph Spera

Although NBC has been doing a wonderful job placating me with the surprisingly funny “Community,” underrated “Parks and Recreation” and wedding that ruined me for all other weddings, probably even my own (thanks Jim and Pam), I have been craving “30 Rock” since the new fall television season began.

Life Lessons, from “30 Rock”

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 || Steph Spera

1. “Live every week like it’s shark week.” – Tracy Jordan
2. “You can’t ask a bird not to fly. You can’t ask a fish not to swim. And you can’t ask a tiger not to turn back into a Chinese dude at midnight.” – Tracy Jordan
3.“Even when things seem bad, there is someone who is [...]

Cadenza predicts the Emmys

Friday, September 18, 2009 || Hannah Schwartz, Ashley Johnson, Percy Olsen, Christina Wilson and Alex Terrono

Cadenza has compiled a list of the most important categories and expounded on which nominees should win and which actually will take home the award.

That’s My Show?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 || Percy Olsen

Why does NBC’s Thursday Night Promo have to be so bad?

The StudLife post football TV guide

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 || Percy Olsen

The football season is over, and the NFL has relinquished the TV back to those who don’t really care for contact sports. Bye-bye Super Bowl; hello regularly-scheduled programming. Here’s a handy schedule of what you should be watching.
Monday
House
7 p.m. FOX
I always find myself getting drawn toward “House,” and I can’t say why, exactly. The [...]

A love letter to… Jack Donaghy

Monday, November 03, 2008 || Andrew Senter

Jack Donaghy: Lemmon, I’m impressed! You’re beginning to think like a businessman
Liz Lemmon: A Business “Woman”
Jack Donaghy: I don’t think that’s a word
 
Dearest Jack (or as Don Geiss likes to say Jacky-Boy),
 
            I am writing this letter not to testify how you’ve helped make “30 Rock” one of the best shows on TV; that goes [...]

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