Overview
It was a glorious day when, fresh from spending a decade working on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey created her own sitcom about a late-night sketch comedy show. For seven stellar seasons and 138 hilarious episodes, 30 Rock charted the behind-the-scenes exploits on the fictional TGS with Tracy Jordan, with Fey starring as the show's head writer.
The result: one of the standout TV comedies of the past 15 years, the source of the best holiday song there is and a great reason to love night cheese. It's the show that not only satirised the inner workings of live, televised sketch comedy, but made plenty of fun of its American network, NBC, and its parent company, General Electric — with Alec Baldwin note-perfect as the GE microwave division head suddenly also placed in charge of TV program.
Fey and Baldwin had plenty of great company, with 30 Rock's main cast also boasting Jane Krakowski, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit and Judah Friedlander. And, guest-wise, the list goes on. Everyone from Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Julianne Moore and Tom Hanks popped up, as did Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, the Beastie Boys and Elizabeth Banks.
If you watched the series during its original 2006–13 run, then you'll already know all of the above — and now you can rediscover its delights. From Sunday, December 22, Stan is streaming 30 Rock's entire run, so you can live every week like it's 30 Rock week. And if you're new to the show, it's never too late to dive in.
It's the Australian streaming platform's newest addition to its growing range of beloved series, following Buffy the Vampire Slayer, How I Met Your Mother, Sons of Anarchy, Grey's Anatomy and Family Guy. And, it's timed perfectly if you've been wondering what you'll be watching over the holidays or summer. A handy hint: 30 Rock has some fantastic Christmas episodes, should you be looking for some festive viewing. Merry Ludachrismas everyone.
Check out a clip from the 30 Rock pilot below:
All seven seasons of 30 Rock are now available to stream on Stan.