List of 30 Rock episodes

The following is an episode list for the situation comedy 30 Rock. The program premiered on October 11, 2006 in the United States on NBC and its second season, which began October 4, 2007, is ongoing.

Season 1: 2006-2007

Episodes

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Original airdate	Code
1	"Pilot"	Tina Fey	Adam Bernstein	October 11, 2006	101
Liz Lemon is head writer for The Girlie Show, a live comedy show filmed in New York City's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. However, things start to get complicated when her new boss, Jack Donaghy, insists that wild movie star Tracy Jordan join the cast.
2	"The Aftermath"	Tina Fey	Adam Bernstein	October 18, 2006	102
Jack makes major changes to the show, renaming it TGS with Tracy Jordan and thus taking the spotlight away from Jenna Maroney. An indignant Liz struggles to keep everyone happy, but it is Tracy who saves the day by hosting a party for the entire cast and crew on a private yacht.
3	"Blind Date"	John Riggi	Adam Bernstein	October 25, 2006	103
Realizing that her near or total lack of a social life is having an adverse effect on her work, Jack sets Liz up on a blind date with a friend of his. Jack infiltrates the writers' weekly poker game and starts winning hands down until Kenneth the Page joins in and proves to be a surprisingly adept player.
4	"Jack the Writer"	Robert Carlock	Gail Mancuso	November 1, 2006	104
Jack decides to join Liz and her staff in the writers' room, but his lack of writing ability becomes all too evident and his presence ends up stifling the others' creativity. Tracy mentors Kenneth on how to be successful and Liz encourages Cerie, her nubile assistant, to dress less revealingly.
5	"Jack-Tor †"	Robert Carlock	Don Scardino	November 16, 2006	107
Forced by Jack to plug GE products into the show, Liz integrates Jack himself into a self-referential sketch about product placement. Frank and Toofer trick Jenna into thinking that her job is in danger and Liz wonders if Tracy might be illiterate when he refuses to read the cue cards.
6	"Jack Meets Dennis"	Jack Burditt	Juan J. Campanella	November 30, 2006	105
When Liz takes back her sleazy ex-boyfriend Dennis Duffy, Jack takes it upon himself to convince her that she is headed for a life of mediocrity. Tracy is enraged when a magazine calls him "normal" and Jenna becomes worried about her age when Jack asks her how old she is.
7	"Tracy Does Conan"	Tina Fey	Adam Bernstein	December 7, 2006	108
Jack bumps Jenna's scheduled appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and puts Tracy on in her place. To make matters worse, Tracy has gone off his medication and he is consequently acting more erratic than ever. Jack encourages bald producer Pete Hornberger to wear a wig.
8	"The Break Up"	Dave Finkel & Brett Baer	Scott Ellis	December 14, 2006	109
Liz finally dumps Dennis and prowls the singles scene, where she proves to be particularly inept at picking up guys, under Jenna's tutelage. Tracy and Toofer clash, landing both in sensitivity training, and Jack dates a certain "high-ranking African-American member of the Bush Administration."
9	"The Baby Show"	Jack Burditt	Michael Engler	January 4, 2007	112
Cerie gets engaged so that she can be a "young hot mom", causing Liz to think about marriage and having a family. Jack has trouble dealing with his own domineering mother, who wants to move in with him, and Tracy becomes upset by Josh's impression of him.
10	"The Rural Juror"	Matt Hubbard	Beth McCarthy	January 11, 2007	110
Liz and Jenna's friendship is put to the test when Liz admits that she dislikes Jenna's new independent film. To get himself out of debt, Tracy places his name on a "meat machine" that eliminates the "bread" part of sandwiches.
11	"The Head and the Hair"	Tina Fey & John Riggi	Gail Mancuso	January 18, 2007	113
Two guys, one a cerebral nerd and the other a gorgeous hunk, capture the attention of Liz and Jenna. Jack and Kenneth trade places for "Bottom's Up Day" and Tracy enlists Frank and Toofer to write his autobiography in one day.
12	"Black Tie"	Kay Cannon & Tina Fey	Don Scardino	February 1, 2007	111
Liz attends a foreign prince's birthday party with Jack and meets his ex-wife. Tracy tries to convince Pete to cheat on his wife at a wild party while Kenneth encourages him not to.
13	"Up All Night"	Tina Fey	Michael Engler	February 8, 2007	114
The writers struggle to pull an all-nighter on Valentine's Day. Liz receives flowers from a secret admirer, Jack gets all the way divorced after years of legal separation, Tracy tries to spend the evening with his wife, Pete forgets the holiday and Kenneth is encouraged to pursue Cerie.
14	"The C Word"	Tina Fey	Adam Bernstein	February 15, 2007	106
After being criticized for her working habits by her co-workers, Liz decides to be more lenient with her staff and work overtime herself. Meanwhile, Jack brings Tracy to a major golf event to get closer to Don Geiss, the GEO of GE, but his plan backfires when Tracy decides to drop "truth bombs".
15	"Hard Ball" "Negotiation"	Matthew Hubbard	Don Scardino	February 22, 2007	115
When Josh's contract comes up for negotiation, Jack tries to save money by not renewing it while Liz tries to prevent Josh from joining the cast of a rival show. Meanwhile, Tracy allows Kenneth into his entourage and Jenna gets into trouble after she is misquoted in a popular magazine.
16	"The Source Awards"	Robert Carlock & Daisy Gardner	Don Scardino	March 1, 2007	116
Jack enlists a rap producer to unload his line of inferior wine while Tracy reluctantly hosts the Source Awards. Liz tries to sever ties with a Black man she dislikes without looking racist.
17	"The Fighting Irish"	Jack Burditt	Dennie Gordon	March 8, 2007	117
Jack's long-lost brother Eddie shows up and announces their father's death. Meanwhile, Liz, forced to make staff cutbacks, fires her romantic rival "Other Liz" while Tracy seeks spiritual fulfillment at his lawyer's request.
18	"Fireworks †"	Dave Finkel & Brett Baer	Beth McCarthy	April 5, 2007	118
Threatened by a sneaky West Coast NBC executive, Jack enlists Kenneth to help thwart any attempts to usurp Donaghy's TV throne. Meanwhile, Tracy discovers that he is a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Liz fakes being an alcoholic to get closer to her crush.
19	"Corporate Crush"	John Riggi	Don Scardino	April 12, 2007	119
Liz has found happiness with Floyd while Jack pursues a relationship of his own with Phoebe, an eccentric Christie's auctioneer. Tracy vies for Don Geiss's attention, hoping to turn his Jefferson movie idea into a reality.
20	"Cleveland"	Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock	Paul Feig	April 19, 2007	120
Sick of New York and frustrated with his career, Floyd contemplates a move to the Midwest and asks Liz if she would consider leaving TGS behind. Tracy discovers that the "Black Crusaders" are after him and Jack continues to prepare for his marriage to Phoebe.
21	"Hiatus"	Tina Fey	Don Scardino	April 26, 2007	121
As TGS's summer hiatus approaches, Liz deals with the difficulties of her long-distance relationship with Floyd as she tries to find Tracy, who is hiding out in the sticks with Kenneth's uncivilized cousin. Meanwhile, Jack's impending marriage brings his mother, Colleen Donaghy, to town.

Notes

• † - Denotes a 40-Minute "Supersize" episode

Weekly ratings

In the following summary, "rating" is the percentage of all households with televisions that tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use at that time that are tuned in.

Unless otherwise cited, the overnight rating and share information comes from Zap2it. The following week, the numbers are updated with the final Nielsen numbers from TVWeek.com. Additional ratings information, including the 18–49 rating, comes from BroadcastingCable. Viewer numbers and rank numbers come from Google Groups.

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Rating	Share	18–49	Viewers	Rank
1	"Pilot"	October 11 2006	5.4	9	2.9	8.13	#58
2	"The Aftermath"	October 18 2006	3.9	6	2.3	5.71	#66
3	"Blind Date"	October 25 2006	3.9	6	2.2	6.01	#73
4	"Jack the Writer"	November 1 2006	3.2	5	1.7	4.61	#85
5	"Jack-tor"	November 16 2006	3.2	5	2.3	5.19	#75
6	"Jack Meets Dennis"	November 30 2006	3.7	6	2.7	5.96	#72
7	"Tracy Does Conan"	December 7 2006	4.2	6	3.2	6.84	#57
8	"The Break Up"	December 14 2006	4.0	6	2.8	5.94	#64
9	"The Baby Show"	January 4 2007	3.9	6	3.0	5.82	#76
10	"The Rural Juror"	January 11 2007	3.8	6	2.9	6.10	#65
11	"The Head and the Hair"	January 18 2007	3.4	5	2.4	5.04	#80
12	"Black Tie"	February 1 2007	3.6	5	2.9	5.71	#69
13	"Up All Night"	February 8 2007	3.5	5	2.5	5.17	#85
14	"The C Word"	February 15 2007	3.3	5	2.4	5.01	#86
15	"Hard Ball"	February 22 2007	3.1	5	2.4	4.61	#84
16	"The Source Awards"	March 1 2007	3.5	5	2.7	5.74	#74
17	"The Fighting Irish"	March 8 2007	3.3	5	2.5	5.15	#83
18	"Fireworks"	April 5 2007	3.5	6	2.5	5.37	#68
19	"Corporate Crush"	April 12 2007	3.4	5	2.6	5.07	#74
20	"Cleveland"	April 19 2007	3.3	5	2.4	5.16	#73
21	"Hiatus"	April 26 2007	3.1	6	2.4	4.72	#74

Season 2: 2007-2008

Production of season two was suspended during the production of episode 10, which was taking place in the week of the 5th of November, due to the WGA Writers Strike. This suspension sended 30 Rock into an indefinite hiatus until the strike was resolved in February 2008. 30 Rock aired what could've been its potential season two finalé on January 10, 2008, but with the strike having been settled it is expected to start work on 5 to 10 new episodes to finish this season, which could start airing in April or May 2008.

Episodes

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Original airdate	Prod. Code
22	"Seinfeld Vision"	Tina Fey	Don Scardino	October 4, 2007	201
Jack invents "Seinfeld Vision", which digitally inserts Jerry Seinfeld into every NBC show and Jenna returns from hiatus overweight due to her role in Mystic Pizza: The Musical. Tracy's wife Angie kicks him out of the house, prompting Kenneth to become his "office wife".
23	"Jack Gets in the Game"	Robert Carlock	Michael Engler	October 11, 2007	202
24	"The Collection"	Matt Hubbard	Don Scardino	October 18, 2007	203
Jack hires a private investigator to find any dirt GE might dig up on him. Angie decides that she will be with Tracy every moment to keep him out of trouble and Jenna is upset to find that she has started losing weight.
25	"Rosemary's Baby"	Jack Burditt	Michael Engler	October 25, 2007	204
Liz meets her childhood idol, comedy writer Rosemary Howard (Carrie Fisher), only to discover that Rosemary is a lonely woman still clinging onto a 1970s mindset. Jack helps Tracy with some unresolved issues in a therapy session and Kenneth is forced to compete in a "page-off" to keep his job.
26	"Greenzo"	Jon Pollack	Don Scardino	November 8, 2007	205
As part of a GE-wide green initiative, Jack has come up with the idea of creating a green mascot for NBC - a Philly Phanatic-looking character named Greenzo. When Greenzo's eco-friendly preachiness gets obnoxiously out of hand in the TGS offices, it's Liz who gets fed up the most with this ridiculous character. Kenneth is planning his annual house party, a boring little soirée to which Liz has been the only one to show up in the past. Tracy wants the party to be a success for Kenneth, so he spreads a few little rumors to get the event hopping. What starts out as simple office gossip, gets out of control. Al Gore, David Schwimmer and Meredith Vieira guest star.
27	"Somebody to Love"	Tina Fey & Kay Cannon	Beth McCarthy	November 15, 2007	207
Jack attends a cocktail party honoring Robert Novak, and there, he falls for C.C. (Edie Falco), a Democratic congresswoman from Vermont. Although they are on the opposite sides of the fence, Jack and C.C. ignore their political differences, and attempt to be a couple under the radar. Liz thinks her Middle Eastern neighbor might be a terrorist. After all, he won’t shake Liz’s hand; has maps all over his house, and helps Pete rewire the toaster. Liz becomes paranoid, and tips off her neighbor’s whereabouts to an official at the Homeland Security.
28	"Cougars"	John Riggi	Michael Engler	November 29, 2007	206
As part of his community service, Tracy takes on the duties of coaching an inner city little league team from Knuckle Beach, the worst neighborhood in New York. Jack has a special interest in the team, and wants to turn these underprivileged kids into winners. He showers them with gifts of a new scoreboard, backstop, a fresh pitcher’s mound, and tuxedo uniforms, only to have the plan backfire with protests and uprising. To make matters worse, Jack fires Tracy as coach, and hires Kenneth as the new team leader. Back in the writer’s room, Jamie, the new young, hot coffee boy asks Liz out on a date to a gallery opening. There’s a 17-year age difference between the two, but Jamie thinks Liz is only 29. Jack and Jenna urge Liz to go on the date, and embrace the age difference. But Liz is not so sure about her new boy toy.
29	"Secrets and Lies"	Ron Weiner	Michael Engler	December 6, 2007	208
C.C. wants to go public with her relationship with Jack, but Jack is still very reluctant. Meanwhile, Liz continues to appease both Tracy and Jenna as stars of “TGS.” To pacify Tracy, Liz fakes a satellite transmission to accept an award from the Pacific Rim Emmys, and it infuriates Jenna. She goes “diva” on Liz by being late to rehearsals and hiring two personal assistants. Liz quells Jenna’s temper by pulling a few tricks to make her special as well.
30	"Episode 209" "Ludachristmas"	Tami Sagher	Don Scardino	December 13, 2007	209
It’s holiday time and the staff of “TGS with Tracy Jordan” is having their annual “Ludachristmas” party - complete with music, merriment, "The Human Table" and a Horny Santa. Unfortunately, Tracy can’t participate due to his newly court mandated alcohol monitoring bracelet. Since holidays mean special family time, Liz’s parents, Dick (Guest star Buck Henry) and Margaret (Guest star Anita Gillette) Lemon, and her 40-year-old brother Mitch (Guest star Andy Richter), who suffers from memory loss due to a skiing accident and thinks he is 17-year-old high school senior, come to gloat over their “beautiful genius” daughter. Jack’s jaded mother, Colleen (Guest star Elaine Stritch), even shows up unexpectedly from Florida. The Lemons and the Donaghys go to dinner together, where Colleen spends the night trying to break the eternal optimism of the Lemon family. Meanwhile, in the spirit of Christmas cheer, Kenneth decides to teach the writing staff a lesson on gratitude by inviting his minister to the party. Throughout the episode, Dick Lemon makes numerous references to the widely-known shock site Lemonparty.
31	"Episode 210" "Coffee & TV"[Unofficial Name] "Liz the Business Woman[Unofficial Name]"	Robert Carlock & Donald Glover	Richard Shepard	January 10, 2008	210
Jack meets a German TV executive who is planning to buy a major cable TV network. Jack gives Liz financial advice which motivates her to invest in some real estate, but she must appear before a co-op board to buy the apartment she wants. Jack and C.C. continue with their long distance relationship. Tracy buys a cappuccino machine for TGS, which he stations at Kenneth's desk; as a result, Kenneth gets addicted to coffee. Gladys Knight and Edie Falco guest star.

Weekly ratings

In the following summary, "rating" is the percentage of all households with televisions that tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use at that time that are tuned in.

Unless otherwise cited, the overnight rating and share information comes from Zap2it. The following week, the numbers are updated with the final Nielsen numbers from TVWeek.com. Additional ratings information, including the 18–49 rating, comes from BroadcastingCable. Viewer numbers and rank numbers come from Google Groups.

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Rating	Share	18–49	Viewers	Rank
1(22)	"Seinfeld Vision"	October 4 2007	4.8	7	3.4	7.38	#60
2(23)	"Jack Gets in the Game"	October 11 2007	4.2	7	3.0	6.61	#66
3(24)	"The Collection"	October 18 2007	3.9	6	2.6	6.27	#72
4(25)	"Rosemary's Baby"	October 25 2007	4.1	6	3.1	6.53	#69
5(26)	"Greenzo"	November 8 2007	4.1	6	3.1	6.61	#62
6(27)	"Somebody to Love"	November 15 2007	4.0	6	3.2	6.47	#64
7(28)	"Cougars"	November 29 2007	3.8	6	2.5	5.98	#72
8(29)	"Secrets and Lies"	December 6 2007	3.8	6	2.7	5.84	#66
9(30)	"Episode 209"	December 13 2007	3.7	6	2.8	5.58	#67
10(31)	"Episode 210"	January 10 2008	3.8	6	2.8	5.98	#58

See also

• List of 30 Rock episodes at IMDb
• List of 30 Rock episodes at TV.com