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Back in 2006, two television series premiered on NBC that offered a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy television show modeled after Saturday Night Live. One lasted for a mere season, and the other went onto a long seven season run. One was Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and the other was Tina Fey's 30 Rock. Guess which one was which.


30 Rock (2006-2013) is the story of quirky TV writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and conservative company executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), bound together by chaos, charisma and employment contracts! Together Jack and Liz preside over the everyday mayhem at a late-night variety show with no help from Liz's loose cannon stars Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and hapless NBC page Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer).


30 Rock is a very quirky series, created by Tina Fey, that won multiple awards for the show and its stars. While some people may not like it, I thoroughly enjoyed it and its off-the-wall style that pokes fun at TV tropes and real-world situations, especially those surrounding the real-life NBC network and its ownership by GE and later Comcast (spoofed as Kabletown in the series). The show features a level of meta humor not seen since the short-lived Police Squad series back in 1982, and there are some jokes (like the one below) that you will miss if you don't do a freeze frame. You can find more of it in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, also from creator Tina Fey. Ghostheads will find a ton of Ghostbusters references all throughout the series.


This box set contains all 7 seasons of the NBC series, consisting of a total of 138 episodes, on twenty discs. Each season is on three discs (Season 7 is on two discs), with each disc containing 6 or 7 episodes. Episode lengths vary, but are usually somewhere between 21:00 to 21:30 each.


30 Rock is presented in its original 1.78:1 aspect ratio. There is only an English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio track for all episodes, as well as English subtitles. Unlike most Mill Creek Entertainment releases, all of the bonus features from Universal's individual season DVD box sets have been ported over, as listed below. Some of the previous 4:3 letterbox content has had the top and bottom black bars cropped off to present it in a 16:9 widescreen format, which is why some items have poor picture quality. Do note that no names are given in the menus for the individual audio commentary participants, so I am providing that information for you myself. Also, no names are given for the deleted scenes, though I can provide some for the Season 2 episodes from Universal's DVD set.

• Audio Commentaries for these episodes:
  • Season 1 - "Tracy Does Conan" (Tracy Morgan), "Black Tie" (Tina Fey), "Hard Ball" (Lorne and Henry Michaels), "Fireworks" (Jack McBrayer), "Hiatus" (Alec Baldwin).
  • Season 2 - "Jack Gets in the Game (Will Arnett), "The Collection (Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer), "Somebody to Love (Fred Armisen), "Cougars (Judah Friedlander), "Episode 210 (Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond), "MILF Island (Scott Adsit), "Subway Hero (Tim Conway and Jack McBrayer), "Succession (Robert Carlock and John Riggi), "Sandwich Day (Tina Fey), "Cooter (Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer).
  • Season 3 - "Flu Shot" (Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond), "Goodbye, My Friend" (Judah Friedlander and John Lutz), "The Bubble" (Jon Hamm and Jack McBrayer), "Apollo, Apollo" (Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock), "The Ones" (Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer), "Mamma Mia" (Alan Alda), "Kidney Now!" (Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond).
  • Season 4 - "Stone Mountain" (Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs), "Audition Day" (Alec Baldwin and Lorne Michaels), "Problem Solvers" (Jack McBrayer and Jane Krakowski), "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" (Scott Adsit and Don Scardino), "Black Light Attack" (Jon Lutz and Sue Galloway), "Verna" (Tina Fey), "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (Jack McBrayer and Jane Krakowski), "Don Geiss, America, and Hope" (Tracey Wigfield and Tom Ceraulo), "Argus" (Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond), "Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" (Jon Hamm and Jack McBrayer).
  • Season 5 - "Brooklyn Without Limits" (Tracy Morgan and Jerry Kupfer), "Live Show - West Coast Version" (Tina Fey and Beth McCarthy-Miller), "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish" (Jack McBrayer and his parents), "Christmas Attack Zone" (Will Forte and Val Kilmer), "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning" (John Lutz and Sue Galloway), "It's Never Too Late for Now" (Judah Friedlander), "Queen of Jordan" (Tracey Wigfield and Tom Ceraulo), "Plan B" (Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond), "100" (Don Scardino and Aaron Sorkin), "Respawn" (Jack McBrayer and Jon Hamm).
  • Season 6 - "Dance Like Nobody's Watching" (Tracey Wigfield and Tom Ceraulo), "Alexis Goodlooking and the case of the Missing Whisky" (Judah Friedlander), "Standards and Practices" (Jack McBrayer and his nephew), "Live from Studio 6H" (Jane Krakowski and Jeff Richmond).
  • Season 7 - "Mazel Tov, Dummies!" (Tracey Wigfield and Tom Ceraulo), "My Whole Life is Thunder" (Damian Holbrook and Colleen McGuiness), "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World" (Jane Krakowski and Jeff Richmond), "Hogcock!/Last Lunch" (Tina Fey and Robert Carlock).
• Deleted Scenes for these episodes:
  • Season 1 - "Pilot" (0:59), "Blind Date" (0:22), "Tracy Does Conan" (0:18), "The Break-Up" (0:28), "The Head and the Hair" (0:40), "Up All Night" (1:48), "The C Word" (4:52), "The Fighting Irish" (0:29), "Hiatus" (0:15).
  • Season 2 - "SeinfeldVision" ("What I Did This Summer" 0:20 & "Outside the Bridal Store" 0:10), "Rosemary's Baby" ("Kenneth's Burned Jacket" 0:52), "Cougars" ("Lutz Wears a Onesie" 0:35), "MILF Island" ("Candy Bar" 0:41), "Sandwich Day" ("Jack's Job Interview" 1:14).
  • Season 3 - "Do-Over" (0:19 & 0:12 & 0:14 & 0:16), "The One with the Cast of Night Court" (0:32 & 0:54), "Gavin Volure" (0:18 & 0:11), "St. Valentine's Day" (1:03 & 0:14), "Cutbacks" (0:37), "Mamma Mia" (0:21), "Kidney Now!" (1:02).
  • Season 4 - "Season 4" (0:29 & 0:33), "Sun Tea" (0:17), "Secret Santa" (0:35), "Verna" (0:46), "Floyd" (0:59 & 0:06), "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" (0:06 & 2:02).
  • Season 5 - "The Fabian Strategy" (0:36), "When It Rains, It Pours" (0:34 & 0:12), "Let's Stay Together" (0:38), "Reaganing" (0:10 & 0:24), "Gentleman's Intermission" (0:33 & 0:15), "College" (0:11 & 1:04), "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish" (0:12 & 0:58 & 0:05), "Christmas Attack Zone" (0:07 & 0:06), "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning" (0:22), "Double-Edged Sword" (0:35), "TGS Hates Women" (0:33), "Queen of Jordan" (0:31), "Plan B" (0:09), "Everything Sunny All the Time Always" (0:47 & 0:55), "Respawn" (1:24).
  • Season 6 - "Dance Like Nobody's Watching" (0:06 & 0:19 & 0:17), "Idiots Are People Three!" (0:11 & 0:19), "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" (0:18), "The Tuxedo Begins" (0:08), "Leap Day" (0:20 & 0:12), "Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky" (0:15 & 0:11 & 0:14), "Standards and Practices" (0:30 & 0:12), "St. Patrick's Day" (1:25), "Meet the Woggels!" (0:10), "Queen of Jordan 2: Mystery of the Phantom Pooper" (0:15), "The Return of Avery Jessup" (0:16 & 0:44), "What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?" (0:17).
  • Season 7 - "Governor Dunston" (1:00 & 0:40), "Stride of Pride" (0:14 & 0:57 & 0:21), "Unwindulax" (0:24), "Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy" (0:30), "Game Over" (0:38), "Florida" (0:18), "Hogcock!/Last Lunch" (0:36).
• The Wrap Party (13:09) - A collection of scenes and bloopers shown at the show's wrap party.
• Evening with Kenneth (9:58) - Six segments in which the NBC page hosts his own made-up talk show from his page desk. Among his guests are Jenna, Frank, Tracy, and Dr. Funk.
• Behind the Scenes (15:22) - Two featurettes, the first with Judah Friedlander, and the second with Jack McBrayer and Lonny Ross.
• Makin' It Happen (0:31) - A collection of three episodes from the micro-series that's mentioned on the series, making fun of the shrinking length of TV series and their movement to online websites.
• Cooter Table Read (31:29) - A table read of the episode "Cooter" with the cast in a window at the top of the screen, and the script at the bottom. The camera is mostly stationary on Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey, and Alec Baldwin, with some glimpses of the others.
• Live At The UCB Theater: Episode 210 (46:48) - This was presented at the Upright Citizen Brigade Theater in New York City during the writers' strike, as a benefit performance for the show's out-of-work production assistants.
• Backstage with Tina Fey Hosting SNL (8:05) - A look at Fey as she writes, rehearses and preps for her night as host.
• The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Presents: An Evening with 30 Rock (23:09) - Hosted by newsman Brian Williams with comments from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Lorne Michaels, Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, and Jack McBrayer.
• Behind the Scenes with the Muppets (3:10) - Behind-the-scenes footage of the "Sesame Street" muppeteers at work on 30 Rock's Avenue Q-esque fantasy sequence.
• 1-900-OKFACE (1:09) - The complete, uninterrupted adult hotline commercial featuring Liz Lemon in all her mom jeans, lipstick-smattered teeth glory.
• Kidney Now Table Read (31:27) - The cast gathers, along with the supporting cast and crew members, to read the entire early draft of the "Kidney Now" script.
• The Making of Kidney Now (12:23) - A serious look at a not-so-serious all-star charity single, "He Needs a Kidney". This featurette chronicles that song's journey from composition to its appearance in the show, featuring appearance by singers Mary J. Blige, Adam Levine, Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken, Sheryl Crow, Michael McDonald, Elvis Costello, and more.
• Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery (2:06) - A slideshow of production photos; some candid, some posed.
• Alec Baldwin's SNL Monologue (4:50) - The complete introduction from Baldwin's fourteenth stint as host, which is repeatedly interrupted by his 30 Rock co-star, Jack McBrayer.
• Tracy Jordan's Rant (2:07) - Tracy Morgan (in-character as Tracy Jordan) imitating Christian Bale with a similarly profanity-laden meltdown on the set of "TGS".
• Award Speeches - The acceptance speeches for three major 30 Rock award wins: Tina Fey's Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (1:19), Alec Baldwin's Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1:04), and the show's Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy (1:17).
• Behind The Scenes: The Moms (7:02) - A look at the making of this episode.
• Behind The Scenes: I Do Do (5:21) - A look at the making of this episode.
• Tennis Night in America (1:01) - The music video for the song.
• Ace of Cakes: 30 Rock (and Roll) (20:30) - A full episode of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes", in which the crew from Baltimore's Charm City Cakes create a couple of cakes for "I Do Do" and the season's wrap party.
• Photo Gallery (2:07) - A slideshow of production photos.
• Live Show - West Coast Version (23:04) - As the name implies, the live West coast version of the episode.
• Jack Donaghy, Executive Superhero - A series of three animated web shorts that includes "Soft Served" (2:38), "Iced" (1:25), and "Rokered" (1:48).
• Jenna's Obituary Song (1:06) - Jenna performing the song she wants sung at her funeral.
• Live from Studio 6H - West Coast Version (23:32) - This version loses one of the two Jon Hamm appearances, and substitutes Kim Kardashian for Paul McCartney (who's only in the East Coast version).
• Behind the Scenes of Live from Studio 6H (7:24) - A look at the making of the live show.
• Cheyenne Jackson and Jane Krakowski Warm-Up (8:42) - The warm-up of the live show, emceed by Fred Armisen and featuring music performances by Cheyenne Jackson and Jane Krakowski.
• The Donaghy Files (4:40) - An animated webisode starring Alec Baldwin as his 30 Rock character. Oddly though, there were more episodes of "The Donaghy Files", including one about hockey, but they are not included here.
• Tina Fey Studio Tour (26:20) - Fey walks the viewer through the show's soon-to-be dismantled sets, going over little details you'd never catch on TV, sharing trivia from the show's production, and talking about her favorite scenes that took place in each location.

The 20 discs are stored in two thick blue plastic cases, with each disc on it's own "page" with no overlap. These cases are stored in a paperboard outer side-loading slipbox. This is a VAST improvement over the cheap paperboard sleeves Mill Creek uses for their DVD box sets.


30 Rock: The Complete Series is available on Blu-ray and DVD. Either set is recommended, but Blu-ray is preferred since the show was shot on digital in HD.


All images were taken from the IMDB gallery of the show. This item has been provided by Mill Creek Entertainment for review on this site.