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30 Rock: Verna

30 Rock: Verna

When Frank moves in with Liz after a fire at his place, they each vow to help the other kick their bad habits: eating unhealthily for Liz and smoking for Frank. Jenna turns to Jack for help when her unfit mother, Verna (Jan Hooks) shows up, but Jack is skeptical when it appears she’s turned over a new leaf.

By Jim Rohner on February 4, 2010 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Winter Madness

30 Rock Review: Winter Madness

When Liz suggests taking TGS on the road to counter bouts of winter madness, Jack approves as long they take the show to Boston where he can be close to Nancy (Julianne Moore).

By Jim Rohner on January 22, 2010 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Black Light Attack!

30 Rock Review: Black Light Attack!

When Jack finds out that Liz and Danny (Cheyenne Jackson) are hiding a strictly physical workplace relationship, he becomes jealous and attempts to break them up.

By Jim Rohner on January 15, 2010 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Klaus and Greta

30 Rock Review: Klaus and Greta

After drunkenly outing her gay cousin over Christmas break, Liz must host the young man when he runs away to New York City.

By Jim Rohner on January 15, 2010 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Dealbreakers Talk Show No. 0001

30 Rock Review: Dealbreakers Talk Show No. 0001

After being threatened by his enemy in Washington D.C., Devon Banks (Will Arnett), Jack must make sure the first episode of Liz’s “Dealbreakers” talk show goes off without a hitch, which first involves calming Liz’s performance anxiety.

By Jim Rohner on December 4, 2009 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Sun Tea

30 Rock Review: Sun Tea

Jack, disgusted at a rift in the Geiss family, vows to get a vasectomy so as to never have kids and convinces Tracy, who’s frustrated at his son Tracy Jr. (Bobb’e Thompson), to do the same. Liz learns the rules of New York real estate.

By Jim Rohner on November 20, 2009 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: The Problem Solvers

30 Rock Review: The Problem Solvers

The humble attitude of new TGS cast member Jack “Danny” Baker (Cheyenne Jackson) causes Jenna and Tracy to re-think their whip-cracking treatment of Kenneth as they team up to form a duo – aptly named “The Problem Solvers” – to help people solve problems rather than cause them.

By Jim Rohner on November 13, 2009 | View Comments

Date Night Trailer: Steve Carell and Tina Fey Go to Dinner

Date Night Trailer: Steve Carell and Tina Fey Go to Dinner

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for the upcoming action comedy (I think?) Date Night, from director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum).

By Neil Miller on November 11, 2009 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Audition Day

30 Rock Review: Audition Day

Liz and Pete have discovered the talent they want to hire for TGS and plan to dupe Jack into hiring him, but when Jenna discovers that the lead candidate is an actor she dislikes, she and a paranoid Tracy plan to find their own candidate.

By Jim Rohner on November 6, 2009 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Stone Mountain

30 Rock Review: Stone Mountain

Jack and Liz take a trip to Kenneth’s hometown of Stone Mountain, Georgia in yet another attempt to find all-American talent while Jenna attempts to charm the writing staff so she’ll get favorable roles once a new cast member is hired and they in turn attempt to charm her for an invitation to a Halloween party.

By Jim Rohner on October 30, 2009 | View Comments

30 Rock Review: Into the Crevasse

30 Rock Review: Into the Crevasse

Liz begins to see the negative ripple effects from her book “Dealbreakers” – especially from an aggravated Tracy Jordan – while Jack struggles to find a way to make GE profitable to appease President Obama’s Microwave and Small Appliances Task Force headed up by his arch-enemy Devon Banks.

By Jim Rohner on October 23, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Season Four

TV Review: 30 Rock – Season Four

Welcome back, 30 Rock. How I missed you. Did you miss me? Of course you didn’t. You’re a multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy show on NBC and I’m an online film and TV critic who ate Sour Patch Kids for dinner tonight.

By Jim Rohner on October 16, 2009 | View Comments

Review: The Invention of Lying

Review: The Invention of Lying

Ricky Gervais’ new movie is funny, for sure, but most notable for its genuine sweetness.

By Robert Levin on October 2, 2009 | View Comments

Watch This: First Trailer For The Invention Of Lying

Watch This: First Trailer For The Invention Of Lying

Ricky Gervais and Matt Robinson’s tale about a world where no one has ever lied, until now.

By David Baxter on June 26, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Kidney Now!

TV Review: 30 Rock – Kidney Now!

Due to the recognition she received for being on the cover of Time Out New York, Liz accompanies Jenna as a guest on a talk show where she parlays the “that’s a deal breaker, ladies” slogan into more fame.

By Jim Rohner on May 14, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Mama Mia

TV Review: 30 Rock – Mama Mia

Jack’s search for his real father leads to three potential candidates, one of which is a liberal college professor named Milton Green (Alan Alda) who’s at odds with everything Jack supports.

By Jim Rohner on May 8, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – The Natural Order

TV Review: 30 Rock – The Natural Order

After Liz chides Tracy for acting like a child in front of everyone, he becomes obnoxiously professional on set and pushes Liz’s view that no one deserves special treatment back in her face.

By Jim Rohner on April 29, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – The Ones

TV Review: 30 Rock – The Ones

Elisa returns to 30 Rock with a dark secret that she doesn’t want Jack to know out of fear he won’t love her anymore and Jenna goes to desperate measures to try and re-connect with a cute EMT that actually enjoys her show.

By Jim Rohner on April 23, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Jackie Jormp-Jomp

TV Review: 30 Rock – Jackie Jormp-Jomp

In order to build up hype for Jenna’s Janis Joplin biopic, “Jackie Jormp Jomp,” Jack decides to fake Jenna’s death.

By Jim Rohner on April 17, 2009 | View Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Apollo, Apollo

TV Review: 30 Rock – Apollo, Apollo

Turning 50, Jack hopes to recapture the joy he felt as a 10-year old that got him so excited he threw up. When Dennis (Dean Winters) shows back up in Liz’s life to make amends for being a sexaholic, one of his confessions strains Liz’s friendship with Jenna.

By Jim Rohner on March 26, 2009 | View Comments