30 Rock (2006)

Comedy

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (140,244 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Hulu · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.82 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Unaired Pilot	7.3	182
1	Pilot	7.2	2,239
2	The Aftermath	7.5	1,863
3	Blind Date	7.8	1,826
4	Jack the Writer	7.4	1,672
5	Jack-Tor	8.0	1,694
6	Jack Meets Dennis	7.6	1,568
7	Tracy Does Conan	8.2	1,760
8	The Break-Up	7.7	1,507
9	The Baby Show	7.8	1,483
10	The Rural Juror	7.9	1,533
11	The Head and the Hair	8.1	1,513
12	Black Tie	8.4	1,850
13	Up All Night	7.9	1,448
14	The C Word	7.7	1,402
15	Hard Ball	8.3	1,471
16	The Source Awards	7.7	1,443
17	The Fighting Irish	7.7	1,433
18	Fireworks	8.1	1,392
19	Corporate Crush	7.7	1,319
20	Cleveland	8.0	1,381
21	Hiatus	8.0	1,353

Season 2 (2007)

8.01 avg 15 episodes 8.2 → 8.3 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	SeinfeldVision	8.2	1,515
2	Jack Gets in the Game	7.9	1,325
3	The Collection	7.7	1,289
4	Rosemary's Baby	8.0	1,460
5	Greenzo	8.2	1,434
6	Somebody to Love	8.0	1,300
7	Cougars	7.9	1,294
8	Secrets and Lies	7.7	1,209
9	Ludachristmas	8.1	1,314
10	Episode 210	7.9	1,323
11	MILF Island	8.3	1,399
12	Subway Hero	7.6	1,192
13	Succession	8.3	1,285
14	Sandwich Day	8.0	1,239
15	Cooter	8.3	1,285

Season 3 (2008)

8.07 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.6 25 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do-Over	8.1	1,303
2	Believe in the Stars	8.4	1,255
3	The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'	7.9	1,330
4	Gavin Volure	8.0	1,254
5	Reunion	8.6	1,383
6	Christmas Special	7.7	1,170
7	Señor Macho Solo	8.0	1,185
8	Flu Shot	7.7	1,112
9	Retreat to Move Forward	7.9	1,124
10	Generalissimo	8.5	1,331
11	St. Valentine's Day	8.2	1,241
12	Larry King	8.0	1,120
13	Goodbye, My Friend	8.0	1,129
14	The Funcooker	8.2	1,171
15	The Bubble	8.1	1,116
16	Apollo, Apollo	8.4	1,166
17	Cutbacks	7.6	1,045
18	Jackie Jormp-Jomp	7.9	1,065
19	The Ones	7.9	1,049
20	The Natural Order	7.8	1,015
21	Mamma Mia	8.0	1,063
22	Kidney Now!	8.6	1,346

Season 4 (2009)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 27 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Season 4	7.7	1,057
2	Into the Crevasse	7.7	1,064
3	Stone Mountain	7.7	1,050
4	Audition Day	7.9	1,012
5	The Problem Solvers	7.9	1,017
6	Sun Tea	7.7	991
7	Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001	8.1	1,077
8	Secret Santa	8.0	1,033
9	Klaus and Greta	8.3	1,062
10	Black Light Attack!	7.9	988
11	Winter Madness	7.4	977
12	Verna	7.6	979
13	Anna Howard Shaw Day	8.5	1,115
14	Future Husband	7.7	932
15	Don Geiss, America and Hope	7.9	940
16	Floyd	7.8	925
17	Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter	7.8	930
18	Khonani	7.4	921
19	Argus	7.6	911
20	The Moms	7.7	966
21	Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land	8.1	967
22	I Do Do	8.5	1,056

Season 5 (2010)

7.96 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 27 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fabian Strategy	7.9	988
2	When It Rains, It Pours	8.2	1,002
3	Let's Stay Together	7.7	916
4	Live Show	8.6	1,421
5	Reaganing	8.0	981
6	Gentleman's Intermission	7.8	911
7	Brooklyn Without Limits	7.9	948
8	College	7.8	906
9	Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish	7.6	896
10	Christmas Attack Zone	7.9	835
11	Mrs. Donaghy	8.2	948
12	Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning	8.3	1,023
13	¡Qué Sorpresa!	7.9	900
14	Double-Edged Sword	8.3	1,014
15	It's Never Too Late for Now	8.2	984
16	TGS Hates Women	8.2	1,097
17	Queen of Jordan	7.5	1,206
18	Plan B	7.7	865
19	I Heart Connecticut	7.5	838
20	100: Part 1	8.0	923
21	100: Part 2	8.4	810
22	Everything Sunny All the Time Always	7.8	896
23	Respawn	7.6	843

Season 6 (2012)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 23 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dance Like Nobody's Watching	7.9	920
2	Idiots Are People Two!	7.8	852
3	Idiots Are People Three!	7.9	834
4	The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell	7.7	846
5	Today You Are a Man	7.8	814
6	Hey, Baby, What's Wrong?: Part 1	7.7	832
7	Hey, Baby, What's Wrong?: Part 2	7.9	715
8	The Tuxedo Begins	8.4	1,049
9	Leap Day	8.1	995
10	Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky	7.5	790
11	Standards and Practices	7.9	851
12	St. Patrick's Day	7.6	808
13	Grandmentor	7.4	784
14	Kidnapped by Danger	8.3	920
15	The Shower Principle	7.4	749
16	Nothing Left to Lose	7.5	747
17	Meet the Woggels!	7.5	779
18	Murphy Brown Lied to Us	7.7	781
19	Live from Studio 6H	8.6	1,045
20	Queen of Jordan 2: The Mystery of the Phantom Pooper	7.2	897
21	The Return of Avery Jessup	7.6	742
22	What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?	7.8	775

Season 7 (2012)

7.99 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 8.9 23 min avg

Slow burn

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Beginning of the End	7.5	805
2	Governor Dunston	7.6	815
3	Stride of Pride	7.7	780
4	Unwindulax	7.8	806
5	There's No I in America	7.5	761
6	Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy	7.5	748
7	Mazel Tov, Dummies!	8.2	790
8	My Whole Life Is Thunder	7.9	795
9	Game Over	8.3	830
10	Florida	7.8	744
11	A Goon's Deed in a Weary World	8.3	809
12	Hogcock!	8.9	1,246
13	Last Lunch	8.9	212