30 Rock ''30 Rock'' is an American satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', tak ...

'' is an American

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situation comedy that premiered on

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on October 11, 2006. Created by

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, the television series has won and been nominated for a variety of different awards during its seven season run. It received 103

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s nominations, with 10 Emmy Award nominations for its first season alone, and a further 17 Emmy Award nominations in its second season. The show won the

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for its first three seasons and was nominated every year it was eligible. Lead actress Tina Fey has been nominated for awards 27 times for her role as

Liz Lemon Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series ''30 Rock''. She created and writes for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. She is po ...

, the

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of the fictional television show ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. Fey has also been nominated eight times for her writing skills. Lead actor

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has been nominated 27 times for his portrayal of

television executive

Jack Donaghy John Francis "Jack" Donaghy ( ) is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', airing from 2006 to 2013. The character was created by series creator Tina Fey, and is portrayed by Alec Baldwin. He was introduced as the Vice President of Ea ...

. Through its run, ''30 Rock'' was nominated for 189 different awards, winning 47. A webisode series called ''Kenneth the Web Page'' has been nominated for one award. In this list, "year" refers to the year the award was presented to the winner. __TOC__

Directors Guild of America Awards

Emmy Awards

In its run, ''30 Rock'' was nominated for 103 Emmy Awards, winning 11. In 2007, it won two awards including the

. Also nominated in that category were ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Guest star

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also won an Emmy at that year's awards ceremony for her portrayal of

Colleen Donaghy ''30 Rock'' is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey, which aired on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series, also airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the ...

in the season one finale, "

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." In 2008 it won its second award in the category of "Outstanding Comedy Series". In 2009, it won the "Outstanding Comedy Series" for the third time. However, in 2010 and 2011, it failed to win any awards, with "

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" winning "Outstanding Comedy Series" in those years.

Primetime Emmy Awards

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Cast nominations by season

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

GLAAD Media Award

Golden Globe Awards

''30 Rock'' has been nominated for seventeen and won six Golden Globe Awards. The first award was won by Alec Baldwin in 2007, for his role of Jack Donaghy. Tina Fey won a Golden Globe for her role of Liz Lemon in 2008. Fey chose not to attend the ceremony for her win due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The

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, of which Fey is a member, did not grant a waiver to the Golden Globes awards ceremony during the strike and did not let its members attend. Members of the

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, of which Fey is also a member of, as well as Baldwin, refused to cross Writers Guild picket lines at the ceremony. In 2009, ''30 Rock'' won all the awards it was nominated for, sweeping the musical or comedy television series awards for both acting and the series as a whole.

NAACP Image Awards

Producers Guild of America Awards

Satellite Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Television Critics Association Awards

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Other awards

For the show's 2007 episodes, ''30 Rock'' received a

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at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards. Upon announcing the award, the Peabody Board commended the show for being "not only a great workplace comedy in the tradition of ''

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'', complete with fresh, indelible secondary characters, but also a sly, gleeful satire of corporate media, especially the network that airs it."

References

External links

Awards for ''30 Rock''
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