30 Rock

NBC comedy headquarters

30 Rock is the NBC television comedy (2006–2013) created by and starring Tina Fey, set behind the scenes of a fictional sketch comedy show.

The title refers to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the Manhattan skyscraper housing NBC's headquarters.

The show's name has become shorthand for NBC itself or for the entertainment industry's New York operations: The decision came down from 30 Rock.

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Family

rock, rocky, rocks, rocking, bedrock, rocked, rockabilly, rockiness

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Top 500,000
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Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG