30 Rock

I don't often watch shows when the first air, but I made it a point to catch 30 Rock. It is the first sitcom from Tina Fey, who is writing and starring in the show. For the past several years, Tina was writer of "Weekend Update" on SNL. Although that show generally sucks, the news jokes on "Update" were always well done. I find her writing very funny.

The pre-season buzz was that the pilot was weak, and they did reedit and recast some of the show. The show was good, but not without its problems. However, it is 1,000 times funnier than most of the sitcom crap on network television. The people that make it a point to watch Yes, Dear will never get the show. Give it a shot, or else it will be replaced by a sitcom about a fat guy with an improbably hot wife, their cutie-pie kids, and the wacky next-door neighbor.

My favorite joke: Tina's character came to work casually dressed, but has to attend a hastily arranged fancy lunch. She goes down to the wardrobe department of the TV studio and demands the guy working there find her something to wear. He finds something, she takes it, and as she leaves the guy says, "You're the same size as Laura Bush".