…is “30 Rock.” Or more accurately, it’s the best thing on broadcast TV. (The best thing on TV is “The Wire,” even when it’s between seasons, as it is now.)
I never expected to like this show. I haven’t watched “Saturday Night Live” in years—decades, even—so I don’t know Tina Fey from a chair; I’m very, very picky about comedy, and in particular, I have limited patience with sitcoms and usually burn out on them after about half a season. But the show is comic genius. Alec Baldwin has been getting a lot of accolades for his performance, and deservedly so—his delivery is so spot on that nearly everything he says is hilarious—but the rest of the cast is also excellent. It’s the only sitcom that has ever sent me scurrying over to TelevisionWithoutPity to look for posts quoting lines from the episode that has just aired.
Seriously, if you’re not watching this show, you’re missing out.
(On the other hand, I recommend avoiding the heavily hyped new Paul Haggis show, “The Black Donnellys,” like the plague. Unless you enjoy watching one-dimensional, anachronistic Irish-American stereotypes stealing things and getting into fights, that is.)