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The Real Abed said:
It's sad that The Office will have 200 when it ends but 30 Rock only got 138.
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not really sad at all. happy, if anything. That popular sitcoms will run for a decade is a fact of life, that a cult tv-insider reality-adjacent ridiculously quick-witted comedy got more than 20 episodes is a miracle. 30 Rock should have been dead on arrival and instead it got more episodes than 90% of shows.
 
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Just caught up on season 7 DVR'd today (I've been traveling last 2 months). What an absolutely horrible ending except for a couple small good moments. The last couple of seasons have been so bad.

Such a disappointment with how brilliant the show was in the first couple of seasons. I mean, you had some smart comedy in the last couple of seasons, but they focused too much on the smart and less on the comedy. A little bit how Arrested Development got in it's 3rd season (still absolutely hilarious, but disappointing compared to season 1 and 2)
 
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Tabris said:
Just caught up on season 7 DVR'd today (I've been traveling last 2 months). What an absolutely horrible ending except for a couple small good moments. The last couple of seasons have been so bad.

Such a disappointment with how brilliant the show was in the first couple of seasons. I mean, you had some smart comedy in the last couple of seasons, but they focused too much on the smart and less on the comedy. A little bit how Arrested Development got in it's 3rd season (still absolutely hilarious, but disappointing compared to season 1 and 2)
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Opinions are opinions, but man, this one is boggling. What an incredible finale.
 
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not really sad at all. happy, if anything. That popular sitcoms will run for a decade is a fact of life, that a cult tv-insider reality-adjacent ridiculously quick-witted comedy got more than 20 episodes is a miracle. 30 Rock should have been dead on arrival and instead it got more episodes than 90% of shows.
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Yeah, I guess you're right. NBC treated them well. They have been known to keep shows longer than other networks even under low ratings just because of the fans. They did it for Chuck and now Community. And 30 Rock seems like one of those shows that wouldn't have had a chance. Shame they didn't see anything in Bryan Fuller's reboot of The Munsters. I really liked the "pilot". And The Office lasted pretty long for something that started out as a carbon copy of its UK version.

So long, 30 Rock. It's been a wonderful 7 years. I am going to have to marathon it again soon. I haven't seen the first seasons since they aired.. well, actually I came in on season 4. But caught up over the summer before so it's been 4 years at least.
 
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Tabris said:
Just caught up on season 7 DVR'd today (I've been traveling last 2 months). What an absolutely horrible ending except for a couple small good moments. The last couple of seasons have been so bad.

Such a disappointment with how brilliant the show was in the first couple of seasons. I mean, you had some smart comedy in the last couple of seasons, but they focused too much on the smart and less on the comedy. A little bit how Arrested Development got in it's 3rd season (still absolutely hilarious, but disappointing compared to season 1 and 2)
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Tabris.
 
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Tabris said:
Well I mean there were some good moments in the finale. Maybe watching all of season 7 today is what really disappointed me. 30 Rock went down hill around the North Korea / New Pages section. I forgot the exact season.
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Most people loved this whole season actually. Even those who agreed about it going downhill for parts of seasons 4-6. But to each their own
 
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Agreed. 30 Rock's finale has to be one of the most satisfying ones in television history. It hit all the right notes.
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Yeah, at least it wasn't a glorified clip show like Seinfeld's infamous finale. Which was still pretty good. Don't know what some people expected.
 
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Tracy's lines were great in the finale. I especially kept cracking up at "He's ignoring me! What am I, my son's piano recital?!"
 
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The Real Abed said:
It's sad that The Office will have 200 when it ends but 30 Rock only got 138.
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To be honest, I started watching in season 3 and every single year I was extremely confident that 30 rock would be canceled so I can't complain about only getting 138 episodes.

I was also going to say that I can complain that the office got so many episodes because it went downhill but I actually still like it a lot so I won't go there.
 
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Tabris said:
Well I mean there were some good moments in the finale. Maybe watching all of season 7 today is what really disappointed me. 30 Rock went down hill around the North Korea / New Pages section. I forgot the exact season.
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Well, yeah, Avery in NK and Hazel the page were low points for the show. Many (maybe most) would agree with you on that.

You're probably thinking of season 6. Season 7 was much better at avoiding those pitfalls. The whole season has been very good, but the finale was amazing.
 
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not psycho said:
Well, yeah, Avery in NK and Hazel the page were low points for the show. Many (maybe most) would agree with you on that.

You're probably thinking of season 6. Season 7 was much better at avoiding those pitfalls. The whole season has been very good, but the finale was amazing.
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I agree that Avery in NK was a low point. Only because it was pretty sad and depressing.

I loved Hazel though. I know very few people did but I thought she was awesome.
 
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I loved all the Kim Jong Il stuff. Having margret Cho do it was amazing. I wouldnt have imagines people didnt like the NK stuff.

Hazel was 50/50 for me at times.
 
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Another little thing I caught, was the "Oh, they’re ALL urgent, Jerry?" thing on the mom message board a reference to Parks and Rec in the last Christmas episode where I think Tom complains about the same thing? A coincidence probably, but still...
 
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Stopped watching around season 3 cuz I left for college. I'm now 1/2 way through season 6 and its starting to drag. Sad to see it go though. The show was a perfect blend of Larry sanders and the muppets.

Also for anyone in here looking for a new show. Check out Larry sanders.
 
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Mariolee said:
Another little thing I caught, was the "Oh, they’re ALL urgent, Jerry?" thing on the mom message board a reference to Parks and Rec in the last Christmas episode where I think Tom complains about the same thing? A coincidence probably, but still...
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I thought that was a Parks and Rec references. At least it's not just me.
 
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The tag at the end was absolutely the best finale one could have hoped for with this show! I absolutely loved it for all the time it ran, and it was consistently hilarious and on point almost always. Really gonna miss it.
 
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Amazing finale. This was the show I'd turn on before bed and subsequently wake up to, lazing out until I finish the episode I'd woken up to. I'm truly going to miss this gem of a show and I'm glad it lived for as long as it did.

Any clue as to what Tina Fey is doing next?
 
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Amazing finale. This was the show I'd turn on before bed and subsequently wake up to, lazing out until I finish the episode I'd woken up to. I'm truly going to miss this gem of a show and I'm glad it lived for as long as it did.

Any clue as to what Tina Fey is doing next?
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I'd love for her to end up on hbo in a few years ala Larry David and do a pseudo sequel where she's retired from tv an has a family but people recognize her from a show she did.

Aka CYE
 
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Hazel? who was in one episode with the joke being that her character was ridiculous? I'm uh not really seeing how she's representative of season 7
 
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Any word of a complete series box set? Hoping it isn't too expensive or loaded down with physical extras, I just want 30 Rock!
 
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I can't believe this show ended before The Office, that sucks. Was this cancelled because of low ratings? What is NBC planning to replace it with?
 
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Here is where it sinks in for me the show is really over.

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Angry Fork said:
I can't believe this show ended before The Office, that sucks. Was this cancelled because of low ratings? What is NBC planning to replace it with?
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we were just talking about this
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not really sad [that the office has run longer] at all. happy, if anything. That popular sitcoms will run for a decade is a fact of life, that a cult tv-insider reality-adjacent ridiculously quick-witted comedy got more than 20 episodes is a miracle. 30 Rock should have been dead on arrival and instead it got more episodes than 90% of shows.
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This has had low, low, low, low ratings for ever and ever. And it still got freaking nearly 140 episodes. That's asylum crap. That's crazy. how the hell did that happen.

who remotely cares that an exponentially more popular sitcom is going to have more episodes? how does that matter? This oddball 40-miles-out-of-left-field media-insider live-action cartoon again got one hundred and forty episodes.
 
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