After an Emmy win, Tina Fey's devastating Sarah Palin impression and the primetime edition of "Saturday Night Live" warming up its Thursday night time period, the return of NBC's "30 Rock" was given a serious drum roll this season.
Thankfully, the comedy burst back into the spotlight strong: Last night's "Rock" premiere hit series-high numbers. The comedy was seen by 8.5 million viewers and earned a 4.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating -- up 21% from its debut last year.
The "Rock" rating contains a minute of overrun from lead-in "The Office" (9.3 million, 4.7), which was up 12% this week, but that shouldn't shift its rating too much when the nationals are released. The performance finally gives NBC a glowing premiere-rating headline for its scripted programming this fall. And with next week's episode featuring a guest appearance by Oprah Winfrey, the show stands a firm shot at maintaining its record high for another round.
“Tina Fey’s devastating Sarah Palin impression”
“Thankfully, the comedy burst back into the spotlight strong”
During your first 3 weeks here, have you noticed a lot of other folks here aren’t overwhelmed with Tina Fey?
And 97% of Americans never watch her program...think about it.