30 Rock
Verna
TV Flash files “Verna” as hour 70 of 138 in the TV Flash guide — 30 Rock (2006–2013) on NBC, season 4, episode 12, aired 2010-02-04, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E12: listed hour 70 of 138 in the 30 Rock guide, hour 12 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2010-02-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Winter Madness” (S04E11). Next is “Anna Howard Shaw Day” (S04E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jenna's estranged mother comes into town and Jenna turns to Jack for advice on how to deal with her.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Verna sit in the 30 Rock guide?
S04E12 is listed hour 70 of 138 — hour 12 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 12.
When did 30 Rock S04E12 air?
Verna aired 2010-02-04 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Saturday Night Live homework for 30 Rock?
No. It is loosely inspired by Fey's SNL experience, but it plays as a self-contained show-about-a-show with its own cartoon gods.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Liz Lemon produces a chaotic sketch show while Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy meddles with corporate zen. Tina Fey's NBC meta farce hit machine-gun joke density: cutaways, cold opens, celebrity self-owns. Proof network comedy could be surreal, referential, and Emmy-dominant — rewatch is the point.
Liz Lemon is in the booth, Jack Donaghy is in the building, and the group chat is already quoting a cutaway you missed. (Rewatch is the point. I said it.) Tina Fey's NBC meta farce — loosely inspired by her *Saturday Night Live* years, not a homework assignment — premiered October 11, 2006, and ran seven seasons through 2013. Alec Baldwin's Jack, Tracy Morgan's Tracy Jordan, Jane Krakowski's Jenna, Jack McBrayer, Judah Friedlander, Scott Adsit: workplace archetypes turned cartoon gods who still feel bruised.…
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