30 Rock
Game Over
TV Flash files “Game Over” as hour 134 of 138 in the TV Flash guide — 30 Rock (2006–2013) on NBC, season 7, episode 9, aired 2013-01-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E09: listed hour 134 of 138 in the 30 Rock guide, hour 9 of 13 in season 7. It aired 2013-01-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “My Whole Life Is Thunder” (S07E08). Next is “Florida” (S07E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jack spars with Kaylie Hooper over ultimate control of NBC.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Game Over sit in the 30 Rock guide?
S07E09 is listed hour 134 of 138 — hour 9 of 13 in season 7, season 7 episode 9.
When did 30 Rock S07E09 air?
Game Over aired 2013-01-10 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.…
Filed against
- Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
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- Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy meddled through 30 Rock with corporate zen — Liz Lemon producing a chaotic sketch show, Tina Fey’s NBC meta farce, machine-gun joke density, cutaways, cold opens, celebrity self-owns. Proof network comedy could…
- Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan
Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan detonated 30 Rock as celebrity self-own in a sketch-show farce — Liz Lemon producing chaos, Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy meddling with corporate zen, Tina Fey’s NBC machine-gun joke density. Cutaways, cold…
- Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
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- Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell
Jack McBrayer’s Kenneth Parcell treated 30 Rock’s page desk like a holy order — NBC meta farce, machine-gun cutaways, a smile that survived Alec Baldwin’s corporate zen and Tina Fey’s panic. Immortal intern energy. TV Flash files him as…
- Judah Friedlander as Frank Rossitano
Judah Friedlander’s Frank Rossitano slouched through 30 Rock as writer-room furniture with a trucker hat — Liz Lemon producing a chaotic sketch show, Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy meddling, Tina Fey’s NBC meta farce at machine-gun joke…