NBC Renews 30 Rock For A Second Season

NBC will renew its critically acclaimed comedy 30 Rock (returning to the network’s lineup on Thursday, April 5, with a special supersized episode at 8:40 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. ET) for the 2007-08 season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment. The series will settle into its new time period of 9:00 – 9:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 12. “From the beginning, ‘30 Rock’ has proven to be the kind of quality comedy that doesn’t come around very often, and we are very pleased to have this show back for a second season,” said Reilly. “We expect it to continue to build its increasingly loyal audience and become another of NBC’s classic comedy series.”

The freshman comedy has earned critical plaudits since its premiere last October while Alec Baldwin, one of the series stars, won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his spot-on performance as Jack Donaghy, a brash network executive. In addition, “30 Rock” has received extensive praise from the nation’s television critics – including magazines such as TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly and People, that have included the comedy on many of their “Top 10″ lists of favorite series for 2006-07.