List of awards and nominations received by 30 Rock
30 Rock is an American satirical situation comedy that premiered on NBC on October 11, 2006. Created by Tina Fey, the television series has won and been nominated for a variety of different awards during its seven reason run. It received 103 Emmy Awards nominations, with 10 Emmy Award nominations for its first season alone, and a further 17 Emmy Award nominations in its second season. The show won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for its first three seasons and was nominated every year it was eligible.
Lead actress Tina Fey has been nominated for awards 12 times for her role as Liz Lemon, the head writer of the fictional television show TGS with Tracy Jordan. Fey has also been nominated nine times for her writing skills. Lead actor Alec Baldwin has been nominated 12 times for his portrayal of NBC television executive Jack Donaghy. Through its run, 30 Rock was nominated for 145 different awards, winning 39. A webisode series called Kenneth the Web Page has been nominated for one award. In this list, "year" refers to the year the award was presented to the winner.
Directors Guild of America Awards
Emmy Awards
In its run, 30 Rock was nominated for 103 Emmy Awards, winning 11. In 2007, it won two awards including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Also nominated in that category were Entourage, The Office, Two and a Half Men and Ugly Betty. Guest star Elaine Stritch also won an Emmy at that year's awards ceremony for her portrayal of Colleen Donaghy in the season one finale, "Hiatus." In 2008 it won its second award in the category of "Outstanding Comedy Series". In 2009, it won the "Outstanding Comedy Series" for the third time. However, in 2010 and 2011, it failed to win any awards, and lost its "Outstanding Comedy Series" award to "Modern Family".Primetime Emmy Awards
Year | Category | Nominee | Episode | Result |
2007 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2007 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "Hiatus" | ||
2007 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | "The Break-Up" | ||
2007 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Hiatus" | ||
2007 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Up All Night" | ||
2007 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |||
2007 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "Subway Hero" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "Rosemary's Baby" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "Ludachristmas" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Rosemary's Baby" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Sandwich Day" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Cooter" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Rosemary's Baby" | ||
2008 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | "Rosemary's Baby" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Generalissimo" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Reunion" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | "The Funcooker" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | "The Bubble" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | "The Ones" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Reunion" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Apollo, Apollo" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Kidney Now!" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | "Mamma Mia" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | "Apollo, Apollo" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | "Reunion" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | "Generalissimo" | ||
2009 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
2010 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2010 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Don Geiss, America and Hope" | ||
2010 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001" | ||
2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | "Black Light Attack!" | ||
2010 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |||
2010 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | , | "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" | |
2010 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | |||
2010 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "The Moms" | ||
2010 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2010 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
2011 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2011 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Respawn" | ||
2011 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Double-Edged Sword" | ||
2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | "Queen of Jordan" | ||
2011 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "Double-Edged Sword" | ||
2011 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |||
2011 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | |||
2011 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "Plan B" | ||
2011 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "Double-Edged Sword" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2012 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "Live from Studio 6H" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "The Tuxedo Begins" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "Idiots Are People Three!" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "Live from Studio 6H" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "The Return of Avery Jessup" | ||
2012 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | "The Return of Avery Jessup" | ||
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2013 | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World" | ||
2013 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | "Hogcock! / Last Lunch" | ||
2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | "Hogcock! / Last Lunch" | ||
2013 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | "My Whole Life Is Thunder" | ||
2013 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Elaine Stritch | "My Whole Life Is Thunder" | |
2013 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock | "Hogcock!" | |
2013 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield | "Last Lunch" | |
2013 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Beth McCarthy-Miller | "Hogcock! / Last Lunch" |
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Cast nominations by season
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
GLAAD Media Award
Golden Globe Awards
30 Rock has been nominated for thirteen and won six Golden Globes Awards. The first award was won by Alec Baldwin in 2007, for his role of Jack Donaghy.Tina Fey won a Golden Globe for her role of Liz Lemon in 2008. Fey chose not to attend the ceremony for her win due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The Writers Guild of America, of which Fey is a member, did not grant a waiver to the Golden Globes awards ceremony during the strike and did not let its members attend. Members of the Screen Actors Guild, of which Fey is also a member of, as well as Baldwin, refused to cross Writers Guild picket lines at the ceremony.
In 2009, 30 Rock won all the awards it was nominated for, sweeping the musical or comedy television series awards for both acting and the series as a whole.
Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
2007 | |||
2008 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2008 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2008 | Best Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
2009 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2009 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2009 | Best Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
2010 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2010 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2010 | Best Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
2011 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2011 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2011 | Best Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
2012 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2012 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2013 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | ||
2013 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series |
NAACP Image Awards
Producers Guild of America Awards
Satellite Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Television Critics Association Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Year | Category | Nominee | Episode | Result |
2007 | Best Comedy Series | |||
2007 | Best New Series | |||
2008 | Best Comedy Series | |||
2008 | Best Episodic Comedy | "Hard Ball" | ||
2009 | Best Comedy Series | |||
2009 | Best Episodic Comedy | and | "Succession" | |
2009 | Best Episodic Comedy | "Believe in the Stars" | ||
2009 | Best Episodic Comedy | "Cooter" |
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Other awards
For the show's 2007 episodes, 30 Rock received a Peabody Award at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards. Upon announcing the award, the Peabody Board commended the show for being "not only a great workplace comedy in the tradition of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, complete with fresh, indelible secondary characters, but also a sly, gleeful satire of corporate media, especially the network that airs it."Year | Category | Nominee | Episode | Result |
2007 | Gracie Allen Awards | Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series | ||
2007 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite New TV Comedy | ||
2008 | George Foster Peabody Awards | Honoured | ||
2008 | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Half-Hour TV Series | for | |
2008 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Tina Fey | |
2009 | Art Directors Guild Awards | Episode of a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series |