The show received much critical acclaim and
over it's 139 episode run it won over 70 awards and was nominated over 200
times. Based on Tina Fey's (Liz Lemon) experience as a head writer with
Saturday Night Live, it has been described as "weirdly appropriate and
hilarious symbol of our times".
Main protagonist Liz Lemon is the head
writer for popular sketch-show TGS with Tracy Jordan. The series follows her in
both her personal and professional life, showing her endless attempts to find
“the one” and her ongoing efforts to make Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney drop
their diva-acts. She is mentored by Jack Donaghy, the new network executive who
is mainly in the game to make money, although he quickly develops a soft spot
for Liz.
Kenneth Parcell is the ever-cheerful and
obedient NBC page. He's always willing to help everybody and he loves his job.
He is somewhat of a mysterious character, as his age is never mentioned and,
although he looks to be in his twenties, he has memories of events that
happened long ago. There is also a flashback to the 1950's showing him dancing.
He is a very religious character and a member of the “Eighth Day Resurrected
Covenant of the Holy Trinity” - a
religious sect who follow a bible in German that states the year 2014 is
actually 1999.
Jack Donaghy is a businessman and a
capitalist through and through. He is constantly interfering with the course of
business in the studio and is often a source of frustration to Liz, as well as
a good friend and mentor. He has an unexpected past, having trained in the
martial arts under Chuck Norris, driving a rental car into the Hudson to
practice escaping, bow-hunting Polar Bears and overcoming a peanut allergy
through sheer willpower. In the penultimate episode of the series he steps down
as network chief and promotes Kenneth to President of NBC.
Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney are the
stars of the show. They sometimes have falling-outs, but can sometimes work
together to meet a common goal. Jenna used to be the star of the show by
herself (TGS is an acronym for The Girly Show) but Jack brought in Tracy when he
became the network president. Jenna and Liz are best friends, although Jenna
often bothers Liz with petty problems for which she demands an immediate
solution.
This amazing set of characters,
complimented by some brilliant others make this series the hit that it is. As
aforementioned it has received many awards and countless award nominations and
it is still broadcast around the globe. This truly is one of the gems of
American sitcoms.
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