NBC is playing the numbers game tonight, premiering two "Twenty Good Years." Place all bets on the higher This time, it comes down to a case of simple math - "30" is greater than "Twenty." Indeed, pluses and minuses emerging from these two NBC newcomers.
laugh quotient, the higher level of writing and the much higher IQ. Both titles may feature even numbers, but The odds-on favorite, therefore, is "30 Rock," which debuts at 8 tonight on WKYC Channel 3. Tina Fey is the writer, executive producer and star of this Yes, NBC already has premiered writer-producer Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," a "30 Rock" have something else in common.
Each ranks among the best rookie shows of the fall season. And of winning stars, allowing them to freely score satiric points at television's expense.
Fey knows this territory, having just completed her sixth co-anchor on NBC's "Saturday Night Live.
" In "30 Rock," she plays Liz Lemon, the head writer on Since the show is successful, with Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) as its star, Liz is stunned when NBC's new vice president in charge of programming and development, right. To add to the fun, Fey is using the NBC world as the setting for her fictional show about a fictional show.
