I’m always skeptical when someone tells me how much they love a TV show. Not because I have anything against TV shows (I’ve been addicted to The Office ever since it aired), but because of the tight following and the whole “you’d love it just like I do” feeling. It’s the same that goes for movies (I haven’t seen a few classics just because everybody says “you’d love it,” making me think the movie would be ruined… it’s an issue). For example, my friend Sam always talks about House. He says how great it is and how addicted he’s become with it. From the surface, it just seems like any other medical/drama/comedy, but I really have no idea.

The moral of this story is, don’t judge a book by its cover. Instead of clenching my armrest on my flight between Chicago and Seattle earlier in the summer, I was watching 30 Rock on the in-air flight screen. It was hysterical! And no, it’s not just because Tina Fey is cute. Too many people take that easy way out. It’s catchy and funny, with a different feeling from all of those other comedy shows. Believe me, I do love me some Office, but 30 Rock might’ve edged out as a winner. About that different feeling: instead of being obviously funny, it has that sort of “inside joke” feel to it, but anybody who’s watching it gets it. I could easily see Tina Fey writing down every line in this show, and it truly is a lot of fun.

In the end, I think it’s the best comedy I’ve seen since Mission Hill. And that’s saying a lot.