The Office For fans of both shows! (I know this won't stop office die hards, who can't handle the truth, from answering but it was worth a shot ahah).Has 30 Rock eclipsed The Office
I don't like 30 Rock. I feel their in it just for the rewards. Like Emmy's. Plus, I really don't like any of the characters on the show. I find them irritating.
Before I get assassinated by Office fans, let me just say I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Office!!!
I answer "yes" with reservations. I think that overall the Office is a better show and is generally much more solid in its comedy. But I will say that for the last two eps of the Office and 30 Rock, 30 Rock was far and away much better. Greenzo and Somebody to Love have been, in my opinion, funnier eps than Survivor Man and the Deposition, the Office's counterpart episodes in the last two weeks.
So, I say a wavering "yes". Overall, no, the Office is a better show. But recently, yes, 30 Rock has been better.
It might just be me, but I don't care that much about the plot in a comedy series. I just wanna laugh. I don't wanna hear about Jim and Pam. Seinfeld was a true comedy, 30 Rock is a true comedy...no drama. I know they need Jim/Pam to bring in new viewers and keep existing ones, especially women. I would just rather be laughing for a half hour instead of sitting there watching two people on the deck of a boat staring at each other or crying in a parking lot. If I needed that I would watch all the crappy dramas that TV has to offer.
p.s. Even though it's fallen to 3rd on my favourite TV shows list, after The Colbert Report and 30 Rock, I still love The Office...so please refrain from hunting me down and slitting my throat.
I'm going to say no, because to me nothing is better than the office, but i've never seen 30 rock, but after hearing so much about it I am now going to sneak off and watch it, see what all the fuss is about.
I watch 30 Rock, but only because it is on in between Earl and The Office. It has it's moments...last night was particularly humorous...but it still has moments where I just scratch my head and wonder, how do people find this funny? I suppose a lot of people watch The Office and think that too, so...
yah i was wondering that about the office last night. it's gone horribly wrong so far this season, hopefully the strike will help them turn it around. The thing about 30 Rock is: it has so many jokes, one after another. You can easily miss half the jokes in the show if your not paying attention. The Office used to be similar, but now...slow, painful
I feel about 30 Rock the way I felt about Arrested Development: Very funny, very clever, but a little heartless. And that's fine, but if you're going to make me pick, I prefer caring about the characters, not just laughing at them.
It is really very funny, tho. And getting funnier. You guys should check it out.
i think that in general it has, for 30 Rock is really good this season and the office isn't...but i still like the office more, so for me personally, it hasn't been eclipsed. and i agree with chunky: the characters on the office are much easier to care about. so idk.
I, like many, only occasionally watch 30 Rock because it's on in between two good shows - My Name is Earl and the Office. I thought this was a great idea from NBC - putting a "not-so-good show" in between two "power-house shows." So, I watched a few episodes. I laughed a little bit. Maybe I was too tired from laughing so much during My Name is Earl, but I doubt it. It just wasn't so funny... sorry, but it's how I feel.
there really isn't an ongoing plot for 30 Rock, at least like the onethey have in the office. And there is only one "lovable" character in 30 rock, perhaps Tina Fey would make a great regualr of The Office :-D (Just stirring!)
it doesn't "beet" the office
I answer "yes" with reservations. I think that overall the Office is a better show and is generally much more solid in its comedy. But I will say that for the last two eps of the Office and 30 Rock, 30 Rock was far and away much better. Greenzo and Somebody to Love have been, in my opinion, funnier eps than Survivor Man and the Deposition, the Office's counterpart episodes in the last two weeks.
So, I say a wavering "yes". Overall, no, the Office is a better show. But recently, yes, 30 Rock has been better.
p.s. Even though it's fallen to 3rd on my favourite TV shows list, after The Colbert Report and 30 Rock, I still love The Office...so please refrain from hunting me down and slitting my throat.
It is really very funny, tho. And getting funnier. You guys should check it out.
i think dwight just makes it all the better.
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