3. 30 ROCK (NBC)
The secret of Tina Fey's artistic success here is that she combines ludicrousness bordering on fantasy (Oprah Winfrey guest-starring as a hallucination; Fey dressing as Princess Leia to get out of jury duty) with realism bordering on drama: When you think about it, her Liz Lemon is the most fully formed lonely single professional woman in prime time. And Alec Baldwin's heroic refusal to crack a smile even as everyone around him behaves bizarrely has made him Fey's greatest asset. With his maniacal persistence in pursuing business success above all, Jack Donaghy has become the star of the loopiest Glengarry Glen Ross production ever. I mean, even David Mamet couldn't dream up MILF Island.
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