History Series / ThirtyRock

* Jack "Danny" Baker (Creator/CheyenneJackson) - Josh's replacement, more or less, and a walking CanadaEh joke. Meets the same OutOfFocus fate as his predecessor.

* CanadaEh:
** New castmember Danny is from Canada, and the show goofs on Canadian stereotypes.
** In "Double-Edged Sword" Jack and Avery are horrified at the prospect their baby might be born in Canada.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There are spelling inconsistencies within the subtitles, such as Donaghy vs. Donagee, Cerie vs. Suri, and Devon vs. Devin.

* EroticDream[=/=]HomoeroticDream: In "Floyd," Tracy and Jenna are forced into listening to Kenneth's stories for several hours. Tracy begins to have dreams about Kenneth trying to get it on with him. Subverted with Jenna; she states her dreams about Kenneth are very "graphic." Turns out they are very detailed about them getting married and having lots of kids. Pete also has one involving Kenneth and Liz during TheStinger.

** The networks covering Liz Lemon's apology to idiots in the next episode include Cinemax, Spike TV, Yahoo Answers, ''[[Series/{{Today}} The Today Show]]'' (an additional jab at NBC), and Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}.

* GutturalGrowler:
** Even among Alec Baldwin characters, Jack stands out.
** Jack's rival, Devon Banks, speaks in the same way. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Liz:
---> "If this turns into a showdown, you guys can settle it with a '''''talking-like-this contest'''''."

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* ArtifactTitle: An in-show version. The TV show Liz writes for was originally called ''The Girlie Show'', meant to be a sketch-comedy show "by women, for women." Jack ended that in the pilot episode, adding Tracy to the cast and giving him top billing in ''TGS With Tracy Jordan''. Liz still has the original "Girlie Show" logo hanging in her office.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The German translated as “Yeah” in “Black Tie.” The rest of the conversation is correct, though.

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* {{Flanderization}}: True to an extent with several characters, but most obviously Jenna, who went from Liz's old friend and confidante in Season 1--"You're my rock!"--to an insane AttentionWhore as well as being ridiculously slutty and perverted.

** While not a major focus of his character, NBC Executive Jack Donahue is often seen drinking scotch during office hours (even once pouring himself the entire bottle), with several characters outright calling an alcoholic multiple times throughout the series. He likewise at one point happily relates the time he went hunting manatee (even keeping a framed picture of the manatee he shot on his office wall).

** In the first episode of season 4, Steve Buscemi, who plays a private investigator, claims that he is called "The Chameleon". In Monsters Inc., Steve Buscemi voices Randall the chameleon.

* James "Toofer" Spurlock (Creator/KeithPowell) - A writer for TGS who's described as "a two-for-one...a black guy and a Harvard guy." He frequently clashes with Tracy over the latter's embodiment of African-American stereotypes.
* J.D. Lutz (Creator/JohnLutz) - A lazy, overweight writer and ButtMonkey of the TGS staff

* Grizz (Creator/GrizzChampman) and Dot Com (Creator/KevinBrown) - Two very physically imposing men who serve as Tracy's entourage. A RunningGag develops over the course of the series that Dot Com is actually a well-read, socially conscious GeniusBruiser.

* ManChild:

* OlderThanTheyLook: The RunningGag that Kenneth is, at the very least, over 40. Depending on how many one-off jokes you consider "canon", he may be a youthful-looking man, TheAgeless or [[AmbiguouslyHuman not even human]]:

--->'''Kenneth''': No! NO! I'm not done with him, [[Series/{{Lost}} Jacob]]! He stays on this side!

** At one point Liz romances a 20 year-old. It ends badly when Liz discovers that [[OedipusComplex she looks exactly like his mother]].

* Grizz (Creator/GrizzChampman) and Dot Com (Creator/KevinBrown) - Two very physically imposing men who serve as Tracy's entourage.

* Tracy Jordan (Creator/TracyMorgan) - Has a [[SmallNameBigEgo Big Name and an Even Bigger Ego]]. Tracy seems to [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} live in his own world]] of stabbing robots and vampire golfers. He has UltimateJobSecurity due to his celebrity status.

* Pete Hornberger (Creator/ScottAdsit) - Implied to be a JadedWashout with his mostly unseen family, at work he's the OnlySaneMan and/or TheGenericGuy.
* Kenneth Ellen Parcell (Creator/JackMcBrayer) - [[TheDitz Dim-witted]] [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] from the DeepSouth, he often acts as a MoralityPet for the other characters. He's also [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]]. [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Much, much older]].

* Frank Rossitano (Creator/JudahFriedlander) - A slovenly, perverse [[TheSlacker Slacker]] and ManChild who is prone to cruel pranks when he can be bothered to do anything constructive at all. He's always seen wearing a trucker hat with a different snarky or obtuse message on it.

* SenpaiKohai: Called by name by Jack with respect to himself and Don Geiss.