In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked 30 Rock 21st among the best-written television series.
The ranking came from the WGA’s 101 Best Written TV Series list, announced on June 2, 2013. The list surveyed television writing across roughly seven decades, so 30 Rock was competing not only against contemporary comedies but also against major dramas, sketch shows, and landmark series from earlier eras.
The guild placed 30 Rock at number 21 and credited Tina Fey as its creator. The result recognized the show's unusually dense comic writing, fast dialogue, ensemble structure, and layered stories about television production. Its premise—a sitcom about the staff of a fictional NBC sketch show—allowed the writers to satirize both entertainment-industry culture and the conventions of television itself.
This was not a ranking of 30 Rock's individual episodes or a Writers Guild award for one season. It was an all-time list of series judged for writing. The WGA list placed The Sopranos first, while 30 Rock was one of the highest-ranked comedies on the survey.