audition day audition day fourth episode fourth season american television comedy series 30_rock 62nd overall episode series episode written supervising producer directed originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states november guest stars episode include cameos appear provided voices episode episode liz_lemon tina fey attempt rig tracy_jordan tgs auditions guarantee preferred candidate selected boss jack_donaghy alec_baldwin jack learns valuable lesson humanity infected audition day received generally good reception television critics according nielsen_media_research watched million households original broadcast received rating share viewers demographic plot writer liz_lemon tina fey producer tgs tracy_jordan decided rig tgs auditions search new cast member planning add bad actors preferred choice gets hired boss jack_donaghy alec_baldwin tgs cast member jenna_maroney jane_krakowski learns auditions taking place worries position arrival new actor tracy_jordan tracy_morgan star jenna worry remains uneasy later jenna discovers liz pete want cast pleads liz pull audition jenna hates working play liz change mind jenna eventually figures liz pete tracy find people bring tgs auditions jack learns nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer result condition feeling jack tells liz chance audition catching trying rid people trying audition process jack liz pete witness auditions tgs staff writers nbc news anchor daughter general_electric ceo dot tgs cast member robot street performer audition liz realizes supposed references confronts plans blackmail liz camera marked features provocative photos look like liz hire let pictures liz tries stop jack casting jack mind hiring robot street performer jack casts shook hand concerned jack production audition day written rock supervising producer episode fourth season eighth writing credit overall episode directed making eighth series audition day originally aired united_states november nbc fourth episode fourth season 62nd overall episode series episode rock filmed october actress seventh appearance daughter ceo appearing episodes game succession sandwich day reunion news anchor second appearance episode auditions cast member tgs appeared season episode ones scene audition day homeless man keeps distance jack_donaghy jack said homeless man credited played known numerous appearances 30_rock end credits credited actual voices liz_lemon phone jack hiring robot street performer audition day introduced fourth season premiere episode season actor rock debut problem episode jackson play robot episode instead actor played character episode feature 100th episode cultural references beginning episode jack tells liz talking human useless winter olympics february nbc know going tgs auditions jenna wind hair kenneth sees calls later jenna reveals liz brought auditions similar liz pete rigging tgs auditions actress grounded human jenna mentions met years ago scene flashes jenna getting young costume wearing essentially costume jane_krakowski wore years previously broadway musical addition dressed similar street young boy playing role broadway providing voice control audition sings scottish amateur singer gained worldwide attention performance song dreamed dream musical reality britain performance sung soprano gets liz jack similar performance britain revealed portrayed character play kenneth refuses embrace jack asks kenneth prompting kenneth explain latin embrace jack meeting fellow executives jack allowed condition system television screen executives seen placed jack office witness meeting executives asks jack likes equipment calling gold standard business technology judged argument executives mute prompting jack mute use cutting edge technology mute reviewers wondered rock continued product placement addition past reception according nielsen_media_research audition day watched million households original american broadcast earned rating share demographic means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast episode constituted percent drop viewership previous week episode stone mountain original broadcast audition day ranked slot cbs csi crime scene investigation abc grey anatomy television columnist alan_sepinwall star-ledger noted use phrase funny lot rock reviews episode fails entertaining changed audition day wasn rock peak perfect hilarious sequence episode enjoyed jack scene subway calling funniest moment episode funniest things alec_baldwin long time squad bob wrote enjoy jack plot explaining bit got little preferred jenna tracy storyline fit auditioning plot time contributor james_poniewozik opined amusing episode overall glad gave pete los_angeles_times favorable audition day writing fine return form following airing stone mountain disliked ign contributor robert_canning said episode rock fun comedic chaos worked reached point disliked cameo ruined surprise bit far funnier bit actually turned canning said auditions fun complete knockout enjoyed fact participated auditions reference great timing let revelation noting like bit cop story conclusion canning gave episode rating said laugh broadcast audition day admitted closing segment episode jack subway group quartet said enjoyed array characters audition gave episode grade rating paste wrote episode good premise wasn feeling thing reported new cast member angle predictable interesting audition process general
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