Audition Day (30 Rock)

"Audition Day"
30 Rock episode
Liz looks into the camera, continuing the series' tradition of breaking the fourth wall
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 4
Directed by	Beth McCarthy-Miller
Written by	Matt Hubbard
Production code	404
Original air date	November 5, 2009
Guest appearance(s)
Craig Castaldo as Moonvest Nick Fondulis as Jayden Michael Tyler Daniel Genalo as the robot Marceline Hugot as Kathy Geiss Gilbert Gottfried as voice Angela Grovey as a woman that Jenna and Tracy find Michael Mulheren as a GE executive David Perlman as a man that Jenna and Tracy find Martin Scorsese as voice Christopher Walken as voice Brian Williams as himself Lisette Oropesa as voice (singing)
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"Audition Day" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 62nd overall episode of the series. The episode was written by supervising producer Matt Hubbard and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on November 5, 2009. Guest stars in this episode include Craig Castaldo, Nick Fondulis, Daniel Genalo, Marceline Hugot, Angela Grovey, Michael Mulheren, David Perlman, and Brian Williams. There are cameos by Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Scorsese, and Christopher Walken, though, the three did not appear as themselves, but provided their voices in the episode.

In the episode, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) attempt to rig The Girlie Show with Tracy Jordan (TGS) auditions to guarantee that their preferred candidate (Fondulis) will be selected by their boss, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin). Meanwhile, Jack learns a valuable lesson about humanity when he becomes infected with bedbugs.

"Audition Day" has received generally good reception from television critics. According to the Nielsen Media Research, it was watched by 5.940 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 2.9 rating/7 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic.

Writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and producer Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) of the show TGS with Tracy Jordan have decided to rig the TGS auditions—in which they are in search of a new cast member on the show—by planning to add bad actors so that their preferred choice, Jayden Michael Tyler (Nick Fondulis), gets hired by their boss, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin). TGS cast member Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) learns that the auditions are taking place and worries that her position on the show will be lessened with the arrival of a new actor. Although Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), the star of the show, reassures Jenna that the two have nothing to worry about, she remains uneasy. Later, Jenna discovers that Liz and Pete want Jayden to be cast, but she pleads with Liz to pull Jayden out of his audition. Jenna hates him for humiliating her after working together on a play, but Liz does not change her mind about Jayden. Jenna eventually figures out what Liz and Pete are scheming, so she and Tracy go out and find people (Angela Grovey and David Perlman) and bring them to the TGS auditions.