|What looks like a sitcom about the life of the head writer of a sketch comedy series is really a front for several left-wing agendas, most infamously including a slam against [[Sarah Palin]] and routine stereotyping of conservative business executives (as in main character Jack Donnaghy, a tasteless parody of business icon Jack Welch played by liberal Alec Baldwin). Throughout its airing from 2006 to 2013, despite being very popular liberal elites, the series received poor ratings, with its first season ranking only at #102, its subsequent seasons consistently ranking low (the highest-rated season was Season 3 with a ranking of #69 and 3.2 million viewers). Season 6 had such a low performance overall (and a very poorly-received season finale ranking at 1.6 million viewers) that NBC was forced to cancel the show at one more season. | |What looks like a sitcom about the life of the head writer of a sketch comedy series is really a front for several left-wing agendas, most infamously including a slam against [[Sarah Palin]] and routine stereotyping of conservative business executives (as in main character Jack Donnaghy, a tasteless parody of business icon Jack Welch played by liberal Alec Baldwin). Throughout its airing from 2006 to 2013, despite being very popular liberal elites, the series received poor ratings, with its first season ranking only at #102, its subsequent seasons consistently ranking low (the highest-rated season was Season 3 with a ranking of #69 and 3.2 million viewers). Season 6 had such a low performance overall (and a very poorly-received season finale ranking at 1.6 million viewers) that NBC was forced to cancel the show at one more season. |