tina fey picked up a golden globe award, the category of best performance by an actress in a television series - comedy or musical, for her portrayal of liz lemon. both fey and alec baldwin received screen actors guild awards, in the categories of outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series and outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series, respectively. the season also received the writers guild of america award for best comedy series, as well as the danny thomas producer of the year award in episodic series - comedy from the producers guild of america. "30 rock" received 17 emmy nominations, for its second season, meaning it was the second most nominated series of the year. these 17 nominations broke the record for the most nominations for a comedy series, meaning that "30 rock" was the most nominated comedy series for any individual emmy year. the previous holder of this record was "the larry sanders show" in 1996 with 16 nominations. "30 rock" also won the television critics association award for "outstanding achievement in comedy." the series also received a george foster peabody award during its second season, with the peabody board saying "true or false, accurate or exaggerated, recalled from experience or just plain made up, "30 rock" is as funny, or funnier, than the show it pretends to be producing."