 " MILF Island " was the first episode of 30 Rock to be broadcast since " Episode 210 , " on January 10 , 2008 , due to the 2007 – 2008 Writers Guild of America strike . The Writers Guild of America ( WGA ) went on strike at 12 : 01AM Eastern Standard Time on November 5 , 2007 . Filming of 30 Rock 's final written episode concluded on November 9 , 2007 . Members of Writers Guild of America , East and Writers Guild of America , West voted to end the 100 @-@ day strike on February 12 , 2008 . Writers were allowed to return to work on the same day . The WGA allowed for show runners to return to work on February 11 , in preparation for the conclusion of the strike . The show runner for 30 Rock is executive producer Robert Carlock . The writers returned to work on February 13 . During the strike , executive producer , writer and star of 30 Rock Tina Fey had to balance her duties in order not to breach WGA strike rules . Fey took to the picket lines along with co @-@ star Jack McBrayer , while Alec Baldwin also blogged on The Huffington Post website in support of the WGA writers . 
