But overall viewership was off by almost 25 percent from last year's final night, which had 38.1 million viewers.
The episode slightly decreased in overall viewership from the previous episode.
At the time, it was the highest-rated episode of the series in both overall viewership and in the 18-49 demographic.
The episode increased in overall viewership from the previous episode.
The overall viewership increased with 15.7% to 6.49 million viewers.
The second episode saw an increase of 27%, receiving an overall viewership of 158,700.
As a result, part of the decline in overall viewership is nothing more than a correction from the inflated numbers of the past.
"Now the objective is to drive people specifically to the games, and, stepping back, to increase overall viewership of the network."
These three episodes also, in turn, demonstrated the best overall viewership for 30 Rock since March 2012.
However, its overall viewership was down from the previous season, averaging 8.9 million, the same as in the first season.