14 Funny Females Who Prove There Can Never Be Too Many Women-Centered Comedies on TV (Take That, Lee Aronsohn!)

Arguably the godmother of the current women's renaissance in comedy, Tina Fey first caught America's attention on Saturday Night Live, where she moved from writer to on-air talent. She's balanced both roles ever since, scripting and delivering defining comedic performances for nearly a decade.

She moved from SNL star to unstoppable comedic force with 2004's Mean Girls, a biting high-school satire that has quickly joined the ranks of comedy classics like Clueless and Heathers. Then came 30 Rock, a bizzaro sitcom that redefined NBC's comedy brand, relaunched Alec Baldwin's career, and endeared Tina to the world as the lovably hopeless Liz Lemon. And let us not forget: Her parody of Sarah Palin was a defining moment of the 2008 Presidential election, and will go down in history as one of the best political satires of all time.