Reception
In its original American broadcast, "Corporate Crush" was watched by an average of 5.1 million households, according to the Nielsen ratings system. This was a decrease from the previous episode, "Fireworks", which was watched by 5.4 million American viewers. "Corporate Crush" achieved a 2.6/7 in the key 18–49 year-old demographic. The 2.6 refers to 2.6% of all people of ages 18–49 years old in the United States, and the 7 refers to 7% of all people of ages 18–49 years old watching television at the time of the broadcast in the United States. Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews.
IGN contributor Robert Canning wrote that "Corporate Crush" was a "solid episode", and that 30 Rock seemed "to have hit its storytelling stride". He added that "as we near the season finale, we're happy to see that 30 Rock has begun their drive towards a big finish." Canning rated this episode an 8 out of 10. TV Guide's Matt Webb Mitovich opined that "though the 'My guy friend is dating my boyfriend' gag has been done to death on TV sitcoms, 30 Rock is to be forgiven if only because the same episode gave us a preview of, no, not The Real Wedding Crashers, but Jefferson, starring ... Tracy Jordan." Julia Ward of TV Squad awarded this episode with 5 out of 7, and said that Jenna Maroney's (Jane Krakowski) absence was upside to the episode, explaining, "I actually like Jane Krakowski, but I can't say that I've missed her". Regarding Jack and Liz's relationship in the episode, Ward thought it was an "uneasy mutual respect thing", which she thought let "Alec Baldwin exercise his thespian prowess". However, Ward said that she did not watch 30 Rock for the continuing storylines, rather, she watched the series for the "wacky".
Griffin Richardson, the series' sound mixer, was nominated for a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy in the category for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (half-hour) and Animation. Richardson, however, lost to Steve Morantz of Entourage, and Joe Foglia of Scrubs.
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