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The terrific Britcom about a dysfunctional workplace from hell helped put BBC America on the TV map, attracting a wider audience of hip, young viewers. This wickedly funny mockumentary tracks the monotonous doings at a paper-product firm in the dreary London suburb of Slough. Ricky Gervais (who wrote and directed the series with Stephen Merchant) plays it perfectly deadpan as David Brent, the inept office manager who has deluded himself into thinking that he's both a funny guy and a great boss.

Ask Matt | 4/25/2008
Q: Watching The Office, as Jim showed the camera the engagement ring he bought Pam a week after they started dating, I was cheering (literally). But after the initial excitement wore off, I realized I was left with a sense of dread ? a "what are they going to do to break Jim and Pam up" type of dread. It feels like the TV audience has been conditioned to think the worst when our favorite couples are on the brink of happiness. Maybe I am still jaded by the whole Gilmore Girls debacle, but it ... read more
Office Star: Convention Is a "Fan-omenal" Success! | TV Guide News Report | 10/28/2007
Just as fans of the original version of The Office learned about the existence of the industrial town of Slough, where the U.K. series was set, now everyone knows about Scranton, Pennsylvania, where employees of the U.S. version report to work. In fact, thousands of fans of NBC's hit half-hour comedy ventured to northern Pennsylvania this weekend for the first Office convention, which runs through Oct. 28.The event began Friday morning on the Today show, with Al Roker introducing the University of Scranton cheerleaders. Throughout the town, local businesses, including but not limited to those that have been featured or referenced on the series, made the most of the influx of visitors, setting up special booths, hawking souvenirs and inviting fans to revisit memorable scenes from the show.While cast members such as Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson and Jenna Fischer could not make it to the convention, Dunder-Mifflin is being well represented by Kate Flannery (aka Meredith), Creed Bratton... read more
Live Emmy Blog | Emmys Live Blog: Watching the Big Show! | 9/17/2007
10:03: Seacrest asks Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos to stop shanking the seat fillers. This is just sad.10:04: Hiro from Heroes is introducing Tom from MySpace. This show just gets odder and odder. A voiceover is telling us about pods. I think it's an ad for this Current website? Did I get that right? It's no Facebook, but it must be somethin', 'cause now Al Gore is on stage and getting a standing O. I'm not entirely sure anybody else knows what the hell is going on, either; they just like Al.10:07: Al's wife looks a lot like Jane Fonda, only without so much plastic surgery. Al looks sorta sweaty. How far away was he seated? Or was he a victim of the solar panels on the red carpet?10:07:30: Joely Fisher is pulling off pastel yellow. Not easy to do. But she's another victim of too much spray-on tanning. Brad Garrett compliments her dress by saying she "just made Charlie Sheen's to-do list." Why isn't he hosting this thing? Heck, why isn't she?10:09: Time for one of those random... read more
The Office, Mario Lopez and More Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 8/9/2007
The original U.K. version of The Office is now and for the first time being offered through Netflix and Vuze.com.... Extra's Mario Lopez will host the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant, airing live on NBC Aug. 24.... Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown, who birthed Eddie Murphy's daughter in April, secretly wed beau Steven Belafonte in June, it has been uncovered.... Bruce Willis' new mystery honey has been ID'd by Page Six as 1998 Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal. Oh, how the ladies love the chrome dome! read more
"Very Funny" Business: Office, Earl Land on TBS | Today's News: Our Take | 6/21/2007
NBC's Emmy-winning comedy series The Office will join the TBS lineup this fall — with repeats, people, repeats — it was announced on Thursday. "The Office is not only a top-notch sitcom, but also one of the most relatable comedies on television," says Ken Schwab, senior vice president of programming for TBS and TNT. "It's a wonderful addition to our lineup, and we’re thrilled to bring it to our audience of comedy lovers."That's what she said![Crickets] OK, the joke doesn't really work in this instance.UPDATE: NBC's My Name Is Earl is also TBS-bound, though not until fall 2009. As for The Office, to those fearing "burnout," the cabler will only air two episodes a week (back-to-back) for the first two years of the deal. read more

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Premiered: January 23, 2003, on BBC America

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Premise: The terrific Britcom about a dysfunctional workplace from hell helped put BBC America on the TV map, attracting a wider audience of hip, young viewers. This wickedly funny mockumentary tracks the monotonous doings at a paper-product firm in the dreary London suburb of Slough. Ricky Gervais (who wrote and directed the series with Stephen Merchant) plays it perfectly deadpan as David Brent, the inept office manager who has deluded himself into thinking that he's both a funny guy and a great boss.

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