The Office

...off the air, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find another comedy that would be worth my time. I feel that 30 Rock and The Office have taken a couple of steps back, but I'm more than happy with these two new shows. I just hope NBC...

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...detachment, cynicism and even snideness. Leading practitioners of this style include "Arrested Development," "30 Rock" and "The Office," shows that generally attract critics and Emmy voters, but also tend to alienate many viewers. On...

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...show of all-time. It's certainly one of my favorite shows of the decade (for whatever it's worth, I also listed South Park, 30 Rock, The Office, 24, Lost, Arrested Development, The Shield, Family Guy, and The Sopranos on my list of 10 for...

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...Gervais, who made David Brent perhaps the most painfully sympathetic character in modern television in the original BBC version of "The Office," has been asking himself the very same question. "Phone Shop" a new British sitcom, enjoys...

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...to mind for the state of mind of anyone watching the antics of Ricky Gervais's clueless office manager character, David Brent: gobsmacked. When The Office debuted on BBC Two on July 9, 2001, Gervais wasn't the first to bring "cringe...

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...Donaghy. But more importantly, we want to apologize to Germany for doubting that the folks who gave us Stromberg, a German version of The Office, were anything other than a humorous, judicious people. The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on...

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Personally, my favorite quote on statistics comes from David Brent who is the main character in the BBC television mockumentary "The Office." His analogy on statistics? "Statistics are like a lamp-post to a drunken man--more for leaning...

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...and Wales earlier this year, will give the homily. On Christmas night, the disabled actress Julie Fernandez, who appeared in The Office, will read verses from the Gospel of Matthew. Many commenters were surprised by the BBC's...

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...the U.S. Six years ago he was just marginally on the Hollywood radar as the dumpy, oddball star of the quirky U.K. TV comedy series "The Office," which was reaping minuscule TV ratings on BBC America. Most award-watchers were shocked when it...

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