Line #574 Series/TheOfficeUS


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5	[[caption-width-right:350:''"An office is a place to... live life to the fullest. To the max. To... an office is a place where dreams come true."''[[note]]Left to right: [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Ryan Howard]], [[GirlNextDoor Pam Beesly]], [[OnlySaneMan Jim Halpert]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Dwight Schrute]], [[ManChild Michael Scott]].[[/note]]]]
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7	->''"The people that you work with are just, when you get down to it, your very best friends."''
8	-->-- '''Michael Scott'''
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10	Based upon the [[Series/TheOfficeUK British version]], the [[TransatlanticEquivalent American adaptation]] of ''The Office'' ran on Creator/{{NBC}} from 2005 to 2013. Set at the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company, the series starred Creator/SteveCarell as office manager Michael Scott; also featured in the cast were Creator/RainnWilson, Creator/JohnKrasinski, Creator/JennaFischer, Creator/BJNovak, and Creator/EdHelms, with (for a while) Creator/JamesSpader.
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12	The show started out as a fairly straightforward CulturalTranslation and initially received a generally skeptical-to-unfavorable reception, but soon [[GrowingTheBeard came into its own]] as it moved away from the original's [[CringeComedy awkward, cringe-inducing]] brand of humor and towards more of an absurdist style, and quite notably focused on the rest of the office workers to a far greater degree than the original. In the UK (where it's subtitled ''An American Workplace'' to avoid confusion with the original), it has -- shaky start notwithstanding -- been much better received than most American remakes.
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14	The American ''Office'' went on to become one of the most acclaimed comedies of its era, winning accolades in particular for the performances of Carell and the rest of the cast. It also spawned ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', a very similar WorkCom set in the public sector rather than the private, and a further SpiritualSuccessor with ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', a PoliceProcedural comedy. It was also notable as one of the first network TV shows to really embrace the internet and video streaming, beginning with special edited versions of episodes made available after airing, then extending to a number of web-only mini-episodes.
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16	With quite a few classic episodes, and as the subject of endless MemeticMutation, the show has proven to be enduringly popular. It holds the title of the most streamed show in the history of Creator/{{Netflix}} (though it moved to the Creator/NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock at the start of 2021). Because of its enduring appeal, [[https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-office-new-series-michael-koman-co-creator-greg-daniels-1235863465/ it was announced in 2024]] that a new series set in the same fictional universe was in development by Michael Koman (''Series/NathanForYou'') and co-creator Greg Daniels, said to feature a new set of characters in a different office.
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18	There are ''two'' different {{Podcast}}s about the show's history hosted by cast members: ''Office Ladies'' (Creator/JennaFischer and Creator/AngelaKinsey) and ''The Office Deep Dive'' (Brian Baumgartner; Fischer and Kinsey have both made guest appearances).
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20	Not to be confused with ''Film/OfficeSpace'', a much darker comedic take on American office work, or with the 1995 Valerie Harper Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom of the same name (which, since it only ran six episodes, was quickly forgotten anyway).
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23	!!This show contains examples of:
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25	* [[TheOfficeUS/TropesAToE Tropes A - E]]
26	* [[TheOfficeUS/TropesFToO Tropes F - O]]
27	* [[TheOfficeUS/TropesPToZ Tropes P - Z]]
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