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Office
The Office is an award-winning American television comedy-drama that portrays the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. more...
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 Bedroom Furniture
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Desks, Computer Furniture
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Although fictional and scripted, the show takes the form of a documentary, with the presence of the camera openly acknowledged.
Based on the British series of the same name, it was adapted for U.S. audiences by executive producer Greg Daniels, a veteran writer of Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill and The Simpsons. Original series creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have production credits on the show, and wrote an episode for the show's third season. It is co-produced by Greg Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios.
The show debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement on March 24, 2005 and is broadcast on that network in the United States and other television stations around the world. In fall 2007 TBS started broadcasting episodes once a week, and will begin broadcasting the series five days a week in Fall 2009. The Fox Television Stations group have also obtained syndication rights starting in late 2009.
Production
After the original British series won two Golden Globes, a U.S. version of The Office was commissioned by NBC. Though it retains the title and premise of the original, the U.S. version of the show has a different cast and crew and takes place in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Gervais jokingly said before the premiere—when asked what differences there might be from the UK version—that the U.S. show would probably have actors with better teeth. The first season of the show had a run of just six episodes, and was filmed in an actual office space. Producer Greg Daniels initially hired four writers for the series: Michael Schur, B.J. Novak, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling. In addition, he hired two consulting producers, Lester Lewis and Larry Wilmore. Ken Kwapis, who established a reputation with the comedy genre in The Larry Sanders Show and Malcolm in the Middle, directed the pilot and has produced/directed several episodes.
The second season brought three new members to the writing staff: Jennifer Celotta and the team of Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. Paul Feig, creator of Freaks and Geeks, directed some of the episodes. Filming moved to a sound stage that was built to replicate the first season's environment, including plaques and certificates hanging on walls using the names of crew members.
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