The Office
The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series based on the 2001–2003 BBC series of the same name created by (and starring) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Adapted for NBC by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons, the show depicts the everyday work lives of the office employees at Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, and aired from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, with a total of nine seasons consisting of 201 episodes. The show was co-produced by Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions (later Shine America) and 3 Arts Entertainment (although uncredited) in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Daniels, Gervais, Merchant, Howard Klein and Ben Silverman, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons.
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 9
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| No. of episodes | 201 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 22–42 minutes
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| Original release | March 24, 2005 –
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Michael Scott: That's what *she* said.
- Seth Rogen and Judah Friedlander auditioned for Dwight.
- The document being highlighted in the opening credits scene is a copy of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, Section 12.22.
- Steve Carell announced during the hiatus between Seasons 6 and 7 that he would not sign a new contract beyond the latter, and this was confirmed right before the 7th season began in September 2010.
- A couple of times throughout the series, Angela mentions that her favorite song is "Little Drummer Boy". In the pilot episode of the series, at the very beginning of the episode, Dwight is singing that very song at his desk.
- The show had to stop production in November 2007 because of a writer's strike. The show's star Steve Carell (himself a WGA member) supported the writers, and refused to cross the picket lines even for non-writing duties. Carell went so far as to call in sick to the network on the first day of the strike, citing a case of "enlarged balls" as the reason he couldn't come in.
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