The mockumentary sitcom series, The Office, has nine seasons. The series was broadcast on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013.
The Office series presents the day-to-day life of office employees in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The series is based on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's 2001-2003 BBC series of the same name. Greg Daniels adapted that for American TV.
What is The Office about?
The multi-award-winning comedy series "The Office" offers a hilarious documentary perspective on humor and at times, poignant madness which afflicts a group of typical office workers, where the work day is made up of ego conflicts, inappropriate behavior, and boredom.
The series aims to understand and derive maximum benefit from an adverse situation. It takes a scenario you're not going to find yourself in and soaking yourself in the company of your friends and your work to feel fulfilled and happy in your life.
Is The Office an adaptation?
Yes, The Office is based on a British television sitcom series of the same name, created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and was broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on July 9, 2001. The series has been adapted for American TV by Greg Daniels.
The series was shot in a single-camera configuration with no studio audience or laugh track to simulate the glance of a real documentary. Episodes are 21 minutes long and it is a sitcom from Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions in association with NBC.
What happened to Michael Scott on The Office?
We may never know exactly what happened backstage, but Michael's release on the series is easier to explain. After finding his soulmate at the home of Holly Flax, an HR representative, Michael has decided to step down and move with Holly to her state of Colorado. On the final episode of Steve's show, he spent his last day at work saying goodbye to the employees who became his family. Though NBC's workplace comedy has been on the air for two other seasons, The Office was no longer the way it was without Michael.
Is there any spin-off of The Office?
The idea behind the spin-off created by the screenwriters was that a copy machine would break in The Office and then it's called back, repaired, and shipped to Pawnee, Indiana, the Parks and Recreation set. A spin-off of the series was offered in 2008, with a pilot episode scheduled to make its debut as an introductory program to the SuperBowl in 2009. In addition, actress Rashida Jones had to play a different character in both, which was problematic for the potential fallout. However, The Office's creative team decided instead to create Parks and Recreation as a stand-alone series.
Another spin-off featuring Rainn Wilson in the role of Dwight Schrute operating a guest house and beet farm, The Farm, was proposed at the beginning of 2012. Nevertheless, in October 2012, NBC decided not to proceed with the series.
FAQs
Q. What is the duration of an episode of The Office?
A. Each episode of The Office is a 21-minute-long mockumentary sitcom, adapted from the BBC series of the same name.
Q. How many episodes are in The Office?
A. Overall, 201 episodes of The Office were broadcast over nine seasons.
Q. When did Steve Carell leave The Office?
A. Carell left the hit sitcom The Office in 2011 after seven seasons, to shift his focus to movies.
