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All four shows have since become classics. But some have had more influence on the network-sitcom landscape—one that has never been the same since they ended—than others. _The Office_ and its direct descendant _Parks and Rec_ gave rise to a generation of sweet, faintly progressive mockumentaries: _Modern Family_, [_Abbott Elementary_](https://time.com/6214182/abbott-elementary-season-2-review/), [_St. Denis Medical_](https://time.com/7172266/st-denis-medical-review/). Last year, Peacock unveiled a confoundingly dated _Office_ spinoff, [_The Paper_](https://time.com/7311682/the-paper-office-spinoff-review/). Having always preferred the darker, more manic and referential humor of _30 Rock_ and _Community_, I’ve found the relative scarcity of that style disappointing. So I’m extra delighted to report that _The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins_—an NBC sitcom, premiering Feb. 23, that stars [Tracy Morgan](https://time.com/4070887/tracy-morgan-comedy-cellar/) and is co-created by Robert Carlock, a longtime collaborator of executive producer [Tina Fey](https://time.com/7281530/the-four-seasons-netflix-tina-fey/)—is network TV’s first worthy heir to _30 Rock_. What that show was to _SNL_, this one is to the NFL. The surprise is that it also smartly cribs from _The Office_’s playbook.  Precious Way and Bobby Moynihan in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Scott Gries—NBC One key ingredient of any Feyworld comedy is a cast of characters that balances incongruous, frequently delusional personalities: neurotics, fools, cynics, innocents. Morgan, in the title role of a football star desperate to redeem himself two decades after he accidentally confessed on live TV that he’d gambled on his own game, plays a more tender, athlete version of his wildcard _30 Rock_ comedian. Too ashamed to show his face in public, Reggie putters around a mansion that shrewd business decisions by his manager, agent, and ex, Monica (the great Erika Alexander, in _Living Single_ mode) have allowed him to hang on to. The former spouses co-parent an ingenuous teen, Carmelo (Jalyn Hall). Rounding out this nontraditional family are Reggie’s younger, aspiring-musician fiancée, Brina (Precious Way), and basement-dwelling best buddy, Bobby Moynihan’s Rusty, a goofy NFL never-was. In hopes of repairing his reputation, Reggie hires an Oscar-winning filmmaker, [Daniel Radcliffe](https://time.com/4989362/daniel-radcliffe-jungle-movie-interview/)’s Arthur Tobin, to direct a flattering doc about him. But Tobin is too principled to make an infomercial. Monica doubts this highbrow Brit is capable of understanding Reggie’s rags-to-riches-to-infamy tale. In fact, Tobin knows as well as anyone what it’s like to commit career suicide. A hilarious, faux-amateur video shows him melting down on the set of a Marvel movie. Everyone in this story could use a fresh start.  Jalyn Hall, left, and Tracy Morgan in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Scott Gries—NBC _Reggie Dinkins_ is, more or less, a mockumentary, albeit one that adds a layer of self-awareness by putting the director inside the frame. It also shares with the _Parks and Rec_ cohort a lovable cast of characters. There are fun villains; Reggie’s nemesis is a sneakily vicious NFL alum (Craig Robinson) with the splendid name Jerry Basmati. But on Team Reggie, there’s no ruthless Jack Donaghy, no narcissistic Jenna Maroney. Maybe that’s a canny concession to the present, when real-life monsters make it harder to laugh along with monstrous characters. Fey and Carlock’s [_Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_](https://time.com/4292506/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-2-review/), a black comedy about a woman recovering from years of abuse at the hands of a cult-leader captor, isn’t exactly topping my 2026 rewatch list. For the most part, though, their hyper style has aged well. Quick cutaways to vertical videos or schlocky ads or an ESPN-style panel show called _Sports Shouting_ echo our screen-mediated reality. Pop culture geekery remains the lingua franca of Feyworld, diving down rabbit holes on [Russell Crowe’s band](https://time.com/archive/6669995/movies-the-bold-man-and-the-sea/) and the [Korean radical-feminist movement 4B](https://time.com/7177557/4b-us-women-resisting-patriarchy-essay/). Reggie’s favorite procedural is called _FDNY: Chicago_ (solemn narrator: “In the New York Fire Department, there is a special unit that fights fires in Chicago”). The unhinged brilliance of peak-era _30 Rock_ might be impossible to recreate. 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