--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: The Office [American] image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae1a2f5e512d8241/69869f2c169ab0ae7827ab13/t100_tv_office_us1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 12, 2014 # _The Office_ \[American\] by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Everett This remake ditched the melancholy of the BBC original (q.v.) in favor of a cheekier rebelliousness: a little less _Man in the Gray Flannel Suit_, a little more _Office Space_. It also has a deeper, diverse bench of characters, including schoolmarmish Angela, chatty Kelly, cold-hearted Ryan, creepy Creed, angry Andy and screw-you-guys clock-puncher Stanley. The carryover stories have been complicated as well, especially the Pam and Jim romance, which has allowed Pam more of an inner life and self-discovery. Still, I’d pay to see an alternate-universe scenario where Dwight Schrute meets Gareth. (And just so you don’t think I wimped out by including both on the list: I like it better than the BBC version. Let the fighting begin!) [Get This TV Series](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009VBTP0/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/"},"headline":"The Office [American]","datePublished":"2014-08-12T14:58:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:01:34.479Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/","keywords":["Comedy","NBC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae1a2f5e512d8241/69869f2c169ab0ae7827ab13/t100_tv_office_us1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae1a2f5e512d8241/69869f2c169ab0ae7827ab13/t100_tv_office_us1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/","name":"The Office [American]"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Office [American]","description":"This remake ditched the melancholy of the BBC original (q.v.) in favor of a cheekier rebellliousness: a little less Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, a little more Office Space","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jqlRvDmG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2007-09-04T22:19:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jqlRvDmG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103686/the-office-american/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```