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The Office: Season 01
Running Time: 30 min.

The American TV version of the award-winning British sitcom The Office opens by establishing its faux documentary format, as Michael Scott (Steve Carell), regional manager of a branch office of Dunder-Mifflin Paper, jumps through hoops to convince the filmmakers that he presides over a happy, well-running ship. This is but one of Michael's many pathetic self-delusions: he also thinks he's the epitome of "cool," he's convinced that everything he says is a laugh riot, and even worse, he actually labors under the misapprehension that he is qualified for his job. Meanwhile, Dunder Mifflin's employees inadvertently but efficiently put the lie to Michael's self-serving prevarications: sales rep Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) continually cooks up methods to undermine his hated cube-mate, the obnoxious know-it-all Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson); receptionist Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) continually deals with Michael's insensitivities and flubs; and office temp Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) acts mostly as an observer of the insanity around him. Some of the episodes in The Office's six-episode trial run carried over general plot ideas from the earlier British series, particularly the threat of wholesale downsizing that weaves through the various plots and subplots; however, only the pilot was a direct adaptation of one of the U.K. version's episodes. All Movie Guide

The Office: Season 01 Cast and Crew:
Steve Carell (Michael Scott)
John Krasinski (Jim Halpert)
Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly)
Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute)
B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard)
Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson)
David Denman (Roy Anderson)
Oscar Nuñez (Oscar Martinez)
Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor)
Phyllis Smith (Phyllis Lapin)
Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin)
Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone)
Leslie David Baker (Stanley Hudson)
Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer)
Paul Lieberstein (Toby Flenderson)

Production Credits:
Ken Kwapis (Executive Producer)
Angela Hamilton (Executive Producer)
Greg Daniels (Executive Producer)
Howard Klein (Executive Producer)
Ricky Gervais (Executive Producer)
Stephen Merchant (Executive Producer)
Ben Silverman (Executive Producer)
Ricky Gervais (Show Creator)
Stephen Merchant (Show Creator)


The Office: Season 01 Episodes:
The Office: Pilot
The Office: Diversity Day
The Office: Health Care
The Office: The Alliance
The Office: Basketball
The Office: Hot Girl



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