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The Office
2001–2002
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #50
- IMDb #94
- Metacritic #5
- RatingGraph #113
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #24
- Metacritic Critics #1
+3 more
- Metacritic Audience #116
- Criticker #42
- Trakt #245
Every rating
72–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Metacritic critics on 97. Critics average 97, everyone else 81.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
Details
- Created by
- Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- Studio
- BBC
- Released
- 9 July 2001
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Spanish, German, French
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 12 across 2 seasons
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Cast
Full cast (34) →
Awards
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 24 wins & 18 nominations total
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