The Office (U.S. TV series)

The Office
Genre	Comedy, mockumentary, satire
Created by	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant (original British series)
Developed by	Greg Daniels
Starring	Steve Carell Rainn Wilson John Krasinski Jenna Fischer B. J. Novak
Opening theme	Written by Jay Ferguson
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	201 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	normally 30 minutes (with commercials) (details)
Release
Original network	NBC (USA)
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	March 24, 2005 – May 16, 2013
Chronology
Related shows	The Office (UK) An untitled spinoff
External links
Website

The Office is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American television sitcom airing on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and developed by Greg Daniels. It is an American adaptation of the BBC series with the same name. It is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Characters

• Michael Scott is played by Steve Carell
• Karen Filippelli is played by Rashida Jones
• Dwight Schrute is played by Rainn Wilson
• Andy Bernard is played by Ed Helms
• Pam Halpert is played by Jenna Fischer
• Jim Halpert is played by John Krasinski
• Stanley Hudson is played by Leslie David Baker
• Phyllis Lapin-Vance is played by Phyllis Smith
• Angela Martin is played by Angela Kinsey
• Kevin Malone is played by Brian Baumgartner
• Oscar Martinez is played by Oscar Nunez
• Erin Hannon is played by Ellie Kemper
• Ryan Howard is played by B. J. Novak
• Meredith Palmer is played by Kate Flannery
• Creed Bratton is played by Creed Bratton
• Kelly Kapoor is played by Mindy Kaling