What is The Office (American TV series)?
{{Infobox television | image = The Office US logo.svg | caption = | genre = [[Comedy]], [[mockumentary]], [[satire]] | creator = [[Ricky Gervais]]<br />[[Stephen Merchant]] (original British series) | developer = [[Greg Daniels]] | starring = [[Steve Carell]]<br />[[Rainn Wilson]]<br />[[John Krasinski]]<br />[[Jenna Fischer]]<br />[[B. J. Novak]] | opentheme = Written by [[Jay Ferguson (American musician)|Jay Ferguson]]<!-- says so in show credits --> | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | num_seasons = 9 | num_episodes = 201 | list_episodes = List of The Office (U.S. TV series) episodes | runtime = normally 30 minutes (with commercials) ([[#Season synopses|details]]) | network = [[NBC]] (USA) | first_aired = {{start date|2005|03|24}} | last_aired = {{end date|2013|05|16}} | related = ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office (UK)]]''<br />''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' }} '''''The Office''''' is an [[Emmy]] and [[Peabody Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[television sitcom]] airing on [[NBC|National Broadcasting Company (NBC)]] and developed by [[Greg Daniels]]. It is an American adaptation of the [[BBC]] series [[The Office (UK TV series)|with the same name]]. It is set in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]. ==Characters== *'''[[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]]''' is played by [[Steve Carell]] *'''[[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 Schrute|Angela Martin]]''' is played by [[Angela Kinsey]] *'''