The most watched show on US Netflix, by a huge margin, is the US version of The Office. Even though the platform pumps out an absurd amount of original programming – 1,500 hours last year – it turns out that everyone just wants to watch a decade-old sitcom. One report last year said that The Office accounts for 7% all US Netflix viewing.My confession: I have tried watching a few episodes, and my son sometimes likes to watch it, but it's just not a show that I find has much appeal to me.
I assume it's meant to be a bit less intensely cringe inducing than the UK version (of which I'm not sure I've even seen a full episode - I really do not warm to Ricky Gervais, although I did find some episodes of Extras pretty good.) In a way, I find it hard to put my finger on why I don't much care for it: I think I find the scenarios are still too much straining for humour? So I am surprised that it's a really lingering success in the US. C'est la vie.
1 comment:
It is a great show. Unusually good for a ripped off pommy series.
Quite funny
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