The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME
"First, I apologize. I know I left some of your favorite shows off this list. How do I know that? Because I left some of my favorite shows off this list. The happy and unfortunate fact is that there are far more than 100 great shows, and more created every year. Lists are incredibly important: they are how we define what matters to us, what we want entertainment and art to do, what we expect of our culture."
—TIME TV critic James Poniewozik
The Office [British]
Ricky Gervais delivers a cringe-tastic performance as David Brent, a paper-company manager and frustrated singer-comedian, who's never met a work situation he couldn't turn into a potential lawsuit. Whether accidentally braining a new hire with a soccer ball or hijacking a training session with a sing-a-long of Free Love Freeway, Brent combines a blinkered egocentrism with the pitiable determination to be liked: "I've created an atmosphere where I'm a friend first, boss second. Probably entertainer third." What makes Brent funny is that he's wrong; what makes him sympathetic is that he really believes he's right, and with mainly good intentions. He may have been neither a good friend nor boss in the end, but he was certainly entertaining.
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