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Mindy Kaling, Rachel Dratch in print: Funny in a good sense

Beau Dure May 15, 2012 2

We pop-culture watchers have an annoying habit of letting ourselves believe women have it better in the entertainment biz than they actually do. Lilith Fair? Great! Now all the doors are open for women!

The Office (and Community): Get the Girl

Michael Sarko March 16, 2012 3

Two relatively interesting things happened on NBC this week. The Office finally closed out its Florida arc by dragging most of the subplot’s principal characters back to Scranton and Community returned after a long, nervous hiatus.

The Office Florida Excursion: Last Day in Florida

Michael Sarko March 9, 2012 3

I may step on some critics’ toes for this statement, but I believe film will always be at least a little more respectable than television. It’s not because film attracts an inherently higher caliber

The Office Florida Excursion: Test The Store

Michael Sarko March 2, 2012 4

In the climactic scene of this week’s intriguing but ultimately problematic episode of The Office, the show provided an apt metaphor for why exactly it’s failing today more often than it’s succeeding. Jim, stepping

The Office Florida Excursion: After Hours

Michael Sarko February 24, 2012 2

Last week I griped about two early problems with The Office‘s Florida plot arc. I worried that, by dividing the action over so many locations, the show would stretch itself too thin to sustain

The Office Florida Excursion: Tallahassee

Michael Sarko February 17, 2012 5

As The Office enters the meat of its bold vacation to Florida in a clear bid to rejuvenate its wayward eighth season, the energy is there but the format is strained. “Tallahassee” is the fastest,

The Office Florida Excursion: An Introduction

Michael Sarko February 10, 2012 3

The American adaptation of The Office is, in its own way, the most consistently interesting show on stateside television. It’s a network microcosm show, one that reflects the nature and fate of the network that

TV on DVD: “The Office: Season Seven”

Scott Malchus September 15, 2011 0

The strength of The Office's season seven is how the rest of the cast stepped up, making Carrell's exit with four episodes remaining just little bit easier to swallow

“The Office”: The Best of Michael Scott

Popdose Staff April 28, 2011 1

The Popdose staff says farewell to Steve Carell by counting down the best Michael Scott moments from NBC's "The Office."