Best of the '00s in TV: Best Comedies

"The Office" (NBC, 2005-present): I can’t say it improved on the acidic the office dvd perfection of the British version (what could?), Mash dvd box set but the remake retained the spirit of the original while somehow making the inept boss (Steve Carell) dexter dvd more likable, and by giving greater depth to supporting friends dvd box setcharacters like lovestruck Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer). And just as many of the shows on boston legal dvd box setmy drama list could be wickedly funny, "The Office" USA can turn on a dime and be just as poignant as a great drama.
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"Gilmore Girls" (WB & CW, 2000-2007): It got on the air thanks Gilmore Girls complete series dvdin part to a coalition of advertisers looking for family-friendly programming, and "Gilmore" offered one tree hill dvd setup an unconventional but enormously appealing family: mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and teen daughter Rory friends complete series dvd (Alexis Bledel, so close in age that they often seemed more like sisters, plus the wealthy parents (Kelly Bishop Mash dvd set and Edward Herrmann) Lorelai split from after getting pregnant at 16. As the quippy, pop culture-quoting younger the office seasons 1-5 dvdGilmores were forced to reconnect with their repressed elders, creator Amy Sherman-Palladino got plenty of dexter dvd box setlaughs and tears out of the generational divide, and out of showing the family Lorelai created for herself and her daughter in the idealized, disney 100 years of magic dvd box set Norman Rockwell-esque town of Stars Hollow. At its best, "Gilmore Girls" was pure, concentrated happiness.