Nevertheless, here are the episodes that truly defined the best that the show had to offer. With close to 200 episodes, witling a list down to 20 is no easy task. In honor of the show’s upcoming series finale, we take a look at some of the major highlights from the show’s nine years on the air. Abrams, Harold Ramis, Jon Favreau and Joss Whedon and turned the “mockumentary” model into a viable TV structure, paving the way for shows like Modern Family and Parks and Recreation. It’s the show that turned Steve Carell into a comedy superstar, enlisted the talents of such high-profile directors as J.J. And while its quality might have fluctuated over the years, few will deny that the end of The Office marks the end of an era. It’s certainly been an interesting journey for a show that spent its first season living in the shadow of its critically adored British predecessor only to grow into one of the most beloved (and highest rated) American sitcoms of the 2000s. It was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.On May 16, audiences will watch as the Scranton, Penn.-based employees of Dunder-Mifflin close up the office for the last time. The set contained commentaries from creators, writers, actors, and directors on some of the episodes, while also containing deleted scenes from all of the episodes. While the DVD features all 25 episodes, the episodes 'Traveling Salesmen' and 'The Return' were condensed into one episode.

The season was released on DVD in a box set containing four discs. In addition, it continued the critical praise that had started during the show's second season. The season saw its ratings increase from the previous. The third season of The Office aired on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. The main plot for the early episodes of the season deals with a recurring problem in seasons one and two-the problem of company downsizing-while in the last half of the season, inter-office relationships also became a major plot point. Helms would later be promoted to series regular. The season marked the move of main character Jim Halpert from Scranton to Stamford, and also introduced Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli, and Ed Helms as Andy Bernard-both members of Dunder Mifflin Stamford-as recurring characters. The Office is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name as a mockumentary portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The season had a total of 25 half-hours of material, divided into 17 half-hour episodes, four 40-minute 'super-sized' episodes, and two one-hour episodes. The third season of the American television comedy The Office premiered in the United States on NBC on September 21, 2006, and concluded on May 17, 2007.

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