The Office
Schauplatz der Doku-Comedy: Das Büro einer Papiervertriebs-Firma in einem Londoner Vorort. David Brent, ein selbstgefälliger Vertreter des "unteren mittleren Managements", versucht eine Abteilung zu leiten und gleichzeitig die Zuneigung seiner Mitarbeiter zu gewinnen. Ihm zur Seite: Der waffenbegeisterten Jasager Gareth Keenan, seines Zeichens selbsternannter Teamleiter, der sich ständig mit dem geistig leicht minderbemittelten Tim in den Haaren liegt. Tim, der apathische Vertreter, durchbricht die Monotonie seins Arbeitstages, indem er der süßen und leidenden Empfangssekretärin Dawn nachstellt.
Mary Tyler Moore
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
2 Broke Girls
Max und Caroline arbeiten als Kellnerinnen in einem Fast-Food-Restaurant in Brooklyn. Zunächst hält die toughe, straßenerprobte Max ihre neue Kollegin Caroline, eine nun mittellose Tochter aus reichem Haus, für eine weitere ungeeignete Servierkraft. Doch schon bald entdeckt Max, die leckere und originelle Cupcakes backt, dass Caroline durch ihr finanzielles Wissen ein Glückstreffer ist. Die beiden ungleichen Frauen freunden sich an und träumen davon, gemeinsam ein eigenes Cupcake-Geschäft zu eröffnen. Da sie dazu mindestens 250.000 Dollar benötigen, beginnen sie ihr Trinkgeld anzusparen...
The Office
In der Papiergroßhandelsfirma Dunder Mifflin herrscht der alltägliche Bürowahnsinn. Verkaufsleiter Michael Scott hält sich für einen lustigen Entertainer und den besten Chef der Welt. Für weitere Egokrämpfe sorgt der pedantische Nerd Dwight Schrute, der um Michaels Posten buhlt. Zum bunten Büro-Team gehören u. a. der talentierte wie unterforderte Jim Halpert, die scheue Sekretärin Pam Beesly, der übermotivierte Ryan Howard sowie der spätere Regionalmanager Andy Bernard und die ehrgeizige Karrierefrau Karen Filippelli. Zusammen sabotieren sie die Langeweile und Arbeitspflicht des lästigen Alltags, der im fröhlichen Chaos versinkt.
Office Girl
Claude Casey moved up in the secretarial world of television news, from temp to the anchor's desk. After her boss hires her full time, Claude realizes she may be in over her head in this world of assistants fighting to get ahead. But Claude is determined to prove that though she may not be perfect, she's not going down without a fight.
The IT Crowd
Schauplatz der Serie sind die Büros von Reynholm Industries, einem fiktiven britischen Unternehmen mit Sitz in der Londoner Innenstadt. Was das Unternehmen genau macht, wird nie erwähnt. Das dreiköpfige IT-Team, dessen Büro im dunklen, dreckigen Keller des Firmengebäudes liegt, steht im Mittelpunkt der Handlung. Deren Büroräume bilden einen starken Kontrast zur ansonsten betont modernen Architektur des Gebäudes und der beeindruckenden Aussicht aus dem Gebäude über London. In den Räumen des IT-Teams befinden sich etliche nostalgische Gegenstände aus der Computer-, Comic- und Fernsehwelt.
Still Open All Hours
Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series
WKRP in Cincinnati
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
Designing Women
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.
The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained itself large mainstream audiences. In 2004 the show came 47th on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll, and all series have been released on DVD. The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes. For example in the first series, the leisure centre prepares for a royal visit, only for the doors to seal, the boiler room to flood and a visitor to become electrocuted. Unlike the traditional sitcom, deaths were quite common in The Brittas Empire.
Der Hogan-Clan
The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.
Die Nanny
Fran Fine ist eine junge Frau mit Köpfchen, einem Gesicht aus der Vogue und einer Stimme aus Queens, die zufällig die Gelegenheit bekommt, die Nanny der Kinder des wohlhabenden Witwers Maxwell Sheffield zu werden.
Open All Hours
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Fawlty Towers
Hotelbesitzer Basil Fawlty, seine Frau Sybil, das Zimmermädchen Polly und der spanische Kellner Manuel versuchen, ihr Hotel inmitten grotesker Situationen und einer Reihe anspruchsvoller Gäste zu führen.
Motherland
Julia hat zwei Kinder, ja, Junge und Mädchen, was? Fünf und neun. Aber sie hat auch einen Job und diese drei Dinge passen in der britischen Kleinstadt, in der sie lebt, oft nicht gut zusammen. In der britischen Comedyserie „Motherland“ begleiten wir Julia in einen Tag, an dem alles schief geht. Angefangen damit, dass ihre Hippie-Mutter sich entscheidet, nicht mehr als täglicher Babysitter einzuspringen, ihr Ex-Mann keine Hilfe ist und sie zu guter Letzt sie aus einer Gruppe finanziell vorteilhaft verheirateter Vollzeitmütter geworfen wird. Aber dafür hat sie in Liz und Kevin zwei neue Freunde gefunden, die dort ebenfalls nicht gerne gesehen sind.
Hör mal, wer da hämmert
Tim Taylor, Moderator einer Heimwerkersendung, zieht zusammen mit seiner Frau Jill die gemeinsamen Söhne Brad, Randy, und Mark groß.
Just Shoot Me – Redaktion durchgeknipst
See the inner workings of a high-style magazine owned by Jack Gallo, who has hired his quick-tempered but talented daughter, Maya, to write for the publication. Challenging her at every turn is Nina, a vain and superficial former model. Then there's photographer Elliot, a man who is very popular with his portrait subjects as well as other women. completing the core staff is her father's assistant, Dennis, a glorified secretary who is generally disrespectful to one and all.
Till Death Us Do Part
This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.
W1A
The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot.
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