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English Teacher (2024)First aired 2 Sept 2024The 2024 American series follows an idealistic but compromised teacher whose colleagues and pupils do not line up neatly behind any one argument. It shares Abbott's pleasure in clashing methods, while using a sharper, more adult register. Brian Jordan Alvarez and the ensemble make an ordinary…0
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A.P. Bio (2018)First aired 1 Feb 2018A disappointed academic treats his Toledo classroom as a staging ground for revenge, while the school around him proves more interesting than his grievances. The attraction is the students' and colleagues' resistance to being supporting players in his self-image. Four seasons make it a useful…0
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St. Denis Medical (2024)First aired 12 Nov 2024A hospital's documentary cameras catch staff trying to provide care while exhaustion, ego and resource limits collide. If Abbott's combination of institutional frustration and affection for colleagues is the draw, this is the nearest change of workplace. Nurses and administrative decisions matter…0
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Superstore (2015)First aired 30 Nov 2015Retail workers deal with customers and corporate decisions while trying to keep ordinary lives functioning around shifts. The shared connection is how a workplace becomes a community without its management structure becoming benevolent. Six seasons provide a completed ensemble journey, with labour…0
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Great News (2017)First aired 25 Apr 2017A television news producer finds that her newly employed mother is now part of the professional world she was trying to establish for herself. The small ensemble turns hierarchy, technology and editorial judgement into comic arguments. Its two-season run is a bright, less routine discovery for…0
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Better Off Ted (2009)First aired 18 Mar 2009A research company's employees try to do recognisable jobs inside an organisation whose approved decisions are increasingly indefensible. Portia de Rossi's management performance is a particular pleasure when an outrageous policy is delivered as routine administration. The two-season satire is much…0
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American Auto (2021)First aired 13 Dec 2021A car company's new chief executive does not understand cars, leaving colleagues to negotiate the distance between a public announcement and a workable product. The two-season comedy moves the workplace lens towards senior management, where one bad meeting can become everybody else's problem. It is…0
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Players (2022)First aired 16 Jun 2022The 2022 American mock-documentary follows a fictional League of Legends team. A veteran and an exceptional newcomer have to make different ideas of competence function together. Its ten-episode run is a particularly good smaller discovery for the team dynamics: the editing borrows…0
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Welcome to Waikiki (2018)First aired 5 Feb 2018The Korean guesthouse comedy follows friends trying to maintain a business while pursuing creative work and surviving elaborate practical embarrassments. Its connection to Abbott is the gap between a shared intention and everybody's incompatible plan for carrying it out. The humour is broader and…0
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Call My Agent! (2015)First aired 14 Oct 2015The original 2015 French series follows talent agents trying to keep clients and their own company functioning through crises of ego, money and loyalty. The guest stars are enjoyable, but the regular employees' competing methods are the better reason to start. It is a more glamorous workplace than…0