Oh Dear. Oh My.

Greg Daniels is a talented guy -- I've often thought about the irony that the animated "King of the Hill" has some of the most recognizably human characters in prime time -- but jeez, does American TV really have to USAify everything that works a little bit somewhere else in the world? Yes, bad offices and bad bosses are universal. But American pop culture has already produced a definitive statement on the soul-deadening that can take place in a cubicle. And now so have the Brits, who have had the smarts not to push the joke too far, limiting production thus far to 12 episodes over two seasons. Can an American version, which will start life with an initial order equal to The Office's entire history and immediately start to feel pressure to do whatever it takes to get an order for more, meet that same standard of angry brilliance? History isn't on its side.