"The Office:" "I don't want to work in an environment where that type of behavior is tolerated"
If it's Thursday (which it's not, but tomorrow is), it must be time for another one of those excruciating seminars on "The Office," and tomorrow's is thrown by Holly (Amy Ryan), discussing "business ethics:" You know, corporate's penny-pinching diatribe against making personal calls while on the clock and swiping office supplies.
Have any one of these gone well on this show? So you can imagine how this one goes. It even threatens to throw a monkey wrench into the burgeoning non-romance between Holly and Michael (Steve Carell).
Also, Jim (John Krasinski) announces his and Pam's (Jenna Fischer) engagement to the office to a response that underscores why Jim was reticent to share the information in the first place.
The best scene comes when Jim butchers the storyline of "Battlestar Galactica" (corporate synergy! - it airs on NBC cousin Sci Fi Channel) - "It's a shot-by-shot remake of the original," he tells Andy (Ed Helms) - in order to drive Dwight (Rainn Wilson) nuts. Dwight suffers in exquisite silence.
- "The Office:" 9 p.m. Thursday, NBC Channel 4.
Also, The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills is hosting an evening with "Office" show-runner Greg Daniels and his writing team next Tuesday at 7 p.m. Tickets $25 ($15 for members) and available at the link above.

David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. 

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