Part of The Offices success came from finding humor in an average, unremarkable office, and there was another workplace TV show airing on HBO that was like The Offices dramatic, political counterpart: The Newsroom. Set at a fictional cable news office, The Newsroom was a show that explored the lives of the people in front and behind the camera. Both The Office and The Newsroom use the setting of a workplace as a way to tell the stories of the personal and interpersonal lives of the ensemble casts.

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