10 Amazing TV Shows You Won't Believe Only Had Two Seasons

4. The Office (UK)

The Office is a British sitcom that ran for two seasons and a couple of Christmas specials from 2001 to 2003. Despite low ratings in its first year, it established a successful audience and has since gone on to be one of the most successful British comedy exports, spawning a number of remakes around the globe. The show ran for a mere 12 episodes (plus the two specials) and came to a natural end, but in that short time it delivered enough comedy gold to warrant multiple viewings. The Office stars and is written by (along with Stephen Merchant) Ricky Gervais, who stars as David Brent, the well-intended but socially inept boss of an English paper company. The show follows him and his co-workers through the trials of daily life in the office. The mockumentary style (which has since risen to popularity in the States) only made this down-to-earth comedy feel all the more real, with a host of flawed characters, each lacking in something - be it patience, intelligence, humility or drive, they all feel like people we could meet off the streets, and the overall ordinariness of their lives is hilarious in a way you just don't see on American television. David Brent might not come a long way in two short seasons, but it's an awful lot of fun to see him try.