Sorry to join the convo late, but I just had to post - the IT crowd. I want to like it, but I can't. Its just not funny.
I'm not sure why its not funny, I like Father Ted and I like the Offic, this has staff/writers from both. I think the reason I dn't like it is its been made for a mass market understanding so that people can laugh at the geekiness of these 2 guys who are in IT. BUT they don't know anything about IT - there's a lot more relevant and clever computer related humor on the internet written by people who understand their topic.
Mind you, I still watch it every week and there's still the occasional moment that makes me laugh. I think perhaps I'm being to hard on it and it will grow on me. I certainly though the guy getting his photo printed on the bottom of the mug so knbody could steal it was pretty funny (every character EXCEPT him drank from it) and I love their phone service machine ("hello I.T.? *pause* have you tried turning it off and on again? *pause* Have you tried plugging it in? *pause* ah, good, thank you! *hangsup*)
I guess in comparrission to "My Name Is EArl" which is shown directly afetr, it comes off especially badly in my opinion. However, as I have said many a time, Father Ted is sheer, unadulterated brilliance, so maybe my expectations were set too high for this one
PS Is it just me or is the girl they work with quite cute in a neurotic kinda way? Or am I just getting sicker in my old age...