I have found a TV show that I actually look forward to watching every week. It is The Office, a comedy based on a British show by the same name. The characters are believable enough to identify with, yet quirky enough to provide lots of humorous twists.
The setting is a small branch office of a paper company in Scranton, PA. There is the straight-laced conservative accountant named Angela, the "I'm a friend first" boss Michael, the aging child of the 60's named Creed, and the self-sufficient and confident beet farmer Dwight. There are a few office romances off and on and lots of business world humor (like pretzel day where the building owners have free soft pretzels for the building tennants). I can't help but laugh when we have ice cream day every year. The humor tends to the blue from time to time, but on the whole, it is clever writing that carries the show. Brilliant use of awkward pauses in virtually every show really act as a trademark for the show.
The high watermark for last season was an episode called "The Dinner Party" with the most uncomfortable sequence of events imaginable. The tension was evident as the guests grew more and more uncomfortable with every passing minute.
I highly recommend it for anyone who has ever worked in an office. I think it speaks strongly to Gen Xers because most characters are clustered in that age group and many of the references speak to experiences from our youth (much the way that Friends did). Watch new episodes weekly on NBC (Thursday night at 8 pm CT) or online on http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/episodes/ . Past episodes are aired back-to-back on TBS on Tuesday from 9 - 10 pm CT. It is the only comedy series I'll watch.
