Talk:Ricky Gervais/@comment-68.195.89.243-20130415182858/@comment-2.31.221.246-20130605173302

I'm pretty sure that's the way it was always intended to be. The BBC/Gervais/Merchant sold The Office off all around the world, not just to America, and allowed it to be developed independantly from themselves. The fact that they had any involvement at all marks the US version out as being different from other franchised versions.