FOX迄今为止最成功的电视连续剧。该剧最初是The Tracey Ullman Show的副产品，作为它的一分钟补白。 The Tracy Ullman Show的执行制片人，James L. Brooks 和 Sam Simon觉得这些人物可以做成一个半小时的电视剧，于是他们立刻动手，开始了这部在电视台黄金时间段，历时最久的卡通系列剧。
辛普森一家的频繁出场，让他们得到了广泛的认同，比如说，他们为Butterfinger Candy Bars做的大量商业广告。
“辛普森一家”最早是FOX喜剧小品“The Tracey Ullman Show”中的一系列动画小品，该动画主要刻画了辛普森一家在Springfield的生活。辛普森家的家长，Homer,他不是传统意义上的“居家男人”。他作为家长，努力想领导他的没大没小的家庭成员，可经常情况是，他才是那个被领导的。无论情况多困窘，辛普森一家幸福的住在一起。这个家庭里有loving，蓝头发的女家长Marge，麻烦大王-儿子Bart，优秀的出人意料的女儿Lisa，还有婴儿-Maggie。这个家庭从来不会变老，但Springfield小镇的背景却在随着年代变化。Springfield的居民通常由以下演员配音：Hank Azaria（包括Moe，酒保），Harry Shearer（Homer的老板Mr.Burns，邻居Ned Flanders）。著名的客串配音演员还有，迈克尔·杰克逊(饰一个神经病人，幻想自己就是迈克尔·杰克逊)， 达斯汀·霍夫曼，Bob Hope, William H.Macy, Kathleen Turner, Johny Carson, Nsync, Paul McCarthey，甚至还有滚石乐队。

Although still mourning Lisa and struggling to turn over a new leaf, Tony shows compassion to his quirky little world.

The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

Struggling to come to terms with his wife's death, a writer for a newspaper adopts a gruff new persona in an effort to push away those trying to help.

The season marked the move of main character Jim Halpert from Scranton to Stamford, and also introduced Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli, and Ed Helms as Andy Bernard—both members of Dunder Mifflin Stamford—as recurring characters. The main plot for the early episodes of the season deals with a recurring problem in seasons one and two—the problem of company downsizing—while in the last half of the season, inter-office relationships also became a major plot point.

stand-up comedy special by Ricky Gervais

本剧以记录片的形式介绍伦敦一家老人院里的人人事事：德里克是一个心地善良，性格内向的清洁工，他把老人院的老人们当作亲人一样对待，跟他们建立了深厚的感情。

Very much unlike his staff, an overeager Michael can't wait for this year's annual Dundies awards.

This season introduced the main characters, and established the general plot, which revolves around Michael Scott, regional manager of the Scranton branch office, trying to convince the filmmakers of the documentary that he presides over a happy, well-running office. Meanwhile, sales rep Jim Halpert finds methods to undermine his cube-mate, Dwight Schrute; receptionist Pam Beesly tries to deal with Michael's insensitivities and flubs; and temporary employee Ryan Howard is acting mostly as an observer of the insanity around him.