The Office UK was the second-worst rated show in BBC test screening history — beaten only by women's lawn bowling. The feedback was so abysmal that the BBC buried it in the summer graveyard slot. Audiences hated it because their brains kept filing prediction error reports against decades of comedy conventions: no laugh track, awkward silences, no catchphrases. It became one of the most beloved shows ever made. Initial audience rejection is often a signal you're breaking conventions — including their judgement of you.
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