Comedy impact '06: fifty individuals, teams and companies who've moved the laughs forward this year.(V PLUS: COMEDY IMPACT '06)

From: Daily Variety | Date: November 14, 2006 | Copyright information

3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT

When "The Office" took home the Emmy for comedy in August, the loudest cheers might just have been from the managers-producers at 3 Arts Entertainment. Company partner Howard Klein is an exec producer on the show, which was adapted for the U.S. market from the British hit skein by client Greg Daniels. The fact that a show as quirky as "The Office" could walk away with an Emmy seemed to indicate a sea change in American comedy--one that favors the typ...

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