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Work! It’s the thing most of us have to do, some of us like to do and many of us would rather not do, and it’s no surprise that it’s the subject of so much TV.

Workplace comedy has been responsible for some of television’s greatest series — “Taxi,” “Barney Miller,” “NewsRadio,” “Parks and Recreation,” “30 Rock,” “The Office,” obviously, “Abbott Elementary,” just off the top of my head — and some of its shortest lived. Anywhere a job gets done can theoretically support one — pick a workplace (sushi bar, travel agency, magic shop, museum, whatever), write a pitch, get an agent and, presto, you’re a TV writer. You can put the characters in later.

Okay — it’s not quite that easy. B

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