Twenty years ago this week, The Office premiered on NBC. The network was in a mild state of panic at the time. Friends and Frasier had both recently ended, Matt LeBlanc’s Friends spinoff Joey was ...

Novak’s character, Ryan, was often the object of Michael’s affection. Michael wasn’t shy about the fact that he thought Ryan was cool, smart, even (or, perhaps especially) sexy. Novak and Carell ...