The British Cure

Slate.com offers a prescription for an ailing American Office, but I advocate the British cure for a show that's past its prime. Pull the plug.

American television producers, if you follow the British model, follow it all the way. That's right. When you've run out of fresh ideas, stop the series and come up with a new one. Yes, it's a challenge, but it's not impossible. New by television standards could simply mean remaking another British sit com. Whatever, just move on and leave me with the hilarious memory of a show done right, not the sad disappointment of watching one of my favorite programs become yet another mediocrity.