re: What is the generic name for the "4th wall" shows like The Office, P and R, etc?

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He regarded it as the best recent attempt at a "Cosby Show."

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Good analogy. It's like a modern day Cosby... kind of. I really liked the Bernie Mac show too. RIP Bernie

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Noted, but nobody could possibly buy the premise that employees would continue to be willing to air all of their personal lives on air.

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Have you seen the "employees" of Dunder Mifflin? If any group would, that group would.