The IT Crowd (2006)
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The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 3 February 2006 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 30 July 2010 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Graham Linehan |
| Starring | Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson |
| Seasons | 4 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Episode length | about 25 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 10 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.2/10 |
Where to watch The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd is streaming on Prime Video ($8.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Tubi. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Prime Video, or $8.99 at list price.
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Where to watch The IT Crowd in 5 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Australia | Binge $19.00 AUD, Foxtel |
| Canada | Tubi |
| Guernsey | Prime Video |
| Ireland | Disney+ €11.99, Skygo, ITVX |
| United Kingdom | Prime Video £8.99 GBP, Disney+ £11.99 GBP, Skygo, Tubi, ITVX free |
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What kind of watch this is
Graham Linehan built this on a simple, brutal premise: corporate life is a machine designed to crush the spirit, and the IT department is where the crushing happens. It runs 25 minutes per episode, 24 times over, which amounts to 10 hours of watching Roy, Moss, and Jen navigate a world that has no patience for their specific brand of incompetence. The humor is dry, the characters are deeply flawed, and the dialogue often feels like it was transcribed from a real office at 3 PM on a Friday. It is a tight, self-contained unit of frustration that respects your time by never dragging out a joke that has already died.
How it did with audiences
Channel 4 gave the premiere a cold reception, with 1.8m viewers. BBC News called it disappointing. Linehan shrugged, noting Father Ted also started quiet. He was playing the long game. By the series four finale on 30 July 2010, the show hit a ratings peak of 2.17 million. It became a hit in its time slot. On TMDB, users rate it 8.2. Patience, it seems, is a viable business model.
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Sources
- The IT Crowd on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q239672 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The IT Crowd” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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