The paper

Fans of The Office will give it a go, and over the course of a slow-burn first season, come to feel some affection for the denizens of the Truth Teller Tower.

...isn't The Office; it has its own tone: less cringe, more cute.

...doesn't walk the same path as "The Office," but that's more of a feature than a bug. It's less brash and more polished...

The series finds the right balance of mellow, character-driven comedy and broader antics.

...has the makings of the next big comfort comedy.

...has no problem characterising local journalism as mundane and mediocre but, as they say, it takes one to know one.