“Extras,” which premieres Sunday on HBO, is Ricky Gervais’ follow-up to “The Office,” the BBC series that made him famous and, I suppose, rich. The series, which focuses on the world of the uncredited ...

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Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale is technically a Christmas special, but other than the box art depicting Ricky Gervais covered in lights with the tagline “Bloody merry,” you’d hardly know it.

As cringe-inducing as The Office, Extras lampoons Hollywood with great cheer while paying mournful tribute to failed dreams When we first met Ricky Gervais in the early noughties, he played the cringe ...