It’s hard to watch Season Two of Getting On without thinking about The Office. The parallels are obvious. Both are British imports from namesake series, and both, at least in the early going, inherited an understated, gloomy brand of humor from their sardonic predecessors. Yet the most vital link is what both series represent for the future of the American sitcom. HBO’s darkly comic series that follows under-appreciated nurses Dawn (Alex Borstein) and Didi (Niecy Nash) and a manic, hyper-agitated Dr. Jenna James (Laurie Metcalf) as they care for the elderly female patients of the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit in Long Beach is set to begin its second season Nov. 9. Yet despite a...