You do? Hmmmm interesting...Ricky created it, wrote twelve episodes (plus the Christmas specials)...won about 5 Baftas...how can he be the loser?
I guess it's all down to context, culture, subjectivity. Here, The Office is widely regarded in the same esteem as Fawlty Towers. The American version hasn't even been shown here yet. So, as I say, it's down to what you know. Main thing is....you enjoy the work...