The IT Crowd is one of my favorite shows. I watched this awhile back and I was really sad to think, “well good thing that wasn’t made.”
The first two series of the US edition of The Office was kind of uncomfortable because it was essentially the scripting and acting of what was previously improvised. I hear the 3rd series onwards was better received in part because it was originally written for the US audience, it was never made for the UK audience, and it wasn't improv'd.
That said, there is definitely a tonal shift away from the UK series in the beginning, most notably starting with season 2.
It really chocked me as I can’t think of many remakes that are better than the original.
I think original IT Crowd is perfect and should be left that way.
It isn't better than the original. It's very good though.