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From the NYTimes:
After protracted negotiations, “The Office” will return with most of its cast intact for what may be one last season, and its creator, Greg Daniels, will be back at work, too.
Mr. Daniels, the original supervisor for “The Office,” is expected to return in a hands-on capacity, Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, said in an interview. (Paul Lieberstein left that role at the end of last season.)
So 30 Rock, The Office, and (most likely) Community are all going to end after next season. That's gonna make 2013-2014 really interesting. Up All Night is already showing signs of becoming tired after one season.
That leaves them with "Parks & Recreation" as their one good comedy, which is a lot to hang an entire network on.
Somehow I doubt "1600 Penn", "Next Caller", "Go On", "The New Normal", or "Guys With Kids" is going to be the show that saves the network. They really should have been planning better over the last few years.
Last edited by BillBrasky; May 18, 2012 at 11:37 AM.
Dan Sterling and Brent Forrester are going to be executive producers next season on The Office
This bodes well, Sterling was one of the EPs of "The Sarah Silverman Program" and co-created/EPed Sarah's recent NBC pilot too. Forrester, of course, has been a writer for "The Simpsons", "The Ben Stiller Show", "Mr. Show", and "King of the Hill".
Maybe the next season might be OK with them in charge (a showrunner hasn't been officially announced yet). Paul Lieberstein, who had been running the show, is leaving to work on the Rainn Wilson spinoff (good luck with that one).
Sterling has also been writing for the Office for the past few seasons..Doubt this will change much
Pretty sure Brent Forrester was also an EP during the first couple seasons.
*Brent "Lemon of Troy" Forrester
No reason not to be excited about this.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/BJ-Novak...e-1049231.aspx
Dunder Mifflin temp Ryan Howard may be joining his on-again, off-again flame Kelly Kapoor in exiting The Office. B.J. Novak, who has doubled as a writer off-screen and a series regular on-screen since The Office's 2005 launch, is leaving as a full-time part of the show.
Novak will remain a member of the extended Office family, however. Even though he no longer has a deal in place with series producer Universal TV, Novak is expected to make recurring appearances on The Office and could even still do some writing for the show. Novak has also directed several episodes of The Office and could return in that capacity as well.
But Novak's decision to end his full-time presence at The Office comes just as his good friend Mindy Kaling, who has played Kelly since the show's launch, leaves to star in Fox's new fall comedy The Mindy Project. Novak served as an executive producer on The Mindy Project pilot but won't hold a permanent position there either.
The Office, already at a crossroads following the departure two seasons ago of Steve Carell, is in for more big changes this year. Besides Kaling and Novak, James Spader is exiting after one season, while Catherine Tate is now full-time. Stars Ed Helms and John Krasinski are expected to appear in fewer episodes next year as they juggle their busy movie schedules.
Also, departing showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who plays The Office's human resources manager, Toby) is moving on to develop an Office spinoff centered on the character of Dwight (played by Rainn Wilson). That means executive producer Greg Daniels, who originally adapted The Office from its U.K./Ricky Gervais roots, is returning full time to oversee the show's creative evolution this season. With Daniels in charge, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt told reporters last month that the show will deliver some "explosive story twists."
The character of Ryan has seen ups and downs throughout the run of The Office. Originally the office temp, Ryan quickly moved up the ladder to become a big time Dunder-Mifflin executive — until he developed a drug habit and then was exposed for corporate fraud and fired. He was later brought back as a temp in the Scranton office and from there occasionally came up with new schemes (like a social networking site dubbed "WUPHF") and toyed with Kelly's affections.
Novak's other credits include appearances in the features Inglorious Basterds and The Dictator.
So Greg Daniels is returning? Jesus. Thats like JJ Abrams returning to Lost in its 6th season. Hows he gonna deal with all the mess thats been left in his wake? Every cast member leaving usually does not go hand in hand with original showrunner retuning..And what about Parks n rec?
Someone's planted a bomb in Dunder Mifflin and only B.J. Novak's tragic sacrifice can save the remaining cast members from the blast.Originally Posted by BillBrasky
I hope the bomb is hidden inside of the microwave to bring everything full-circle.
Isn't Michael Schur the showrunner for Parks and Rec? He seems to be the one who makes the speeches when they win stuff. (Or, that one time they won something, at the Comedy Awards I think?)
I think they are co-showrunners or some such.
http://tvline.com/2012/06/29/office-...-farm-casting/
They have begun casting for "The Farm", the spinoff of The Office featuring Dwight working at a bed and breakfast. The off-shoot will sneak peek as an episode of The Office’s upcoming season 9 before getting the green light to make a go of it on its own. The other regulars on the show will be:
FANNIE SCHRUTE - Attractive, urban and in her late 20s/early 30s, Dwight’s younger sister fled the Schrute farm life for Boston as soon as she could, and has had little to do with her roots for quite some time. Now divorced with one son, Fannie is “a bit of a pseudo-intellectual lefty” with an ironic sense of humor and a great heart.
JEB SCHRUTE - Dwight’s easygoing thirtysomething brother hasn’t done well in any of the career paths he’s followed – worm breeder and Bigfoot hunter among them — but has found some success with a pot farm. He’s got none of Dwight’s dedication or work ethic, but he has made an exercise video about things you can do with a knife and a canoe.
CAMERON WHITMAN - Dwight’s smart and slightly weird 9-year-old nephew (Fannie’s son) is a cosmopolitan lad who nevertheless feels the pull of his Schrute heritage, especially when he’s around someone — his uncles, perhaps? — who can offer the fatherly guidance he lacks.
HEINRICH MANHEIM - The Schrute siblings’ great uncle is charming, greedy, manipulative… and just may have had to spend time in Argentina following World War II, thanks to his German National Socialist roots. Oh, and he vows to kill Dwight by the end of the first episode.
Thoughts on who should play any of these roles?
Nobody should play these roles. It's a terrible idea for a show. and has Dwight EVER mentioned any of these people before?
I'm not against this show, I just think they should have cancelled "The Office". We really don't need an "AfterMASH" type situation where they try to pointlessly continue a show with half the cast missing (Kelly, Ryan, and now Dwight).
What could be funnier than a Nazi war criminal?
But Dwight's still on the show this season. They're basically going to do one season without Kelly and with less Ryan. It's not like Michael Scott is leaving the show or anything...
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