Breaking News!! NBC Supersizes the Season Finale of The Office

In a press release issued today, NBC has announced that the season finale of The Office will in fact be Supersized!!  Looks like our efforts paid off.  I’m sure this has much more to do with the quality writing and superb acting than our little petition, but either way this is fantastic news!! 

So what does this mean?  I know that we were really hoping for a truly supersized season finale, as in one hour, but I’ll take what I can get.  The show will be an extra ten minutes long, running from 9:20-10pm on Thursday, May 11th.

Did you know that the season finale was written by Steve Carell?  Guess he really wet his chops writing the screenplay for Threat level Midnight.  Check out the press release about the finale as well as a brief episode description (contains minor spoilers):

IN SUPER-SIZED SEASON FINALE WRITTEN BY SERIES STAR STEVE CARELL, ‘OFFICE’ MATES LET IT ROLL — In the super-sized season finale, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and the Dunder Mifflin crew hold a “Casino Night” for charity in their warehouse — and take some big gambles. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Melora Hardin and David Denham also star. The episode was written by series star Steve Carell.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to sign the Supersize The Office petition.  If nothing else, it was was great for the writers, producers and actors to see how much their fans appreciate them.

A special thanks to James from Northern Attack for taking my little idea and making it happen. You rock!! Thanks also to Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey & Brian Baumgartner for supporting our efforts and directing people to the petition.  Love you guys!!!

No Summer Break for Staff of NBC’s The Office

This is the best damn news I have heard all week.  Looks like we are going to get a little Summer love from the folks at The Office. I’m such a HUGE fan of the Dunder Mifflin Accounting Staff, and I’m glad to see they are getting the recognition they deserve.  Congrats to all of them…especially my MySpace friends Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey, who have always been kind to Give Me My Remote.

THE OFFICE Follow-Up Ordered at Peacock

THE OFFICE is getting a follow-up series…on Peacock.

The series comes from THE OFFICE developer Greg Daniels and NATHAN FOR YOU co-creator Michael Koman. The still-untitled series is “a new mockumentary series set in the same universe as NBC’s Emmy Award-winning hit series THE OFFICE.”

According to the streamer, “The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters. The series is produced by Universal Television.”

“It’s been more than ten years since the final episode of THE OFFICE aired on NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and build new generations of fans on Peacock,” said Lisa Katz, President, NBCUniversal Entertainment, in a statement. “In partnership with Universal Television and led by the creative team of Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, this new series set in the universe of Dunder Mifflin introduces a new cast of characters in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling: a daily newspaper.”

Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore will star in the ensemble series, which is set to start production in July.

Peacock has been the exclusive streaming home of THE OFFICE in recent years (which ran on NBC from 2005-2013), including extended cuts of the beloved NBC comedy dubbed “Superfan Episodes.”

THE OFFICE, Streaming on Peacock

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THE OFFICE ‘Superfan Episodes’: Peacock Sets Release Date for Extended Season 7 Installments

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Peacock will release season 7 of THE OFFICE ‘Superfan Episodes’—the extended cuts including new and never-before-seen scenes—on Monday, January 22. Read more

Recreate Dunder Mifflin with New THE OFFICE Diorama Playset

Have you ever wanted to build you own mini-Dunder Mifflin? The new THE OFFICE Mini Moments Mini-Figure Diorama Playset allows you to recreate a small version of the paper company, complete with select characters.

The five sets (which can be purchased individually or as a unit) include different areas of Dunder Mifflin, but can be connected to recreate the front section of the office.

Here are the characters and sections available for pre-order (ahead of a planned September 2021) release! Read more

THE OFFICE: Peacock to Stream Entire Series for Free for a Week

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In honor of THE OFFICE’s 16th birthday (on March 24), Peacock has made all nine seasons of the comedy available to stream for free for one week only. (Seasons 1-2 are available to stream for free at any time.)

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THE OFFICE: Kate Flannery on Unexpectedly Getting to Reprise Meredith with Extended ‘Superfan’ Episodes

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With THE OFFICE now streaming on Peacock, one of the greatest assets of its new home are the extended “Superfan Episodes.” (The first four released are season 3’s “Beach Games,” “Phyliis’ Wedding,” “Benihana Christmas,” and “Grief Counseling”; more episodes will be coming later in the year.)

“I always loved the way every episode came out, but we always overshot—we shot 40 pages and maybe 23 or 24 made it in,” THE OFFICE star Kate Flannery shared in the video below. “A lot of Meredith stuff got cut, so I’m selfishly happy to kind of relive those moments, because I kind of forgot about some of them.”

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67th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations

It’s time for the 2015 Emmy nominations!

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My Day on the set of THE OFFICE (Part II)

It’s Office Thursday (late but it’s still Thursday)!!! I thought I could use our weekly Office Thursday time to share Part II “my day on the set of The Office”. During Part I, I rambled at length about how we spent our day, but what I didn’t really get into was the experience of meeting the cast. And what a thrill it was. So to that end, let’s get to it.

First off I should say that Jennie and I were invited to observe day of filming for The Office. It was a work day for the cast and crew, so despite all the access we had, it wasn’t the time to interview the cast. So I know many of you asked what type of questions I asked – but it really wasn’t about that. Maybe some other time. Sorry that I don’t have any pics of the cast without me, but a girl has to remember the day somehow, right? Feel free to click on the pics to enlarge them (and sorry but one you might have to click again once they are enlarged as they are a bit distorted after the first click). Oh, and I’m really, really sorry about how long this post is. If I were a better writer I could be more succinct – but sadly for you and I both, I’m not.

Hmm, where to begin. I guess I should start with my first cast sighting. The first time I saw a Dunder Mifflinite was actually on the monitors. Pam and Phyllis were having a little chat in the conference room. At first I was trying to place the episode in which this scene took place. It hadn’t really hit me yet that the little TVs we were watching were a direct feed from the next room where they were filming. Within a few minutes I had settled in and was watching Michael, Dwight and the ladies film a scene. And then it happened – the camera panned over and BOOM! there was Krasinski. Now I must tell you that I had convinced myself that John wasn’t going to be on set. I thought for sure he was going to be down South filming Leatherheads. But nope, there he was in all his tall and lanky glory. It didn’t suck.

Ed Helms was the first cast member that Jennie and I were able to meet and talk with. Actually over the course of the day we probably saw Ed more than anyone else in the cast. My first instinct was YEAH Andy is back, and then WOW he looks SO different than he did on The Daily Show – so much younger (must be the lack of glasses). We were chatting it up a little with Ed about his time on TDS, how happy he was by the fans immediate response to Andy, and even checked out some YouTube video of him and his band The Lonesome Trio. Ed was a really sweet guy and I’m so glad he is now a series regular on the show.

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