The Office

Steve Carell produced Laughing Stock ordered by Showtime

  Former star of “The Office” Steve Carell just went into business with Showtime. Carell is executive producing new comedy series “Laughing Stock” and Showtime just put in a 10-episode order. The show will feature one-on-one interview sessions with the big names in comedy, including Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres,...
By Angela Share

James Spader headed to The Office?

After James Spader’s guest gig in the finale of “The Office” it was pretty obvious there was a little magic and word was he may have pipped Catherine Tate, favourite to take over from Steve Carell’s replacement. Now word on the ground is suggesting he may have snagged a new role created for him and...
By Angela Share

The Office guest star roster gets character names

A little more teasing from NBC about “The Office” guest stars. Writer and actress Mindy Kaling took to Twitter to tease us with further info about those guest roles. Kaling states: “Naming new characters is one of the most fun times in a writers room, as @KenTremendous can attest. Takes a tiny, silly part of...
By Angela Share

Could Catherine Tate take over from Steve Carell in The Office?

  As Steve Carell gets set to wave goodbye to “The Office” (on April 28) the rumors are flying as to who might be taking over as the manager of Dunder Mifflin. My favorite of the bunch is Catherine Tate (the others are James Spader and Ray Romano). The UK actress would make an amazing...
By Angela Share

NBC renews Parks & Recreation, Community and The Office

NBC has renewed “The Office”, “Parks and Recreation” and “Community”. You may already know NBC’s other hot comedy property “30 Rock” landed an early renewal, that’s four cool comedy shows, all off the fence list and onto the renewal list, pretty cool! NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt stated “I am so pleased to renew these three...
By Angela Share

Video of Michael Scott and David Brent meeting

Here it is, the moment “The Office” fans have been waiting for, David Brent and Michael Scott meeting for the first time. The encounter sees Steve Carell’s Michael Scott literally bumping into Ricky Gervais’s character David Brent at an elevator. An exchange about accents and comedy follows before Brent asks Scott if their are any...
By Angela Share

David Brent heading to US version of The Office?

That’s the word on the street. Apparently it’s all to do with giving Steve Carell a good send off and making fans happy. Ricky Gervais might still be in warm water this week after his Golden Globes mouthiness, but that’s not going to dampen the thrilled look on most fans faces when they see his...
By Angela Share

Steve Carell set to say bye to The Office in April

Steve Carell’s character in The Office is leaving, but he’s leaving a month or so earlier than fans had anticipated. According to sources he was leaving at the end of the season, so most people drew conclusions and assumed that meant the last episode. It doesn’t. According to the shows show-runner: “Steve will have a...
By Angela Share

Steve Carell thinks leaving The Office is a good thing

  Steve Carell will be leaving The Office at the end of the next season and apparently he doesn’t see it as that big of a deal. He told E! Online “I just think it’s time. I want to fulfill my contract. When I first signed on I had a contract for seven seasons, and this...
By Angela Share

Zach Woods made series regular in NBC’s The Office

It seems to be all the rage this month to promote ‘invaders’ to series regulars, what with all those Grey’s Anatomy folks getting the good news and now Gabe Lewis apparently being afforded the same in NBC’s The Office. Gabe appeared last season when Dunder-Mifflin and the Sabre Company did that weird merge when Sabre...
By Angela Share

TV stars and characters on Twitter

  I thought some of you Twitter fans might like a list of TV stars and TV characters on Twitter, so that you can follow them at your will. Now I’m not a huge user of Twitter, I find all the day to day comments (I’m having a coffee) all a bit dull, but if...

No Ricky Gervais for the US version of The Office?

  Although it would be a delicious thought to have both Steve Carell and Ricky Gervais together on screen in the US version of The Office, sadly it looks like it might not be happening. Rumors have swirled for a while that Gervais had been booked to appear on the last episode of the US...

NBC TV show renewals for next year

This week has brought us some great news of renewals for the TV season next year. Some of the big hits will be returning, such as The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. It’s no surprise that NBC has quickly snapped these up for another season, as both The Office and 30 Rock continue...
By Angela Share

Jessica Alba also joins The Office for post Superbowl episode

We just reported recently on the fact that The Office had managed to secure Jack Black for it’s post-superbowl show. Now, they’ve gone and improved on that by getting the lovely Jessica Alba to also star in the same show. Alba will be appearing alongside Black and the other Office regulars in the post-superbowl show....
By Angela Share

Jack Black in The Office?

As if getting the post-Super Bowl spot wasn’t enough for The Office, they’ve only gone and added in an extremely impressive guest star – Jack Black. It’s unknown yet what role he’ll actually play, but nabbing a movie star like Black will definitely bring in the ratings. The idea of him and Carell working together...
By Angela Share