The Office
Inside the Netflix Data Trove: ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Suits’ and 10,000 Titles (Almost) No One Watched
Netflix released a huge amount of streaming data Tuesday — viewing totals for more than 18,000 movies and seasons of TV for the first half of 2023. Taken as a whole, it’s almost an overwhelming amount of information that speaks to Netflix’s ability to engage its huge subscriber base (just under 239 million for the […]
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‘The Office’ Star Leslie David Baker to Refund Fan Donations Received for Uncle Stan Spinoff
Leslie David Baker announced that he is refunding all donations sent by fans for a proposed spinoff centered around his Office character Stanley Hudson. In an Instagram post shared Thursday, the actor revealed plans to refund the money received via a 2020 Kickstarter campaign for the proposed project called Uncle Stan. The show was aimed to center on a retired Stanley getting […]
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‘The Office’ Star Rainn Wilson Talks Mental Health, Comedy and Bill Maher Podcast Backlash
The Office star Rainn Wilson came to the Just for Laughs comedy festival to talk seriously about spiritual suffering and “anxious discontent” people feel everywhere. He wasted no time before addressing the recent media storm he caused when he shared during an interview with Bill Maher on his Club Random podcast that he felt “mostly unhappy” […]
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Rainn Wilson on Why He Felt “Mostly Unhappy” While on ‘The Office’
Rainn Wilson is looking back on filming The Office and sharing why he felt “mostly unhappy” at the time. In an interview with Bill Maher on Maher’s Club Random podcast, Wilson, who starred on the sitcom as Dwight Schrute for nine seasons, explained that he spent “several years” on the series feeling unhappy because it […]
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B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling Reminisce on ‘The Office’ Days at PGA Awards: “She Cared So Much About Everything”
B.J. Novak recalled the early days in his career, working with Mindy Kaling on The Office, while presenting her the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television at the 2023 PGA Awards Saturday night. “The first thing I noticed about Mindy in that writers room is that she cared so much about everything,” the Vengeance actor […]
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New Year’s Eve: 25 Memorable Scenes in Film and TV
Movies and television shows have long had a fascination with New Year’s Eve, promising big parties and falling in love with strangers as the clock strikes midnight. Resolutions have also played a big role in plots, whether inspiring characters to be better or sending them to fail miserably in whatever they hoped to change about […]
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This Official ‘Office’ Lego Set Belongs on the Desk of Every Dunder Mifflin Paper Pusher
The 1,164-piece set includes 15 character figurines, a gelatin-covered stapler and (yes) even a tiny "World's Best Boss" mug — find out how to buy it, plus shop other show-inspired merch.
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Saudi Arabian Edition of ‘The Office’ in the Works
It may be almost a decade since its doors shuttered in the U.S. and nearly 20 years since it drew to a close in the U.K., but Saudi Arabia will soon be getting its own remake of The Office. BBC Studios, which owns the format rights, and MBC Studios, the production arm of Saudi-owned Middle East […]
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‘Space Force’ Canceled at Netflix
Netflix is decommissioning Space Force. The streaming giant has canceled the Steve Carell comedy from The Office creator Greg Daniels after two critically panned seasons. The news comes after Netflix attempted to creatively reboot the pricey comedy in its second season, moving the production from Los Angeles to Vancouver in a bid to reduce its […]
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‘Upload’ Cast and Creators Talk Sophomore Season, Working With “Genius” Greg Daniels
On Tuesday evening, the cast and crew of Prime Video’s Upload gathered for the first time to celebrate the show’s sophomore run. The first season debuted at the start of the pandemic in 2020, leaving the group without an official season one premiere. Led by sitcom veteran and The Office creator Greg Daniels, Upload was […]
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The ‘Office’ Showrunner on Rebooting ‘Space Force’ and Revisiting Michael Scott
Greg Daniels never intended to make a dating show. Then the pandemic hit, and he and his 26-year-old daughter, Haley, found themselves shooting one. Admittedly, Haley Daniels — an employee at Illumination by day — was a far bigger fan of the genre than her father, but they’d both watched Love Island and, as he […]
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Todd Whiting, NBCUniversal Digital Content Veteran, Dies at 45
Todd Whiting, a 17-year veteran with NBCUniversal, has died. He was 45. Whiting died suddenly on Jan. 4 of cardiac arrest resulting from pneumonia and complications from COVID-19, his family said. “Todd’s love of people and faithfulness in friendship is what will be missed by so many from coast to coast. Todd had an infectious […]
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