The Office

American mockumentary television sitcom

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February 2025 Oscar Nunez is announced to be reprising his role as Oscar Martinez from the original The Office series.
2024 A follow-up to the American version of The Office is announced for release on Peacock. Amazon Prime Video also debuts an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character.
2024 Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore cast as lead actors in 'The Paper'.
2024 Greg Daniels and Michael Koman create 'The Paper', a mockumentary sitcom series following up on the success of 'The Office'.
November 2024 Allan Havey, Nancy Lenehan, Molly Ephraim, and Tracy Letts were added to the recurring cast.
October 2024 Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key, and Eric Rahill were cast in the series.
September 2024 Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, and Ramona Young joined the cast of the series.
July 2024 Production of the series began.
May 2024 Peacock ordered the untitled comedy mockumentary series, which will follow a declining Midwestern newspaper and its efforts to resurrect itself with volunteer reporters.
April 2024 AT&T commercial reuniting Rainn Wilson, Craig Robinson, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Brian Baumgartner, and Creed Bratton, featuring Wilson promoting a fictional small business called 'Sleep With Rain'.
January 2024 Steve Carell confirms he will not be part of the new Office follow-up series, despite having played Michael Scott in the original show.
November 2023 Greg Daniels clarified that he was not interested in simply redoing the show with a different cast, but preferred a spinoff focusing on a different subject in the same world.
2021 Peacock began releasing 'Superfan Episodes' with extended format and additional footage from the original series.
October 3 2021 The Office completed its run on Cozi TV.
February 2021 Brian Baumgartner launched 'The Office Deep Dive' podcast, interviewing cast, writers, and crew about behind-the-scenes stories of the show.
January 1 2021 A deleted cold open featuring Hank playing 'Dorpheus' in an elaborate prank by Jim and Pam was released on YouTube, with a dedication to the late Hugh Dane.
2020 Part of Nate's performance in the episode 'Dwight Christmas' was removed for containing blackface.
2020 The Office became the most streamed series, with 57 billion minutes watched in the United States.
July 2020 Leslie David Baker launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a pilot for 'Uncle Stan', a proposed spin-off focusing on Stanley Hudson, which was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 2020 Former showrunner Greg Daniels expressed doubts about a potential reboot being possible.
2019 The Guardian ranks The Office 32nd on their list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.
October 16 2019 The 'Office Ladies' podcast premiered on Earwolf, hosted by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.
September 2019 NBCUniversal's Bonnie Hammer expressed hope for an Office reboot with the announcement of the Peacock streaming service.
September 11 2019 Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey announced their podcast 'Office Ladies', which would feature behind-the-scenes details and fan Q&A about The Office.
December 13 2017 Comedy Central announced acquiring all nine seasons of The Office from NBCUniversal in a non-exclusive deal.
2016 David Brent: Life on the Road movie released, starring Ricky Gervais and featuring his David Brent character.
2016 Rolling Stone names The Office one of the 100 greatest television shows of all time, solidifying its cultural impact and legacy.
2013 The Writers Guild of America places The Office at No. 66 on their list of 101 Best Written TV Series.
2013 Andy embarrasses himself at an a cappella singing competition, which becomes a viral web sensation and ends his acting aspirations.
2013 Jim and Pam move to Austin, Texas to open a new branch of Athleap (formerly Athlead) with Darryl, after Dwight 'fires' them to provide severance packages.
2013 David Wallace handpicks Dwight to become the new regional manager of the Scranton branch after Andy quits to pursue an acting career.
2013 Kelly and Ryan run away together, Erin meets her birth parents, Andy gets a job at Cornell, Stanley retires to Florida, Kevin and Toby are fired, and Oscar runs for State Senate in the series finale.
2013 Dwight marries Angela after professing his love for her, with Michael returning to serve as the best man.
2013 The American version of The Office concludes after nine seasons, having produced a total of 201 episodes.
March 14 2013 The episode 'The Farm' originally aired on NBC, featuring a storyline about Dwight's farm and family. The episode was viewed by an estimated 3.54 million viewers and received a 1.9 rating/5 percent share in the 18-49 demographic.
2012 Pam becomes pregnant with her son Philip Halpert, who is named after her grandfather, which is revealed in the eighth-season premiere.
2012 In the season 8 episode 'Lotto', Nate applies for a warehouse position with Dunder Mifflin after the rest of the warehouse staff quits.
2012 Christoph Maria Herbst wins Deutscher Comedypreis for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for the German version of The Office.
2012 The ninth and final season of 'The Office' begins airing, marking the last full season of the popular mockumentary-style sitcom.
2012 Andy abandons the office to travel around the Caribbean with his brother after his parents' relationship falls apart, during the final season of the show.
2012 Robert California cancels the Tallahassee retail store project.
2012 Andy partners with former CFO David Wallace to repurchase Dunder Mifflin from Sabre, effectively putting Sabre out of business and reinstating himself as manager.
2012 Andy is fired after refusing to accept his demotion to salesman.
2012 Andy goes to Florida to win back Erin, during which Nellie claims the manager position.
November 29 2012 "The Target" episode of The Office originally aired on NBC, becoming the lowest-rated and least-viewed episode in the series' history, with 3.88 million viewers during its initial broadcast.
November 15 2012 Actual broadcast date of 'The Whale' episode on NBC, which drew an estimated 4.16 million viewers and a 2.1/6 percent rating in the 18-49 demographic.
November 8 2012 Originally scheduled air date for 'The Whale' episode, which was delayed and replaced with a rerun of The Voice.
November 8 2012 The episode 'The Boat' finally aired on NBC, attracting an estimated 4.83 million viewers with a 2.4 rating/6 percent share among adults 18-49.
November 1 2012 Episode 'The Boat' was originally scheduled to air on NBC, but was replaced with a rerun of The Voice due to Hurricane Sandy's impact.
October 2012 NBC decided not to move forward with 'The Farm' spin-off series, though a backdoor pilot episode was produced and later modified to air during the ninth season of The Office.

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