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Watch “Threat Level Midnight” as Michael Scott from The Office originally intended

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Finally, fans of The Office can watch Threat Level Midnight, Michael Scott’s spy movie, as he originally intended. Episode 17 from Season 7 of NBC’s …

Ricky Gervais and the BBC to produce a David Brent rockumentary in big-screen spinoff of “The Office”

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2014

When is a movie about The Office not an Office movie? When Ricky Gervais says it is? The BBC and Gervais announced Tuesday that they’re …

The Office Time Machine: A Cross-Cultural Reference Supercut Spectacular

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 25, 2014

Joe Sabia is a NYC-based director and speaker, who has co-hosted and co-curated Boing Boing TV on Virgin America for three years. But for the …

NBC orders Craig Robinson’s “Mr. Robinson” to series with initial six episodes

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 7, 2014

Craig Robinson’s post-Office career will continue with parent company NBC, after all. The Peacock Network on Monday ordered an initial six-episode run of his 2012 …

What could have been: Famous actors who auditioned for NBC’s “The Office” in 2003

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2013August 6, 2013

You knew and loved NBC’s adaptation of The Office. Would you have felt the same way, if: Seth Rogen had played Dwight instead of Rainn …

“All The Faces,” by Creed Bratton, as sung in NBC’s “The Office” finale

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2013May 17, 20131

NBC’s The Office wrapped up nine seasons of documenting the life and times of the employees at Scranton’s Dunder-Mifflin paper company. No spoilers about Thursday …

UK classic comedy character revivals: New “David Brent” from Ricky Gervias, “Alan Partridge” from Steve Coogan

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2013

What’s a decade for comedy nerds to wait for their beloved British characters? Over the weekend, we saw the rebirth of not only Steve Coogan’s …

Comedy Headlines for 1/4/13

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 4, 2013January 4, 2013

What’s happening in the comedy world now… Lionsgate announced it would release Kevin Hart’s next stand-up special as a big-screen movie, Kevin Hart: Let Me …

Rainn Wilson, Matthew Perry both parody Angus Jones; call their comedies “filth”

by Sean L. McCarthyNovember 30, 2012

What to say about Angus Jones, the proverbial other “half” of long-running CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, who in his late teen-aged years, …

Comedy Headlines for 10/26/12

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 26, 2012

What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adam Sandler is moving his moving-pictures business from Sony to Paramount — at least for his next trick, …