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NBC's Friday Night Dinner Adaptation Lands Two Emmy Winners As Leads

Greg Daniels (creator of the American version of The Office) has already generated a lot of buzz for another British adaptation with Friday Night Dinner, which was picked up by NBC for a pilot test a few weeks ago. Now the buzz has grown expotentially thanks to the series gaining finalized deals from Emmy winners Tony Shalhoub and Allison Janney as the stars.  read more

Mindy Kaling Might Be Leaving The Office To Star In Own Show

Mindy Kaling has already developed an animated series for NBC, and now has received the green light for a medical comedy. Only, it isn’t on the network that made her famous; instead Fox has picked up the series which Kaling will co-produce and co-star in as an OB/GYN.  read more

NBC Preps Dwight Schrute Spinoff

First Michael Scott left The Office and now perhaps Dwight Schrute? Looks like NBC is ready to give Rainn Wilson his own spinoff for a midseason 2013 premiere. Though no deals have been finalized, it looks like Wilson and producer/writer/star Paul Lieberstein have been brewing this idea for a few years now.  read more

Stephen Merchant: Standing Up Tall

“It started fine,” Merchant says of his first encounter with a groupie. “But it very quickly descended into lots of late-night phone calls. You know, ‘call me or I’ll cut myself.’” He pauses, letting the nervous laughter build. “And she did not want to hear that. That was a downer.”  read more

Creator, Writers of The Office, Parks and Rec Developing Two Animated Shows

The Office and Parks & Recreation executive producer Greg Daniels is developing not one, but two animated series for NBC. Well, co-developing.  read more

Paste's Holiday Gift Guide For TV Lovers

In continuation of this week’s gift guides, we turn our attention to something you probably look at everyday. TV lovers know what they want, but sometimes they need help expanding their horizons. It would be easy to give them nothing but their favorite shows on DVD, but there are much more interesting TV-related gifts out there.  read more

Now There's a Real Dunder Mifflin Brand of Copy Paper

As the A.V. Club pointed out today, everyone’s favorite fictional paper company from Scranton is no longer completely fictional: NBCUniversal just inked a deal with Staples Inc.‘s Quill.com website to license The Office’s beloved company name for use as the name of an actual brand of copy paper. The irony of Dunder Mifflin’s in-universe competitor Staples now selling paper under the Dunder Mifflin name aside, it’s a smart strategy on behalf of both Staples and NBC to drive up demand for copy paper in an increasingly digital world and help curb The Office’s declining ratings and viewership, respectively. But the...  read more

Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes Again?

After a controversial hosting gig at the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais may be returning to host again.  read more

Office Producer Looks To Adapt Another British Comedy

Greg Daniels, one of the producers behind another American adaptation featuring a certain Michael Scott, is now looking across the Atlantic for another comic goldmine. Friday Night Dinner, a British comedy about a "rough-around-the-edges", but traditional English-Jewish family and the Friday night Shabbat dinners they have. According to Deadline, the series began airing its first season this past February and also recently began airing on BBC America.   read more

New Comedy Pilot From Megamind Writers Goes To NBC

A new comedy pilot from the likes of Megamind writers Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simmons, as well as Will Gluck's production company, has finally been bought by NBC. The pilot is about the behind-the-scenes operations of an elementary school, via "mockumentary" style camera work. According to an exclusive report from Deadline, the currently untitled show has finally landed on NBC after a tense bidding war, fitting well alongside the similar style featured in The Office.  read more