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Last summer’s Office webisodes, The Accountants, have been nominated for a 2007 Daytime Emmy award in the brand new category of Outstanding Broadband Program — Comedy:

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for four new Emmy Awards for original entertainment programming — comedy, drama, children’s and variety created specifically for broadband, including computers, mobile phones, PDAs and similar devices.

The broadband awards will be presented June 14 in Los Angeles.

Link: Complete list of broadband nominations

Tipster: Tammy

After receiving this tip, I checked out my own TiVo’s To Do List, and sure enough, Jenna Fischer is listed as a guest star on tonight’s brand new episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, entitled ‘Breaking News.’

Link: Video of Jenna on ‘Studio 60′

Tipsters: Nicki, Denise

E! Online’s Kristin Veitch recently released some new footage of her chat with The Office gang at the upfronts earlier this month.

Although Season 4 is mentioned, it’s not really spoilerish … or true. :)

Link: Kristin’s Vine Show

From USA Today:

She has received well-wishes from all her Office co-stars. Steve Carell (Michael) sent flowers with a funny note. John Krasinski (Jim) wrote a “lovely e-mail.” Rainn Wilson (Dwight) placed a call to her room. But it was an NBC doc who really impressed her. “Zach Braff (Scrubs) was at the party when I fell. And bless his heart, the next day he sent a big tray of cupcakes to my hotel. In those first few days, all my husband and I did for pleasure was watch a Larry Sanders DVD and eat those cupcakes.”

Get better soon, Jenna!

Link: Fischer feeling better after big fall

From NBC’s press release:

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Ben Silverman, the prolific producer and program executive behind such television hits as “The Office,” “Ugly Betty,” and “The Biggest Loser,” as well as the man who brought “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” and “Big Brother” to the United States, is becoming a senior executive at NBC Universal. Silverman and veteran NBCU executive Marc Graboff have been appointed Co-Chairmen of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Link: BEN SILVERMAN AND MARC GRABOFF NAMED CO-CHAIRMEN OF NBC ENTERTAINMENT AND NBC UNIVERSAL TELEVISION STUDIO

Michael Ausiello has posted TV Guide’s Dream Emmy Ballot for 2007.

The Office received quite a few nods:

• Best Comedy: The Office
• Lead Comedy Actor: Steve Carell
• Supporting Comedy Actress: Angela Kinsey
• Supporting Comedy Actor: Ed Helms, John Krasinski

Uh, Michael? NO JENNA FISCHER?!

Link: It’s Here: Our 2007 Dream Emmy Ballot!

In terms of total viewership, The Office finished 68th (8.3 million viewers) out of 142 programs for the 2006-07 season. But that doesn’t tell the whole story.

Here’s how The Office ranked compared to some other comedies:

Bales, OfficeTally’s resident ratings watcher, says:

• For the all-critical adults 18-49 demo … this makes The Office the fourth highest ranked NBC scripted show in the demo, behind Heroes, ER, and Law and Order: SVU.

Adding a few points of my own:

• The Office is NBC’s #1 comedy in terms of the 18-49 demo!
• Aside from Two And A Half Men, no other non-animated 30-minute comedy beats The Office in this demographic.

Link: Complete 2006-2007 rankings at Hollywood Reporter

Tipster: bales

John Krasinski graces the cover of Mean Magazine’s June issue, on newsstands June 5th.

Nice photos. Great interview!

Links: Mean Magazine | GMMR’s photo and article scans