Month: May 2007

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‘The Office’ Season 4 news

NBC has announced its plans for the 2007-2008 season of The Office:

The network has ordered 30 half-hours of the hit series “The Office,” including five hour-long episodes, and also has increased the season order for “My Name Is Earl” to 25 episodes.

NBC’s acclaimed Thursday “Comedy Night Done Right” lineup will next year lead off with “My Name is Earl” at 8 p.m. (ET), which will be followed by “30 Rock” at 8:30 p.m., the Peabody Award-winning “The Office” at 9 p.m. and “Scrubs” at 9:30.

Link: NBC DELIVERS THE QUALITY ONCE AGAIN THIS FALL, INTRODUCING FIVE AMBITIOUS NEW DRAMAS, AN INVENTIVE COMEDY AND A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE UNSCRIPTED PROGRAMS FOR ITS 2007-08 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

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Work for ‘The Office 360’

Just announced by NBC:

Beginning this fall, viewers will be invited to experience “The Office” in a whole new way. There will be a multitude of interactive features, one of which will encourage users to “work for” Dunder-Mifflin. Recruits will be asked to create their own branches and complete weekly corporate tasks. Local “branches” which successfully complete tasks may be integrated into an on air episode of the show. Additional content will be made available on many platforms, including interaction with unique mobile content, a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) site and significantly increased original content on NBC.com.

Link: NBC DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES SECOND SEASON OF CUTTING-EDGE INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

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Fall season update

This post will be updated as we hear more news during the upfronts this week. If you’ve got a tip, let me know!

The Office

  • May 13 9pm PT: ‘”The Office” is expected to get the 9 p.m. tentpole slot, with “My Name Is Earl” at 8, “30 Rock” at 8:30 and “Scrubs” at 9:30. NBC will pick up six one hour eps of “The Office” for a total of 30 segs.’ Source: Variety
  • May 10 5:30pm PT: Kristin’s just posted a new report: ” … NBC reached an agreement late this afternoon with The Office for next season: 24 episodes, including 4 hourlong specials.” Source: E! Online
  • May 10 1:30pm PT: E!’s Kristin Veitch reports that the possibility of The Office becoming a one-hour show this fall is stronger than ever: “I’ve just heard from multiple insiders that it’s looking very likely that NBC will double the amount of The Office we’ll get next season. I’m told it’s looking like each episode will expand to be an hourlong; however, if that plan falls through for some reason, I’m hearing that, at the very least, NBC wants to pick up something like 37 episodes of the show in its current half-hour format.” Source: E! Online

The Rules for Starting Over (Rashida Jones’ new show)

  • May 12: Several sources are reporting that Fox has picked up The Rules for Starting Over, co-starring Rashida Jones. Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Futon Critic

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Finale week events

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

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