Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending September 28.

(Tallyheads, I was inundated with hundreds of tips this week. I’m sorry I couldn’t include everyone’s!)

Tidbits

• Blogs: premiere week blogs from Jenna, Kevin, and Angela!
• Blog: did you know that the NBC Store now has an Office blog, including video interviews with the cast?
• Article: B.J. Novak — A Major Promotion at ‘The Office.’
• Article: The Trouble With Paul Feig.
• Article: Jenna Fischer, Another Day at The Office.
• Article: Philbin loses `Best Regis’ award to baby grandson.
• Article: One on One With Oscar Nuñez.
• Article: Jenna Fischer appears in the October issue of In Style Magazine.
• Photo: sign spotted around town.
• Photos: pics of Melora at the NBC Experience Store signing this past week.
• Audio and video: WGN Radio interviews Paul Fieg. Video | Uncut podcast
• Video: BuddyTV interviews Jenna Fischer and Melora Hardin.
• Video: NBC10’s interview with Angela Kinsey and Rainn Wilson.
• Video: in case you missed these little teasers on premiere night … adorable!
• Video: Rainn Wilson leads Microsoft employees in a paper airplane record attempt during a recent company meeting.
• Video: a couple of recently posted vids of John Krasinski at the Stand Up To Cancer and Fun Fearless Male events.
• Video: Rainn Wilson as Bobby Sloan on Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job.
• Video: The Office meets Harry Potter, parts one and two.
• Fan video: another tribute to Harry Potter — The Half-Blood Prince / The Office Trailer.
• Fan report: Tallyhead skyash1588 reports on Mindy Kaling’s visit to the University of Illinois.
• Upcoming events: subscribe to the OfficeTally Calendar for the latest updates!

Tipsters: Deanna, Red, I Braveheart, Kelsi, Ari, Jen, ItsOnlyMeredith, Andrea, Aporjib, Amee, Susan

From Variety:

• “Human Giant”’s Aziz Ansari is the first confirmed cast hire for ‘The Office’ spin-off.
• Greg Daniels and Mike Schur are executive producers of the spin-off.
• Spin-off writers include Tucker Cawley, Dan Goor, and Alan Yang.
• Three new members have been added to ‘The Office’ writing staff: Paul Feig, Aaron Shure, and Charlie Grandy.
• Paul Lieberstein has been promoted to executive producer of ‘The Office.’

Link: Aziz Ansari hired for ‘Office’ spinoff

Tipster: George

• Article: Kate Flannery Dishes The Office Gossip.
• Article: Gervais blogs the ’Truth.’
• Article: Teens tickled to meet Hollywood actor John Krasinski.
• Article: Remote Access interviews Paul “Cool Guy Paul” Faust.
• Audio: TheScrumBrandon.com interviews Mike Schur. The Office talk starts around minute 34.
• Audio: WJFK’s Mike O’Meara interviews Leslie David Baker.
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• Photo: B.J. Novak at the White House correspondents dinner (scroll down a bit).
• Photo: Melora Hardin and her daughters at the Little Mommy Day Tea Party.
• Vote: I’ve included this on a previous Weekend Tally, but I got a short note from Rainn Wilson this week, asking Tallyheads to vote for the film at the Now Film Festival — it’s called ‘Missing Pieces,’ and Rainn says “It’s a dark, funny, sad little piece.” Vote here (scroll down to ‘Missing Pieces’ at the very bottom of the selections).
• Upcoming TV appearances: B.J. Novak appears on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien this Wednesday; Jenna Fischer appears on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ this Thursday; Steve Carell on ‘Weekend Today’ this Saturday.
• Upcoming live appearances: Kate Flannery in ‘The Rudy Casoni Show,’ Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood, this Wednesday; Craig Robinson at Zanies, Chicago, this Thursday.

For a complete list of events, subscribe to the OfficeTally Calendar.

Tipsters: Paul, Molly, Alice, Marisol