OfficeTally to be acquired by NBC Universal
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Hi Tallyheads,
I wanted to announce that effective June 1st, OfficeTally will be joining the NBC Universal family.
I have been in discussions with NBC about this ever since going down to Los Angeles to picket with some of The Office writers. The deal was finalized late last week.
What does this mean for OfficeTally? — there will be a few changes to the site:
- The OfficeTally Chat Room will be integrating two other NBC Thursday night shows — namely, My Name Is Earl and 30 Rock.
- The Season 4 and Season 5 spoiler posts will no longer be updated as spoilers are against our parent company’s policy.
- The OfficeTally Calendar will no longer list cast appearances on ‘Letterman’ or other non-NBC vehicles.
- Consistent with other NBC.com content, comments about deleted scenes will be geo-filtered so that only U.S. Tallyheads can read them.
- Lastly, and even though this is something I’ve tried to avoid since OfficeTally started, ads will be incorporated into the OfficeTally page design.
There is a brief announcement about the OfficeTally acquisition at www.nbc.com/The_Office (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Thanks for your patience and support during this time! — Jennie
UPDATE: HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY!
THIS POST WAS AN APRIL FOOL’S DAY PRANK; NONE OF IT IS TRUE.
Happy April 1st, everyone. And judging by the emotion of some of the comments, we just barely survived the day. ;)
A few little tidbits:
- I received word directly from The Office set that even some of the cast members believed the announcement to be true!
- Read Remote Access’ coverage of the prank.
- Read Remote Access’ follow-up interview with me.
- I want to give a shout-out to the fine employees of DMI Racine who put together one heck of an NBC.com prank page, and to my friends at nbc.com, who reviewed my acquisition announcement to make sure it sounded realistic. (They suggested the delightful phrase “geo-filtered.”)
And finally, to all of you Tallyheads who so passionately expressed your feelings about this announcement, thank you. :)
We now resume our regularly scheduled programming.
well apparently I had not checked office tally the week of april first, I think I was on vacation without a computer and I JUST NOW fell for this. I feel so stupid, but this is one jim halpert would be proud of! nice work tanster
884 | Jack Wed. Apr. 23, 2008 at 2:39pmOh my goodness, it’s April 8 and you’re STILL “getting” people with this. I am your latest “victim!” I was stunned until I kept reading… Hilarious! Clever! Brilliant! Untrue! Thank goodness! ;o)
883 | kaysi Tue. Apr. 8, 2008 at 10:27am#882 (Katie):
882 | Erin Sun. Apr. 6, 2008 at 9:19pmhave you tried http://www.sidereel.com/The_Office or http://www.hulu.com?
I got so upset reading this and am so happy you were joking!!!
I’m a reader living in Japan, and since we don’t have NBC here and it’s not shown on AFN (Armed Forces Network) and I can’t watch any NBC shows online (only available in the U.S.), I read this website anxiously awaiting for the seasons to come out on DVD!
If anyone knows a way for me to watch online please share!!!
881 | Katie Fri. Apr. 4, 2008 at 2:39amomg, im so late.. but you got me good. i was upset for a whole minute. lol
880 | Jez Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 7:31pmTwo weeks ago I fell and managed to break my kneecap, seriously, and I am on some fairly heavy meds. So I just managed to stagger to my computer, using my walker of course, to catch up on the important news of the day. Your announcement nearly finished me off! I’m not too quick under normal conditions, but in my drug induced haze I believed the whole thing!
879 | LoveJim Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 3:56pmThank God it’s not true!
Jennie, you’ll probably filter this comment and that’s okay. It’s really just meant for you. But what was so sad is that so many people were immediately so furious and downright mean. Rather than thanking you for the hours and hours of *personal* time you’ve dedicated to this site, they immediately picked up their pitchforks and torches and went after you. I, for one, am grateful that you’ve continued running this site despite seeing just how unforgiving people can be. You’re a better woman than I.
[from tanster: awww, thank you, lisa! it was quite a reaction, wasn't it? :) ]
878 | Lisa Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 3:23pmOMG I was so furious. Good one ;)
877 | ScrantonPrincess Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 2:27pmYou got me. O boy did you get me!
I thought it was true because I saw it on the NBC website.
That was good Tanster, but once is enough.
It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature… or Vampire Bats.
876 | Vampire-Bat Jim Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 11:26amThis was cute! Glad I didn’t fall for it, or I might have cried!
875 | dying star Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 8:58amLOL omg, i’m like 2 days late but i still got pranked! good one :)
874 | Janie Thu. Apr. 3, 2008 at 7:37amwow. Thats all I can say.
873 | umbra Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 11:57pmhahahahahah oh my god.
you-.. best april fools joke ever. ESPECIALLY the “geo-filtered” thing for all us foreign office lovers.. ohhhh tanster!
872 | Jay from Australia Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 11:49pmwow u totally got me
871 | amanda Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 9:36pmThis was bigger than a stapler in jell-o.
870 | Figgy Newton Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 8:57pmThis was like my soul falling into the sewer.
This was the most awesome prank ever!
Nice. This was the ultimate stapler in our jell-o.
869 | Erin Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 8:23pmWell played, tanster. Well played.
868 | Greg Peterson Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 7:58pmYou are an evil genius, but that’s why we love you!
867 | Jill Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 7:46pmdamn i’m so gullible! i was wondering how in the HELL you decided to join forces with nbc!!! haha good work!!
866 | Sammie Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 6:06pmSo mean! I was like please tell me this is NOT true! Is she doing this for money? Why would she do this to us? :)
865 | Angela Wed. Apr. 2, 2008 at 5:43pm