The Office Season 6 spoilers and news
Monday, February 1st, 2010 | 789 commentsDecember 31: NBC.com
The January 21, 2010 clip episode is called ‘The Banker’:
MICHAEL TRIES TO IMPRESS A POTENTIAL BUYER-When a potential buyer comes to Dunder Mifflin, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell), Dwight (Rainn Wilson), Andy (Ed Helms) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) pull out all the stops in hopes of impressing him with their high profile contacts. Michael reminisces about all the great times they have had in the office. John Krasinski, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Craig Robinson and Ellie Kemper also star.
Tipsters: Nina-San, ChristmasGoose
December 21: Watch With Kristin
Mike in Cincinnati: Why do I have to wait until February for more of The Office? What can you tell me right this second?
Dwight and Ryan are going full speed ahead with their plans to destroy the unstoppable Jim Halpert. We just caught up with B.J. Novak at the Inglourious Basterds DVD launch, and he tells us their plotting “will go exactly how you would expect a Dwight-Ryan alliance to go, and I won’t say any more.” Hmmm, so straight to the beet farm? We’re guessing this won’t be a very successful venture for Dwight and the temp.
December 10: TV Guide
From an interview with Jenna Fischer:
What can you reveal about what’s coming up on The Office?
I know there’s going to be some pretty big changes at Dunder Mifflin, because the company is going under basically. We’re strained financially and so there is going to be a pretty big [event] and that is going to culminate in the new year –- and Pam’s going to have her baby. We don’t know what it is, but I believe that will be a two-part episode -– I believe that’s what they’re planning.Is this big event at Dunder Mifflin going to be a real game-changer for the show’s established set-up?
I do think that it’s going to cause some shifts at corporate. So there’s going to be a lot of sort of job changes and it is going to shake up the structure of our current hierarchy.Any guest actors coming on the show soon?
Not that I’m aware of, no. Some of the shakeup with the company might bring some guest actors in, but I haven’t heard anything more yet.
December 9: OfficeTally
The next three episodes of The Office will air on January 21 (clip show), February 4, and February 11.
December 9: Watch With Kristin
“Pam was supposed to be due in February, but now the baby won’t come until March because of the Olympics,” Jenna [Fischer] told me at last night’s In Style/Hollywood Foreign Press party in Hollywood …
The Winter Olympics are airing Feb. 12-28 on NBC … we’ll get new Office episodes before the Olympics, on Feb. 4 and 11.
December 4: LA Times interview with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd
“They’ve already determined that the baby is not going to be an enormous part of the series,” Carell said. “I don’t think they’re planning on making it ‘The Office Baby’ show. I think they’ll have the baby and everyone will be extremely happy. But I think they want to keep it focused on the workplace and not get it too domesticated. I don’t even know if those episodes are written.”
November 24: TV Guide Mega Buzz
Are Andy and Erin the new Jim and Pam on The Office? — Melanie
MICKEY: “They’re very different characters than Jim and Pam,” says executive producer Greg Daniels. “Jim and Pam were reasonable and were smarter than the room. I don’t think anyone thinks that Andy or Erin is smarter than the room. They do like each other though.” Daniels says that for now, Andy and Erin will be more about the funny things that happen as they fumble toward a relationship.
November 19: Watch With Kristin
Interview with Jenna Fischer:
We haven’t shot the birth yet,” Jenna tells us. “We’re on a hiatus right now but it’s coming up. Pam’s gonna give birth in February, the baby’s due in February so not too much longer now. My favorite thing was the outfit I got to wear for the Christmas episode, they got me a really cute little red jumper dress and it looked really cute with the baby bump.”
[Photo here.]
November 17: TV Guide
The Office star Oscar Nunez celebrates his 51st birthday on November 18, and what a present he’s received from NBC!! The actor, who plays Dunder Mifflin’s gay office worker Oscar Martinez, has been gifted with a hunky love interest who looks just like a younger version of Private Practice star Tim Daly. And for good reason. Tim’s handsome 25-year-old look-alike son, Sam Daly, will debut on the Dec. 10 episode of the NBC comedy as Oscar’s new younger beau. “He looks like Tim, except he has blonde hair,” reports Oscar — seemingly smitten! “He’s six foot tall and really nice.”
Oscar teases that Sam’s character, Matt, is a new worker at the paper company, and may return for more episodes, since his introduction went over so well. “It’s a very funny episode, so he might come back a couple times for an arc,” says Oscar.
And how does Oscar feel about essentially playing a male cougar? “Well, obviously Matt is younger,” he acknowledges. But it may take awhile before Oscar’s co-workers – specifically Michael (Steve Carell), get to use this information against him. “I’m not sure if people at the office are going to find out about this right away.”
November 13: NBC
Shareholder Meeting, Scott’s Tots, and Secret Santa are the final three episodes of 2009.
November 13: NBC
Summary of Dec. 3 episode, ‘Scott’s Tots’:
MICHAEL IS FORCED TO TELL THE TRUTH AFTER HE MAKES A PROMISE HE CAN’T KEEP — Michael is forced to face the music after he realizes he can’t keep a promise he made to a group of kids 10 years ago. Meanwhile, Jim (John Krasinski) starts an employee of the month program to increase employee morale. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, and Ellie Kemper also star.
November 12: NBC
Summary of Dec. 10 episode, ‘Secret Santa’:
MICHAEL AND PHYLLIS FIGHT OVER SANTA PRIVILEGES — Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) is outraged when Jim (John Krasinski) allows Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) to be Santa at the office Christmas party. Jim and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) try to get everyone into the holiday spirit despite the uncertainty with Dunder Mifflin. Meanwhile, Oscar (Oscar Nunez) has a secret crush. Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Ellie Kemper and Craig Robinson also star.
Tipster: Carlos
November 11: Ausiello Files
Michael Ausiello talks to Brian Baumgartner about the upcoming Christmas episode, Secret Santa:
Brian: Everything falls apart, as usual, for Michael trying to plan the perfect party, but I think in the end, he finds some redemption, and Kevin has a little bit of a discovery in that episode as well. I’ve been talking to the writers some about ways for him to find happiness or maybe some love, so we’re going to be looking at that the rest of the year.
Ausiello: Is there a possibility this season for a potential recurring love interest?
Brian: Yes.
November 6: Boston.com live chat with John Krasinski
Claire: whats the best office moment of this season for you so far?
John Krasinski: Ok, favorite moment this year has yet to air yet! I literally cried laughing in every take. You will see Michael as Santa … And yes some people sit on his lap! That’s all I am allowed to say!
November 5: New York Post interview with Oscar Nunez
Oscar’s love life has kind of been put on the backburner — anything on the horizon for him?
Oscar: A little bit, but you’ll have to wait and see. We did just shoot some stuff with Oscar and a special guest star — whose father is kinda famous. It was pretty cool. There’s some amazing stuff coming up in the episodes that haven’t been aired yet.
November 2: Watch with Kristin
Sherrie in Louisiana: Forget Jam. I’m digging this Erin and Andy flirtation on The Office! Will they actually hook up?
Yes! We just talked to Erin herself, Ellie Kemper, today and she told us it is so on. “There is definitely a romance developing between Erin and Andy,” she said. And even better: We won’t have to wait long. According to writer-star Mindy Kaling (Kelly): “We have the Christmas episode coming up in a few weeks and some great development between Andy and Erin happening there.” Yay for geek love!Bren via Twitter: Did you see the Ryan-Kelly makeout scene in The Office Subtle Sexuality webisodes? Amazing! Will there be more of Kelly and Ryan?
Did we see it? Only about 85 times! For those of you in the dark, check out the music video from hilarious new Kelly-Ryan-Erin-Andy pop group Subtle Sexuality. Mindy tells us Office boss Greg Daniels has been so impressed with the popularity they’re hoping to do more. There are no plans to incorporate the group into the show, but they will be incorporating more Ryan and Kelly boot knockin’. Holler! “We just have this back and forth,” Mindy says of Kelly and Ry guy B.J. Novak, “but it’s kind of like an abusive relationship in a way. It’s so much fun.”
October 30: NBC
Summary for ‘Shareholder Meeting’ (Nov. 19):
DUNDER MIFFLIN FACES THE SHAREHOLDERS — Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) gets excited when he’s invited by David Wallace (Andy Buckley) to be honored on stage at the Dunder Mifflin shareholder meeting in New York, and he brings Andy (Ed Helms), Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Oscar (Oscar Nunez) along for the ride. Meanwhile, Jim (John Krasinski) has a hard time getting Ryan (B.J. Novak) to do work. Jenna Fischer, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, and Ellie Kemper also star.
October 27: Austinist interview with Paul Feig
What’s coming up for you? You have more Office, we’re guessing.
Yeah, I’m probably going to do the season finale over there. Now I’m only kind of doing the big episodes. I just did the wedding episode.
October 23: NBC
Summary for ‘Murder’ (November 12):
MURDER SHE WROTE — Michael’s (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) world is rocked by troubling rumors about Dunder Mifflin. He forces the office into a day of strange diversions, upsetting Jim (John Krasinski) and leading others to wonder if Michael has gone insane. Meanwhile, Andy (Ed Helms) finds that his chief obstacle in courting Erin (Ellie Kemper) is his own awkwardness. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein and B.J. Novak also star.
October 16: NBC
Summary for ‘Double Date’ (November 5):
PAM AND JIM ARE FORCED TO GO ON AN UNCOMFORTABLE DOUBLE DATE- LINDA PURL GUEST STARS– Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) are out of excuses so they have no choice but to go out with Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and Helene (guest star Linda Purl). Meanwhile, Dwight (Rainn Wilson) is strangely doing nice things for everyone in the office. Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak and Ellie Kemper also star.
Tipster: gruntled
October 15: from the set of the wedding episode, ‘Niagara’
[from tanster: my friend was an extra for the wedding episode and sent me a report. Here are excerpts.]
I was outside while they shot for about two hours, but this is at the point when they were 35 minutes late to the wedding. Then … Jim and Pam show up. Pam’s veil is torn, but as you saw from the paparazzi pictures, she was beautiful! The picture of Pam and Toby coming out of the church and embracing was just a ploy.
Michael had apparently plotted with Jim’s brothers and Dwight to do something special for J & P. The organist stopped playing and Chris Brown started blaring over the speakers and Jim’s brothers run out of the church leaving Jim at the altar not knowing what is about to happen. Then every cast member and family member began dancing down the aisle. I actually cried at them celebrating Jim and Pam in such a silly and totally Office way.
Then Jim exited and went around and grabbed Pam and they danced down the aisle.
Then the wedding ceremony started. The pastor mixed up Jim and Pam’s names, an ice cream truck and siren interrupt the ceremony more than once. Then the kiss. I really felt incredibly lucky to have been there. This is TV history!
I was recalled Monday. I found out shortly that we were headed to the rehearsal dinner and the hotel bar scenes. The toasts begin. Jim’s brothers tell Pam she’s hot and tell their wives to step it up a bit. Then Michael, despite his promise not to make a speech stands to offer some light-hearted comedy. “What’s up with the smart car? What? Does it run on books? Oooo! And what’s with the weather? One day it’s sunny. The next it’s rainy? Make up your mind!”
Tuesday was the shortest of the four days. We shot bar scenes that are supposed to be after the rehearsal dinner. Pam’s sister runs into Oscar and Kevin bonding at the bar, and Oscar swears again that they aren’t an item.
We also shot Andy inviting Erin up to his room. He explains, “I ordered Frost/Nixon on Demand and we can watch it as many times as we want in 24 hours. It’ll be amazing.” Erin turns his offer down in favor of hanging out with everyone.
October 13: NBC
This is the last week of shooting The Office Season 6 (wrapping up the Christmas episode) until 2010, with the exception of new webisodes shooting next Monday.
Oct. 9: Brian Baumgartner’s Twitter feed
We are all back on set, feeling great about last night’s episode. The snow is falling cause it’s Christmas here. Ho ho ho.
October 8: Newsday interview with Greg Daniels
Greg [Daniels] says the baby could arrive in January – and not necessarily in February sweeps, as most fans assume. Reason? She conceived in May (sweeps), and January is the ninth month. Feb delivery just might not seem realistic.
October 7: Fancast
Excerpts from Fancast’s interview with Jenna Fischer:
Pam didn’t want to look like a pregnant bride – and she’s still keeping it a secret from some of her family – so she wasn’t going to wear some tight fitting dress. Her grandma says, “You’re the only bride I know who got fatter!” So we had to make her look a little tubby, but also really pretty.
… will longtime “Jam” fans get payoff in the form of a nice romantic moment?
Don’t worry, it’s there. And it’s not a moment, it’s like a full 10 minutes. They really stop and savor the culmination of this romance.Tell us about Pam’s “new” mom, Linda Purl. [Shannon Cochran had previously played the role in the Season 2 episode ‘Sexual Harassment.’]
She’s a great actress, and she’s naturally funny. Pam’s mom is wounded because of the divorce with Pam’s dad, and she played it perfectly. We tried to get the original mom, but I heard she was on a 12-month theater tour and was not available.We did shoot a scene in Pam and Jim’s house for the wedding episode, but I don’t know if it made the cut.
There is a big arc for Jim professionally this season, as he takes on more responsibility while Pam is struggling as a salesperson. They were living their life like single people and suddenly now they’re pregnant – and babies are expensive! The surprise of the baby means Pam and Jim both need to keep their jobs. I pitched that Pam’s mom should take care of the baby during the day while Pam’s at work.
What is the timing of the baby’s arrival?
Pam’s baby will be born the first or second week of February.
Tipster: Lynn
October 7: Wedding program
Outside front cover:
The Marriage Union
of
Pamela Morgan Beesly
and
James Duncan Halpert
Inside left:
Parents of the Bride: Helene and William Beesly
Parents of the Groom: Betsy and Gerald Halpert
Grandmother of the Bride: Sylvia Beesly
Maid of Honor: Isabel Rossi
Best Man: Pete Halpert
Sister of the Bride: Penny Beesly
Sister of the Groom: Larisa Halpert
Brothers of the Groom: Pete and Tom Halpert
Inside right:
Prelude
- Organist …………. Steve Rostine
Solo
Seating of Grandparents
Seating of Parents
Organ Solo
Processional
Greeting
Marriage Vows
Exchange of Rings
Prayer
Recessional
Outside back cover:
Please join us for a reception immediately following the ceremony in the Cascade Room
October 7: TV Guide interview with Rashida Jones
TVGuide.com: Have they talked about a crossover with The Office?
Jones: No, it would be so weird. It would be like the Twilight Zone with me involved. We’ve never talked about it. I think [executive producers] Mike Schur and Greg Daniels are so committed to the realistic element that I’m the red herring there. As long as I’m not involved, I feel like they could do a little crossing over.
October 6: NBC.com
Summary for ‘Koi Pond’ (Oct. 29):
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EPISODE — MICHAEL MAKES A SPLASH AT A BUSINESS MEETING — It’s Halloween and the office plans a “Haunted House” for the children in the community. And at an important business meeting, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) falls into a koi pond. Meanwhile, Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Andy (Ed Helms) go cold calling to drum up more sales. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Craig Robinson and Ellie Kemper also star.
October 5: PR.com
… Linda [Purl] takes her place as mother-of-the-bride ‘Helene Beesly’ on NBC’s “The Office,” making the first of several appearances on the October 8th episode titled “Niagara.”
Rumor has it that there’s a possible storyline in the works for a little romantic interlude with Steve Carell’s character ‘Michael Scott’ that could open the door for Linda to make several more guest appearances.
Tipster: LiveJournal Office
September 30: Mindy Kaling’s Twitter feed
Oh, Green Day, how I love you guys. Please let us use your song in our Christmas episode!
September 30: Ausiello Files
Question: Will we be seeing Jan at all this season of The Office? —Kevin
Ausiello: There’s nothing on the books, as we say in the biz, but Melora Hardin insists it’s happening. “I know I am coming back this season,” she tells me. “Hopefully we’ll find out who the baby-daddy is.”Question: Office scoop, please! —Colin
Ausiello: The mob subplot we’ve been hearing so much about will kick in while Jim and Pam are on their honeymoon. “Without Jim and Pam around, Michael and Andy and Dwight are visited by an Italian American insurance salesman and they think that it’s a mob visit,” explains exec producer Greg Daniels. “And there’s no one around to tell them that isn’t likely. So they kind of deal with the mob in their own minds.” Meanwhile, when the newlyweds return the following week, Daniels says there will be a shift in the power dynamic in the office. ‘Jim has gotten more ambitious because of the baby coming and is bumping up against Michael a little more. The company is dealing with the recession. Branches are closing and there are possible other shakeups happening there.”
September 29: The Wrap
From The Wrap’s interview with The Office’s executive producer Greg Daniels:
How long would you like “The Office” to continue in its current incarnation? Could you see the show continuing with a mostly new cast, a la “ER”?
Mindy Kaling very early on made the comparison to “ER,” and I think it would be possible to keep bringing new characters in. Ed Helms’s Andy Bernard was introduced in season three, for example, and Ellie Kemper came on last year. In our premiere, we introduced three summer interns just for the episode, but by the end of it I was curious to see more of them. But it is hard to imagine the show without Steve and the current cast at its core. We are still several years away from having to think about it, and I have a good idea for a series finale episode, too.Any chance of a “Parks and Recreation”/”Office” crossover? And how are things on the new show?
Things are great on the new show. Mike and I tinkered with things after our six-episode season one, and the reaction has been extremely positive. The show gets better and better every episode, which is tough for me as the pilot co-writer and director to admit. When we cast Rashida Jones on “Parks and Recreation,” though, I think we closed the door on a fictional crossover between the two worlds.
September 26: NBC.com
According to NBC.com, The Office Season 6 will comprise 27 half-hour episodes; this is one fewer half-hours than last season. Niagara, the wedding episode, counts as two.
September 26: Mindy Kaling’s Twitter feed
Very difficult to write a Christmas episode when it is 90 degrees in my house and my laptop is burning through legs.
So according to Jenna Fischer’s MySpace blog, we’ll have a Halloween episode and according to Mindy, a Christmas episode. YAY!
September 26: tanster
I have read a pretty detailed scene-by-scene description (nearly 1,500 words) of the wedding episode, ‘Niagara,’ and I can say emphatically that there are scenes that will make you cry, make you cringe, make you laugh, and last but not least, make you rewind and play over and over again. (And I’m not talking about the kiss.)
I can also say that of all the press that’s been done about this episode (EW cover story, Emmy interviews, etc.), there is one key scene that has not been mentioned AT ALL. Which is good. You still want something to be a total surprise, right? ;)
September 25: October 2 print version of Entertainment Weekly
Here are all the spoilers from the article:
In the “Passion Package Room” in a Niagara Falls banquet hall — actually the Smoke House restaurant in Burbank, whose wood-paneled walls have been covered with black-and-white photos of the thundering falls — guests for the Halpert party (or “Halpret,” as the sign endearingly misspells) rehearsal dinner are picking at the last bits of their teriyaki chicken as they turn their attention to the evening’s main event. It’s time for groom-to-be Jim (John Krasinski) to give his toast.
Even though Krasinski is just doing a quick run-through of his lines before cameras roll, the roomful of cast, crew, and extras lets out a genuine “Awwwww” when the star utters these words for the first time: “People told me it was crazy to wait that long for a date with a girl I worked with,” he says of bride-to-be Pam (Jenna Fischer). “But I think even then, I knew I was waiting for my wife.”
Moments later, a genuine gasp sucks the air out of the room when Jim, in a burst of excessive enthusiasm, commits a major faux pas by blurting out something that leaves his family — especially his uptight grandma, “Meemaw” — completely chagrined. Unfortunately, the man who comes to his rescue is Michael Scott (Steve Carell) … who tries to smooth things over with a speech of his own … by the time Krasinski finally raises his glass “to waiting,” most everyone on set is tearing up — from crying, laughing, or both at once.
Michael and crony Dwight Schrute, inspired by Wedding Crashers, will be trolling for hook-ups. Office fussbudget Andy Bernard will pursue his budding crush on receptionist Erin by hosting a hotel-room bash. “He was supposed to be sitting next to her at the wedding, but Kevin switched seats with her,” [Greg] Daniels explains. “So Andy’s furious about that.”
Tensions will mount between Pam’s parents when her dad (Leverage’s Rick Overton) brings a young new girlfriend as his date, while her mom (Port Charles’ Linda Purl) comes solo.
… uncomfortable moments will lurk behind every flower arrangement and place card, as when Kevin and Oscar are mistaken for a couple, and Michael ambushes the rehearsal with his stand-up act.
The cast got so caught up in the moment … that they ad-libbed some of their own heartfelt lines during the wedding shoot.
Season 6 as a whole … will focus more on office comedy than romance. With Jim and Pam out of the office, Daniels says “the balance of reason has been tipped,” prompting Andy, Dwight, and Michael to turn an innocent visit from an Italian-American insurance salesman into a potential Mob threat.
When Jim returns, he’ll shake up the power dynamic as impending fatherhood sparks his long-dormant ambition. He and Pam will also face questions of maternity leave and day care, not to mention a birth that should conveniently fall around February sweeps. For the record, producers swear they don’t know how the birth will go, let alone how much time off Pam will take, or if the audience will see much of the baby.
As for Michael’s angst-ridden love life, producers say he’ll find someone eventually — but not likely this season. (Amy Ryan’s goofball HR executive, Holly Flax, whom Carell calls “the real love of Michael’s life,” isn’t slated to return anytime soon.) Says Daniels: “Michael says something in [the wedding] episode like “This is going to be the most important wedding for this branch besides my wedding.”
… fans can count on seeing a first birthday (if not a second) for baby Halpert, as most of the cast is signed through Season 8; and Michael still has time to find love, because Carell is signed through Season 7. Krasinski and Fischer say they’ll stick around as long as the show does, while Carell isn’t quite as clear on his plans.
September 25: NBC
Synopsis for the Oct. 22 episode, ‘The Lover’:
PAM AND JIM RETURN FROM THEIR HONEYMOON AND GET SURPRISE NEWS FROM MICHAEL—Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) shocks Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) when he reveals the identity of the new woman he has been dating. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) apologizes to Jim for years of torment with a strange peace offering. Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak and Ellie Kemper also star.
Tipster: Purse Girl
September 24: Entertainment Weekly
Spoilers from Entertainment Weekly’s cover feature on Jim and Pam’s wedding:
From the videos:
Jenna: The guys playing your brothers are back, my dad’s back, my mom.
John: You meet my mom and dad.
Jenna: I have a sister. Pam has a sister. Her sister’s name is Penny.Jenna: I’ll say Kevin goes through quite an ordeal at our wedding. And Andy as well.
Jim: I’ll say Michael’s dating life has expanded beyond our wildest dreams.
From the article:
… the whole Dunder Mifflin gang tags along to the wedding, and that’s when the fun starts—including a rehearsal-dinner gaffe from Jim that will wreak some pre-ceremony havoc.
“When I got married, people told us, You have no idea where it’s going to come from, the thing that will go horribly wrong,” says exec producer Paul Lieberstein (a.k.a. HR sad-sack Toby). “That’s exactly what happens: Jim ruins his own wedding.”
September 23: Ausiello Files
Question: Got any Office relationship scoops — preferably relating to a couple that is not Jim and Pam? —Jen
Ausiello: Dwangela will eventually be reunited, according to both Angela Kinsey and Rainn Wilson. “They’re soul mates,” Kinsey told me on the Emmy red carpet. “They’re going to find each other.” Added Wilson: “I think they are destined to be together. I think it’s just a matter of when the writers need to dig that storyline back up and lay it back in.”Question: Anything on The Office? 3… 2… 1… go! —Jason
Ausiello: Um… er… There’s footage of Jim and Pam’s wedding floating around, and Jenna Fischer’s seen it! “I have seen a rough cut of the wedding episode and [fans] will be satisfied,” she told me on the Emmy red carpet. And how ’bout the honeymoon footage? Will that satisfy us as well? “We’re not taking the cameras on the honeymoon. Sorry. That’s for us.”
September 23: Perry Smith
According to Perry Smith’s page, she is scheduled to appear (as Jim’s mom) in the Oct. 8 and Oct. 15 episodes.
September 23: TV Guide
More Jim-Pam Office wedding scoop, please! — Lynn
“There’s something nutty that happens at the rehearsal dinner,” Ellie Kemper (who plays the new receptionist, Erin) tells us, really emphasizing the word nutty. “It will become clear how smart that was, what I just said, when you watch it. There’s something that happens that’s nuts.” Any guesses? I say peanut allergy-induced anaphylactic shock — nothing is more hilarious, especially at a wedding.
September 23: TV Guide
From the Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 issue:
Inside The Office’s Wedding Day
The gang’s all there when Pam and Jim tie the knot on The Office October 8. The Niagara Falls wedding boasts an impressive guest list. “Everyone makes the trek up to Niagara Falls,” says Mindy Kaling, who plays Kelly Kapoor and co-wrote the episode with exec producer Greg Daniels. “We wanted it to be a full house.” In addition to all the regular characters, whom Michael (Steve Carell) gives the day off, Kaling says, “We have the most guests we’ve ever had in an episode.”
Seated in the pews will be Jim’s dad (played by CHiPS vet Robert Pine), mom (Perry Smith), and brothers (Tug Coker and Blake Robbins), along with Pam’s mother, Helene (Happy Days’ Linda Purl), grandmother (Peggy Stewart), sister Penny (Anna Camp) and college pal (Kelen Coleman).
Pam’s pregnancy provides ample shotgun-wedding jokes for Michael. “At this point, Pam’s like six months pregnant,” says Kaling, who commends actress Jenna Fischer for being “such a trouper this whole season, putting on her fake-pregnancy padding.”
The next week picks up in Scranton with Jim and Pam off camera on a honeymoon. Kaling’s character is still single, and spring will likely bring “a reversal in Kelly’s career status.”
Tipster: Stephanie
September 22: TV Guide
“I can promise you that it will work out for Jim and Pam and their wedding, that’s never in doubt,” [B.J.] Novak tells TVGuide.com. “It’s really about how they get there and what kind of memories they’re going to wind up with” … “We decided to go [with] the funny things about real life, fantasy meeting reality and making the best of unexpected problems. That’s sort of where we find our inspiration with Jim and Pam rather than will they, won’t they.”
September 22: NBC
Synopsis for ‘Mafia’ (Oct. 15):
A MAN IN THE MAFIA?—Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) meets with an insurance salesman that visits the office and is later convinced by Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Andy (Ed Helms) that he is part of the mafia. Erin (Ellie Kemper) accidentally ruins Pam’s (Jenna Fischer) painting. John Krasinski, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein and B.J. Novak also star.
September 21: NBC
The Oct. 8th episode is called ‘Niagara’; the Oct. 15th episode is called ‘Mafia.’
Synopsis for ‘Niagara’ (Oct. 8):
JIM AND PAM TAKE THE OFFICE TO THE FALLS FOR A WEDDING TO REMEMBER–SPECIAL ONE HOUR EPISODE–The Office travels to Niagara Falls to celebrate Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam’s (Jenna Fischer) wedding under strict orders not to mention Pam’s pregnancy. Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell), Dwight (Rainn Wilson), and Andy (Ed Helms) all want to hook up with guests at the wedding and Michael and Dwight meet twins. Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak and Ellie Kemper also star.
Tipster: mrsay1
September 21: Watch With Kristin
Libby in Utah: The Office premiere was super, but please tell me that’s not the last we’ll see of Pam and Jim’s baby until it’s born.
No worries: the Jam baby will be present and accounted for throughout the season. In fact, the baby daddy, John Krasinski, tells us, “They have a very elaborate process for making sure Pam’s tummy grows at the right rate. It’s crazy–they put way more thought into the show than I do, obviously. I would have shot it and then been like, oh, we forgot about the bump! And the wedding episode is going to be really, really fun. It feels like a premiere, even though it’s our fourth episode in.”Stella in Montpelier, Vt.: Quit skimping on The Office spoilers.
OK, here’s an intriguing tease: According to B.J. Novak, “Ryan gets into photography.” Wanna bet that Michael Scott finds some way to make that dirty and wrong?
September 18: TV Guide Magazine
Mindy Kaling, who plays The Office’s Kelly Kapoor told TV Guide Magazine how excited she is about a series of spin-off webisodes she directed for nbc.com which feature her character, Kelly, new receptionist Erin (Ellie Kemper), Andy (Ed Helms) and Ryan (B.J. Novak) forming an all-girl band named Subtle Sexuality.
Yes, you read that right — a girl group with two guys! Debuting in mid-October, one of the three installments features a full-length music video shot on The Office set … We can also expect plenty of music and dancing at Jim and Pam’s wedding—a one-hour episode, airing October 8, written by Mindy and executive producer Greg Daniels. At Jim and Pam’s reception, Mindy says, “Andy does some dancing and singing that I think people will like.”
Tipster: mrsay1
September 18: tanster’s notes on the advanced screener of ‘Gossip’
Now that ‘Gossip’ has aired, I wanted to mention key differences between the advanced screener I received and the version that actually aired:
- When Andy lands in the refrigerator box, he feebly says “There’s no fridge in here” instead of “Parkour.”
- The Pam/Jim “shotgun wedding” talking head was replaced with the following:
Jim: We have not told people about Pam’s situation.
Pam (points to her tummy): My “situation.”
Jim: Well, let’s be honest, you’re unmarried. Some dude knocked you up. That’s just the kind of thing that would be a feeding frenzy for all the yakity yaks in this office.
Pam: We’re getting married in a few weeks, we’ll tell people then. I just, I don’t want to walk down the aisle and have people whispering, “there goes the fancy whore.”
Jim: No. We want them to find out she’s a fancy whore when we’re good and ready.
Pam: Exactly.This scene was brilliant, I wish they had kept it in!
- In the scene where Erin is taking dictation from Michael, and then Michael runs out of his office to chase after Stanley, Erin looks at the camera and says: “Is that the end of the letter …”
- A scene that was cut:
Meredith: Hey, between you, me, and the wall, Pam is preggers.
Ryan: Oh …. she’s gonna stretch.
(This was the scene shown in these promo photos.)
September 17: TV Guide
TVGuide.com: Both Dwight and Andy were vying for your affection last season. We hear you’ll just be Andy’s love interest this season.
Kemper: Yes. A love connection starts to develop between Andy and Erin. Andy initiates it and pursues it. In some of the stuff we’ve shot, we begin to see that play out, but it’s certainly not fully formed yet.
September 17: Jenna Fischer’s MySpace blog
Tonight is our Season Premiere!!!! The episode is called “Gossip”. Michael accidentally finds out something true about someone in the office and in order to protect the secret he starts spreading lies about everyone else. It is a fun episode. Very “classic” office.
Today we are shooting our 9th episode of the Season. This is the episode that will air over Halloween. Everyone is walking around in their costumes. It’s so fun! Mindy and ..Erin.. had to be here at 4:30am to start getting ready! Luckily I have a pretty easy costume so I didn’t have to come in until 7:30am. Whew! The crowd favorite so far is Oscar. He’s hamming it up too!
September 16: NBC
Here’s the synopsis for the October 1 episode, ‘The Promotion’:
THE RECESSION HITS DUNDER MIFFLIN — David Wallace (Andy Buckley) breaks the bad news that not everyone will get a raise this year. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) reaches his breaking point with Jim (John Krasinski) and looks to the rest of the office for allies. Pam (Jenna Fischer) would like cash instead of wedding gifts. Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Paul Lieberstein, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Ellie Kemper also star.
Tipster: mrsay1
September 15: Scranton Times-Tribune
… future storylines include Michael freaking out over a meeting between Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace (Andy Buckley) and Jim (John Krasinski), and the employees becoming convinced that an Italian-American insurance man visiting the office is a mobster.
And then, of course, there’s the upcoming marriage of Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer), who were last seen learning they were having a baby. The wedding will take place over the season’s fourth and fifth episodes, Mr. Lieberstein said, and will be set in part at Niagara Falls, where Mr. Krasinski and Ms. Fischer were recently seen filming scenes.
“That’s coming out really well. It’s pretty straightforward; it’s a wedding,” Mr. Lieberstein said. “It’s just our characters going through it, and things getting messed up.”
As far as plot developments for his own character go, Mr. Lieberstein said Toby will figure prominently in the second episode, when he and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) team up to find out if Darryl (Craig Robinson) is faking a worker’s compensation claim.
September 14: NBC
Here are photos from the second episode of Season 6, ‘The Meeting.’
September 14: Watch With Kristin
Melanie in Hartford, Conn.: Need Office scoop! You got anything that doesn’t have to do with Jim and Pam?
We’ll learn in the season premiere of The Office that someone at Dunder Mifflin has been having an affair, and for once it’s not village mattress Angela.
September 13: Entertainment Weekly
From Entertainment Weekly’s Fall TV Preview issue:
The beginning of season 6 centers on Jim (John Krasinski) and pregnant Pam (Jenna Fischer) scrambling to get married before Pam starts to show. (The wedding episode airs Oct. 8). “They decided to have a wedding at Niagara Falls with the hope that the drive would keep people away,” says exec producer Paul Lieberstein, “but Michael [Steve Carell] gives everyone Friday and Monday off, so everybody goes.” Pam will give birth before the season’s end, but the writers haven’t settled on a gender. Asks Lieberstein, “Do you have any requests?” Boy or girl, just keep it away from Creed. (Sept. 17)
Tipster: Cat
September 11: tanster
NBC was nice enough to send me The Office Season 6 premiere, ‘Gossip.’ Here are my thoughts:
- After watching the cold open, I had to look up a word at Wikipedia that I had never heard of before. Mark my words, this Thursday night, people are going to be asking, “What did they say? What does – - – - – - – mean?”
- For fans who love old school Office, this one’s for you!
- Paul Lieberstein (writer and director of ‘Gossip’), you are very clever in the way you weave a story.
- A terrific start to the season!
September 11: USA TODAY
It’s all about Pam and Jim (John Krasinski), and their little bundle of joy, this fall. The longtime loves will tie the knot and welcome a baby, which pushes Jim to secure his family’s future. “He’s going to try to advance at Dunder Mifflin, and that’s going to threaten Michael,” says producer Paul Lieberstein … Dunder Mifflin also will find itself on the verge of collapse, providing plenty of fodder for a good old-fashioned Michael Scott freak-out. As for Pam and Jim’s wedding, co-executive producer Mindy Kaling (who plays Kelly Kapoor) says to expect plenty of antics. “I was watching the Ross and Rachel episode of Friends where he said her name accidentally at his wedding (to Emily), so I know NBC has this rich tradition of wedding episodes.”
Tipster: Purse Girl
September 9: Ausiello Files
Question: Is there a possibility this season that Andy and Oscar will become a couple on The Office? A recent NBC promo seemed to hint at that. — Sarah
Ausiello: I haven’t seen the promo you’re referring to but I have seen the premiere, and I can confirm that Andy finds himself wrestling with the very real possibility that he likes both girls and boys. And because I know you’re dying for some Jim/Pam scoop, let’s just say the episode features one of the most unique and funny pregnancy reveals I’ve ever seen on TV.
September 9: E! Online
… Anna Camp, the sexy and scandalous reverend’s wife from True Blood is heading to Scranton to be a part of TV’s most anticipated wedding in recent years.
… Anna will join the Dunder Mifflin Niagara Falls nuptials playing Pam’s sister Penny.
September 9: TV Guide
Will there be any new couples this season on The Office? — Keith
MICKEY: Yes, there will be! I have it on good authority that Erin, Dunder Mifflin’s new receptionist, will find love this season. The hilarious season premiere, which is about gossip, reveals that at least one employee is pregnant, one is cheating on his or her partner, and one is questioning his or her sexuality.
September 5: iTunes Store
Synopsis for Season 6:
Are those wedding bells in the air? Is that the pitter-patter of little feet on the office floor? Has Michael turned mafia boss? With Dunder Mifflin on the brink of bankruptcy, who knows, he may just have to — or maybe it’s just time to replace the Dunder Mifflin leadership. And since Pam Beasly [sic] is now a sales representative, you can bet that is bound to set off a chain reaction that will affect the entire office. Everyone’s favorite workplace comedy is back, and the surprises are running on overtime. Don’t miss the new season; it all starts with a jaw-dropper.
Tipster: Carlos
September 1: OfficeTally
In case you missed it, here are some photos and promos from ‘Gossip.’
September 1: Ausiello Files
Actress Linda Purl has been cast as the role of Pam’s mom.
September 1: The Office Cast Bios
Ellie Kemper’s bio has been added, but Melora Hardin’s bio has been removed. Hmm …
August 31: NBC
Synopsis for the Sept. 24 episode ‘The Meeting’:
TOBY AND DWIGHT GO UNDERCOVER FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN THE WAREHOUSE — A request by Jim (John Krasinski) leaves Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) feeling insecure and defensive. Meanwhile, Pam (Jenna Fischer) deals with the guest list for the wedding, and Dwight convinces Toby (Paul Lieberstein) to investigate Darryl’s (Craig Robinson) worker’s comp claim. Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Ellie Kemper, Andy Buckley also star.
August 28: Red
September 24’s episode ‘The Meeting’ was written by Aaron Shure and directed by Randall Einhorn.
August 28: Buffalo News
A bunch of photos from the Niagara Falls shoot, including this one:
Tipster: Jason
August 28: NBC
The title of the Sept. 24th episode is ‘The Meeting.’ No synopsis yet.
August 27: The Buffalo News
The Horseshoe Falls took a back seat Thursday morning when tourists on the Maid of the Mist discovered they had walked onto the set of the NBC comedy “The Office.”
Actor John Krasinski and actress Jenna Fischer stood at the front of the famous boat attraction as they filmed a scene for an upcoming episode set in Niagara Falls, where their characters — Pam Beesly and Jim Halpert — finally tie the knot.
The cast and crew and about two dozen extras took two 30-minute rides through the swirling waters below the falls as they shot and reshot what could become a crucial scene in the show’s fourth episode this season.
… Fischer did wear a white empire-waist wedding gown with beaded trim, and Krasinski wore a black tuxedo with a boutonniere of two white flowers during their Maid of the Mist ride.
The pair also wore blue Maid of the Mist slickers, but took them off as they neared the falls. Heavy mist soaked their clothes and left them dripping wet throughout several takes as the boat rocked in the water.
“None of us expected this whatsoever. The actors were completely drenched,” said Randy Cordray, producer. “It was like standing in your backyard and having someone spray a hose right in your face, but John and Jenna played their scene beautifully, and the troupers that they are, they powered through it.”
Cordray said staff from the show twice scouted the location by taking Maid of the Mist rides three weeks ago and again on Wednesday, but did not encounter the amount of water that sprayed over the actors Thursday morning.
“Once the actors got wet, there’s nothing you can do about it,” Cordray said. “So we just stayed wet, and we took another boat ride, and we went around again, and we played it wet for the second go-round.”
Cordray also played a boat captain in the episode.
Filming the show aboard the boat was a challenge for the cast and crew, which typically shoots on a studio set in Los Angeles. That meant abandoning the high-definition cameras the crew typically uses and instead using a 16mm camera with a spinning device that keeps water droplets off the lens.
Fischer’s hair and makeup also were factors under the falls.
“We had to think of waterproof mascara, anything that wasn’t going to run, while still keeping them fresh-faced,” said Laverne Caracuzzi-Milazzo, head makeup artist for “The Office.” “Obviously due to this particular episode, we still needed to keep them looking good at all times.”
Fischer and Krasinski also shot a scene outside the Red Coach Inn — renamed the Statler Falls Hotel for the episode — in which Fischer carries her wedding dress into the hotel as Krasinski talks to the camera in the show’s mockumentary style.
Cordray said most of the episode was shot at inside locations in Los Angeles, including a restaurant and a chapel.
Fischer wore white boots with her wedding gown, and Krasinski’s black tie was cut in half. There was also a long kiss between the two on the boat.
“… we’re very secretive about the nature of our story lines,” Cordray said. “All I can really say is that the wedding does happen in Niagara Falls, and Jim and Pam decide that they would really like to get closer to the waterfall, and so to do that, they take a ride on the Maid of the Mist.”
The shooting — which the crew tried to keep secret until Thursday by dubbing it the “Chandler project” — drew a small crowd of in-the-know spectators who bought tickets for the Maid of the Mist ride.
August 27: Niagara Gazette
A big ol’ spoilery article about the shooting of Jim and Pam’s wedding at Niagara Falls!
There was debate over where to tie the knot. It was a toss up between the Maid of the Mist or Terrapin Point. Ultimately the boat won …
Tourist and locals who happened upon the shooting that took place at two sites in the city were able to get a close-up look at the couple as they wed on the boat and then booked into their hotel, a fictional location called the “Statler Falls Hotel,” at the Red Coach Inn on Buffalo Avenue. The inn was also decorated with a kitschy new sign that read: “Prepare to Falls in Love.”
Thursday morning the actors John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer were “married” during filming that occurred during two rides on the Maid of the Mist, with actual tourists relegated to the top deck while filming went on with extras on the lower deck. The tourists were asked to refrain from taking photos or video until the filming was completed and then they were given a photo opportunity …
Check out the two photos, too! (They’re on the right of the article.)
August 27: Ausiello Files
The Office is shooting scenes with Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski on location at Niagara Falls right this second. “My two best friends were there and spotted Jim and Pam underneath a sign saying something along the lines of, ‘Everyone falls in love at the Falls’ …
August 26: Mindy Kaling’s Twitter Feed
sitting in airport with @paulfeig, going to mysterious location to shoot something exciting.
August 25: Office Insider
Re: this last week’s wedding shoot:
I don’t think that fans will be disappointed. It’s one of the funniest, most Officey episodes that will ever air. I actually cried during taping as I am so emotionally invested in these characters. And of course, I laughed … a lot!
August 25: NBC.com
Synopsis of ‘Gossip’ confirmed by NBC.com:
MICHAEL GETS CAUGHT UP IN OFFICE GOSSIP — Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) feels left out as the rest of the office gossips about the summer interns. While Michael searches for the next juicy rumor to share, Andy (Ed Helms) struggles with heterosexuality. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Brian Baumgartner, Leslie David Baker, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nuñez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, and Ellie Kemper also star.
August 24: Jenna’s MySpace blog
We shot the Jim and Pam wedding episode this weekend. If you want a total spoiler you can check out pictures of me and John in our wedding attire here
Off to shoot our rehearsal dinner now! (Yeah, we did things a little backwards.)
August 23
More than 100 high-resolution wedding photos!
Tipster: AndIHaveWorms
August 23: Starcasm
Jim and Pam wedding photos, shot August 22nd! Page One | Page Two
Tipster: Claire
August 22: Boston Herald
When the Emmy-winning NBC comedy returns for a sixth season Sept. 17, the series will pick up a few months after the May season finale in which Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski) discovered Pam is pregnant.
“We pick up three weeks before the wedding,” executive producer and writer Paul Lieberstein said in an interview from the show’s set in Los Angeles earlier this month.
The wedding will take place in the fourth episode of the season; viewers will meet Jim’s and Pam’s families. Pam will give birth in a February episode.
“They’re obviously a good couple, but just to throw a little real, but very simple obstacles, in front of them. They’re the kind of people who deal with small things in an amusing way. Jim has a good sense of humor and Pam can get worked up by certain things. So we thought it was an interesting way to go.”
“Jim’s cool and he’s fun, but he’s a goof-off, not a super-hard worker and not very ambitious,” Lieberstein said. “He’s been very adolescent. He’s going to try to step up. We feel like Jim is a big part of what we’re focusing on this year, actually.”
When Pam and Jim depart for their honeymoon, Lieberstein said, “The coalition of reason is a little weak in the office.”
So when Michael (Steve Carell) has a meeting with an Italian man, everyone becomes convinced the Mafia is extorting him for money.
In addition to the major life changes heading Jim and Pam’s way, Lieberstein said that Michael also will have a big story line.
“Michael finally kind of found his mojo in a way last season,” he said. “We’ve always said Michael is great at sales for reasons we can’t explain and terrible at managing. And that is something we see becoming a big deal in an arc you see starting the second episode.”
Also look for Andy (Ed Helms) to mend his broken heart by unabashedly pursuing the new office receptionist Erin (Ellie Kemper, who joins the cast as a series regular this season).
Lieberstein also ominously hinted that in the second half of the season there will be “trouble with Dunder Mifflin.”
August 22: Radar Online
The first posted photo of Pam’s wedding dress!
Tipster: Lauren
August 20: Mindy Kaling’s Twitter Feed
shooting my and greg’s episode with @paulfeig …
Looks like the wedding episode (fourth episode) is being shot this week. So excited!
August 19: The Buffalo News
Since I reported that Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) of NBC’s “The Office” would be married shortly in Niagara Falls, several readers have inquired about attending the filming. Sorry folks, a representative of the show said filming will be on a “closed set.” That is another way of saying it will be a private wedding.
August 18: TV Guide
Are Jim and Pam actually going to get married on The Office? — Jill O.
MICKEY: I’m hearing they’ll tie the knot in episode 4. Why the rush? Because Pam doesn’t want anyone to know that she’s expecting. Hilarity ensues when an unlikely party becomes her accidental confidante. (No, not Phyllis.)
Tipster: Purse Girl
August 17: Watch With Kristin
Laura in Oakland, Calif.: The Office scoop, please!
We have tons of fabulous Office goodies coming your way soon, but right now, how about some Stanley Hudson info? Leslie David Baker tells us that this season, “You get to see another side of Stanley, more personality, more of him getting along with his coworkers.” While he tires of Michael Scott’s antics, Leslie says: “He’s still not ready to pack it in and leave Dunder Mifflin entirely.” Thank goodness!
August 12: Ausiello Files
Question: I need some Office scoopage! Anything Ausiello, please! –Danny
Ausiello: Anything? Even if it’s just a selection of shameless twitpics from my visit to Dunder Mifflin last week? [from tanster: see August 7 Ausiello Files entry below.] ‘Cause that’s all I got. Actually, that’s not true. I also have this: The show is looking to cast an actress that looks like Daryl (Craig Robinson) from behind. And this: Michael’s going to cultivate some mob ties this season. Or so everyone will think.
August 11: Office Insider
The Insider says they’ve been watching footage of ‘The Office’ and says the Season 6 premiere ‘Gossip’ has one of “the best cold opens ever. Easily top 5.”
Oh boy oh boy!
August 10: Watch With Kristin
Anna in Long Island, N.Y.: Is there any chance for Dwangela on The Office?
The Office writer-producer-actor B.J. Novak tells us, “I love seeing Dwight as Dwight and Angela as Angela. While it was really exciting to see them together, I think there is still so much comedy you can show with Dwight being single, Dwight just being himself and Angela being Angela, so I’m excited to see that for a while. There’s always hope [for them], and the past is always present with everyone. It’s a small office, so all those things build up over time.” Pfft. Dwangela forever!
August 8: The Buffalo News
Greg Daniels … confirmed here Friday that director Paul Fieg is currently in [Niagara] Falls to scout out locations for the wedding.
Daniels said he “assumed” the wedding would take place on the U. S. side of the Falls, but wouldn’t be sure until Fieg finishes his scouting.
“I know the Canadian side is very dramatic,” said Daniels after a news conference with the nation’s television critics on the set of the program. “We’re scouting a lot of different locations.”
“It felt to me that it was in kind of the same spirit of Scranton and the Buffalo branch [of Dunder Mifflin] and the Rust Belt,” said Daniels. “And it has an impressive component to it. It is a little bit undervalued and it worked with our kind of theme — that they decided to go with a kind of kitschy wedding.”
He said “part” of the wedding will be filmed in the Falls and Krasinski and Fischer will be there.
August 7: TV Squad
Lieberstein also mentioned that there will be a Dunder Mifflin shareholders’ meeting.
August 7: E! Online
… the third episode of the season was being filmed today and Jenna was in full bride mode. “I just had a fitting for Pam’s wedding dresses and that was a really special moment. We found one, and I hope it gets approved by the powers that be.”
August 7: KorbiTV
Jim and Pam aren’t the only Dunder-Mifflinites with love on their minds. Daniels also mentioned that Andy’s affection for Erin, Pam replacement at the reception desk, is still in full effect … though Erin (Ellie Kemper) is largely unaware of it.
As for Michael, Lieberstein told us that DM Scranton’s fearless leader has a tough time ahead of him, as there’s really no one in his life romantically right now. He will, however, make the acquaintance of — and possibly move in with — an Italian-American gentleman, who pulls Michael into the mafia.
At least that’s what his employees decide when they see Michael and the Tony Soprano-type together.
As Lieberstein explained, Jim and Pam go off on their honeymoon and with the “coalition of reason” absent from the office, conclusions are made.
August 7: iFMagazine
The upcoming season of the show will focus heavily on the wedding of Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski) and one of the episodes will actually show the wedding, it will also be an hour long special. The opening episodes of the season will focus on how the wedding and the baby of Jim and Pam will affect those in THE OFFICE …
We will also see that Jim will be challenging himself even harder this season with the wedding, the baby and his work …
As far as Andy goes, he develops a big crush on Erin (Ellie Kemper), who will also be a full member of the cast this year.
As far as episodes go, Michael will meet an Italian-American person that THE OFFICE mistakes for Michael meeting a member of the mafia. Jim and Pam’s baby will develop slowly throughout the season (pun intended) and will make its “debut” in February of 2010 with an hour-long special.
Another hour-long special will be a “clip show” but will feature everyone in character. The producers still they are still trying to figure out how to do this. Other plotlines will include problems at Dunder Mifflin and the higher-ups trying to figure out how the Scanton office continues to generate a profit given Michael’s management style.
There will be about 26 episodes this season.
August 7: Ausiello Files
“It’s going to be a rough year for Michael Scott,” says e.p. Paul Lieberstein, “there’s [no romance] on the horizon for him.”
Office spoiler alert: folks will suspect shortly after Jim/Pam wedding that Michael has gone into business with the mob.
One final Office spoiler: Jim/Pam wedding 4th episode of season. Pam wants to tie knot b4 her family discovers she’s pregnant.
August 6: TV Guide
Pam and Jim from The Office are tying the knot this season, midway through Pam’s pregnancy. Jenna Fischer, who plays Pam, broke the news exclusively to TVGuideMagazine.com, saying she’s being fitted for wedding gowns with room for Pammy’s bump.
“The plan is for Pam and Jim to get married in the fourth episode,” she said from The Office set, where production on Season Six began last week … Fischer said, “It’s going to be a destination wedding, probably in Niagara Falls. By making it a destination wedding, the hope is that nobody from the office will come.”
“We’re keeping it a secret from Michael for a couple reasons,” said Fischer … “First, Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam aren’t married yet, and also, just, you know, it’s Michael Scott we’re dealing with.”
August 6: Ausiello Files
They’re casting the role of Pam’s mom! Here are the deets …
MRS BEESLY: Attractive and in her 50s. A really nice lady who’s very close to her daughter. Down-to-earth with a great sense of humor. Could recur for three or four episodes.
This is kind of weird, right? Didn’t we see Pam’s mom back in Season 2’s Sexual Harassment?
August 6: Buzzsugar
The wedding doesn’t take place within Dunder-Mifflin’s walls … it’ll happen sometime in the Fall … In the first episode, Novak said, we meet some interns who have been at the office all Summer and have just reached their last day at work … Novak said this season’s episodes will largely take place in the office rather than taking the cast on adventures outside Dunder-Mifflin’s walls … Ryan is still “finding his way in the world, as always,” Novak said. His hair is back to brown, but “there may be some mascara involved” in his new look.
August 5: Mindy’s Twitter page
i’ve been remiss on tweets bc im writing the Pam/Jim wedding episode with my boss, Greg. i’ll reveal anything, no problem.
Tipster: Tyler
August 5: Jenna’s MySpace blog
We are back to work at The Office. We are currently shooting episode 2. The best part about working on this show is getting to know the answers to all of the cliffhangers 2 months early. It’s good stuff!
The show will pick up in real time. Pam is just out of her first trimester but isn’t really showing yet.
Tipster: Stephanie
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Was that Jenna Fischer’s real life fiance as the lactation consultant?!
[from tanster: ding ding ding ding! that's it! :) ]
So, if we are really dense (which I am speaking of myself) or if we’ve had a really long day (which I am also speaking of myself) and we miss what’s in the hospital, will you fill us in?? Because I’m gonna miss it; law of averages in my case. :)
[from tanster: of course, i will absolutely reveal what it is once the episode airs! but i know that some of you guys will instantly know what i'm talking about and will post a comment before i do. :) ]
So remember in one of season 5’s episode, Pam reads Holly’s document that Michael stole from her computer? And Pam tells Michael that she can’t tell him what’s in it, but it’s not over.? SO.. is anything going to happen with Holly? Or is she done?
Andy-Ellie?
I thought JKras was robbed last year…he was amazing in those final moments of “Company Picnic.” So, totally in agreement with Kristen that a nomination is long overdue.
Thanks Tanster! Can you tell us if there are any great emotional moments to go with the comedy?
Fellow Tallyheads, did my eyes decieve me or did we just get promised some Dwangela?!
Keeping my fingers, toes, and eyes crossed that JKras finally gets his long overdue Emmy nod with the birth episode. Can’t wait for Thursday!
Did anyone notice she used Ellie instead of Erin?
I am soo glad Craig Robinson is in the St. Patrick’s Day and New Leads episodes!! We haven’t seen much of Darryl since season 5; in which he was simply fantastic!
Did I just read what I just think I read? DWIGHT AND ANGELA?! Dwangela in Thursday’s ep?! YES
Are you going to give us a spoiler per day to tide us over, Tanster? Can you tell us anything? Pretty please.
[from tanster: i will check with the producers tonight.]
I’m not a shipper. I don’t like relationships for the most part on the show.
Dwight and Angela are an exception.
I just want the show to get back into it’s roots, pranks, salesman Jim, Angela and Dwight, ect..
Could you be any luckier, Tanster? The rest of us are going to die in anticipation! I hope you enjoyed them both…3 more days!
Tanster, I’m so jealous! :)
Was it as sweet as the pregnancy reveal last season? (I knew it was coming and it still managed to make me smile a mile wide and tear up at the same time)
Oh I can’t wait for Thursday
I quite agree Joey.
I am finding the focus on the same characters (with Erin being so new and all) to be ruining my enjoyment, because I love the Office when all of these superb actors are getting an equal share of screentime.
This is the first summary that doesn’t feature Ed and Ellie since “Shareholder Meeting”. Hopefully their streak is gone for good.
@Matt: I agree, I found Ed and Ellie’s absence to be a little surprising. Plus, the plot synopsis seems a bit short to me…could it be that something has been left out of the synopsis, so as not to spoil anything?
@Alison
There are 25 episodes scheduled, but I’m not sure if that’s counting the hour longs as one or two.
I find it a bit strange that they’re listing Zach Woods under THE HONKEYS (which I can find almost no information on), rather than IN THE LOOP (which is up for best adapted screenplay at the Oscars).
No Ed Helms or Ellie Kemper in latest synopsis. Interesting.