The Office spin-off in the works?
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 | 250 commentsFrom TVGuide.com:
… the Peacock is developing an episode of The Office that would introduce several new characters who would then be spun off into a new series …
Link: NBC Planning Major Office Expansion!
I know you Tallyheads are chomping at the bit to weigh in on this … :)
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I am worried that they will pull characters from The Office and once the spin off fails, the characters will never return. I am NOT cool with that.
I can see some big NBC honcho up in his office smoking a cigar figuring out ways to add another million to his already bloated paycheck.
Why, when networks get a good thing, must they always exploit and squeeze every last dime out of it, so that the original eventually dies a painful death?
Ultimately, I think an office spinoff will lose money for NBC – spin offs are so cheap and cheesy, it will alienate a lot of Office fans who have been there since the begining.
Here’s an idea: How about making a NEW show that’s actually GOOD! Put some money into fresh, creative development and it will payoff tenfold.
Wow!!! I said what I said in #180 and then I read tonight that the Peacock is bringing back Knight Rider..Sounds Great(noted sarcasm)but please just leave The Office alone..think..Manimal…Manimal…
MANIMAL!!
A spin-off doesn’t sound like a very good idea right now but I’ll reserve judgment until I hear more details about what they have in mind.
Bad idea, in my opinion. There’s no way any spin-off could ever match the genius that is The Office and there’s no way it would could seem believable and not contrived. Besides, if the spin-off makes the writing pool for The Office thinner, it’ll affect the quality of the current show.
That’s about as good an idea as “Joey” was!
Wow they’re really lookin’ to exploit The Office…It has made them quite a bit of money now.
(245)–I like this comment:
“Oh and I will always hold out for the Arrested Development movie. Until Mitch Hurwitz says its dead I’m not going to stop wishing.”
Haha…I agree completely. This is so random though!…and what was that about a Spaced remake!? (what’s WRONG with people today!?)
Claire! Yes! The Spaced remake is a much worse idea than this one. This one might (just might) work…the Spaced remake could never work.
The office keeps getting worse and worse. American television is notorious for finding something that “works” and then beating the hell out of it, like the office. This should be the last season, as it should be more about quality than quantity of episodes. I think there are a lot of people at NBC who forgot about this. This would ruin The Office even more…
Ever heard of too much of a good thing? NBC is pushing it. Can’t fit all the jokes in this half hour time slot? Let’s make another show just like it!
Not that I’m degrading my own comments, but it’s also useful to note that Brent Forrester was also nominated for a Razzie award, the Worst Screenplay in ‘96.
Ohh boy…
Thank god you posted Shawn #246. I thought I was the only one. This must be why everyone hates network execs … as if they’re the vision of Caligula. Perched up fat and happy exploiting everything they see.
I fully realize the tired notion of reinventing stories for the sake of commercial gain. Would I watch the spin-off? No way … I didn’t even get into Frasier.
But really people … do you think the crew (a lot of which make less than any of you every year for doing what they love to do) would be ungrateful for the increase in responsibility and experience? NO WAY!
Brent Forrester (Emmy winner) wrote episodes for our beloved show … he started on a spin-off show. Could we do without the Business School episode, or Product Recall, or the Merger?
Eh… I don’t know. They would have something huge to measure up to, and it would always get compared to its parent show, and it just doesn’t seem right. It makes me nervous, because I would be afraid that The Office would be affected, and not for the better. It is the chemistry between the current characters and the hilarious writing that makes the show such a success. Could it really be duplicated? I think not.
Ugh, The Office had so much going for it the past three years and I can sense the quality waning in its fourth season. I always thought The Office would be immune to the success that ruined other series like Friends. Guess I was wrong.
I also think that this is a bad idea. As the old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” I used to watch a medical show on another network that “spun off” and now I don’t watch either show. Please creators, stay true to The Office!
I found something else online that I thought some of you might find interesting:
Bad idea. I don’t think it will ruin the current show, unless they remove a character, but still. Why would NBC think this is a good idea?
Bad idea. Except if it stars Darryl and Lonny in the warehouse. More Patrice O’Neal!
The idea of this makes me a little bit nervous, but it does sound interesting. I would have to know exactly what they are going to do. And to be honest though, I love everything about The Office, so chances are if it’s related, then I’ll enjoy it. I just worry about not being able to connect with a new cast the way I connect to the one on The Office.
As for an Office spinoff, there’s no reason to think it would work, but call me intrigued. If they called it ‘The Warehouse’ and Darryl sang a song on his keyboard for the opening credits, I might just watch it.