The Office: Finale, 9.24-25

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The Office: Finale

Writer: Greg Daniels, Director: Ken Kwapis

Summary (NBC): Months after the airing of the documentary, the workers of Dunder Mifflin, past and present, gather for a wedding and a final round of interviews. Mysteries are solved, hatchets are buried, pranks are prunked. Guest stars: Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Rachael Harris, Dakota Johnson, Joan Cusack, Ed Begley, Jr., Malcolm Barrett, Matt Jones, Andy Buckley, Michael Schur, Bobby Ray Shafer. One hour and 15 minutes long, starting 9/8c.

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The Office Retrospective


Tipster: Greg

Summary (NBC): Produced by NBC News, this special offers an emotional farewell to the characters of “The Office,” and includes exclusive and original interviews with writers, producers and actors from the award-winning series. One-hour long, starting 8/7c.

The Office Retrospective Quotes

Greg Daniels: I was on the set for this finale, and I was looking around, and I was just struck by the fact there’s no way you could assemble this type of cast again.

Jenna Fischer: I’ll never have a relationship with another actor the way I do with John Krasinski.

B.J. Novak: We’re pretty big in Scranton. We’re like 16 Justin Biebers when we go to Scranton.

The official press release is on the next page.

The Office set visit 2013

The Office Set Visit 2013 tanster OfficeTally


I visited The Office set the week of March 11, 2013, while they filmed the series finale episode, Finale.

Here are links to all my reports:

The Office Nielsen ratings, Season 9

All ratings data from TV by the Numbers.

September 20, 2012: ‘New Guys’

Final ratings: 4.28 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Glee.

September 27, 2012: ‘Roy’s Wedding’

d Final ratings: 4.13 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.

October 4, 2012: ‘Andy’s Ancestry’

u Final ratings: 4.14 million viewers, 2.2/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.

October 18, 2012: ‘Work Bus’

u Final ratings: 4.28 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest. (NFL and MLB games also going on at this time)

October 25, 2012: ‘Here Comes Treble’

d Final ratings: 4.0 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy. (NFL and MLB games also going on at this time)

November 8, 2012: ‘The Boat’

u Final ratings: 4.83 million viewers, 2.4/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest. (NFL game also going on at this time)

November 15, 2012: ‘The Whale’

d Final ratings: 4.16 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.

November 29, 2012: ‘The Target’

d Final ratings: 3.88 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.

December 6, 2012: ‘Dwight Christmas’

u Overnight ratings: 4.175 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.

January 10, 2013: ‘Lice’

u Final ratings: 4.54 million viewers, 2.2/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.

January 17, 2013: ‘Suit Warehouse’

d Final ratings: 4.15 million viewers, 2.1/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Grey’s Anatomy.

January 24, 2013: ‘Customer Loyalty’

u Final ratings: 4.19 million viewers, 2.0/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Glee.

January 31, 2013: ‘Junior Salesman’

u Final ratings: 4.45 million viewers, 2.1/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.

January 31, 2013: ‘Vandalism’

d Final ratings: 3.97 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.

February 7, 2013: ‘Couples Discount’

u Final ratings: 4.15 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.

February 14, 2013: ‘Moving On’

d Final ratings: 4.06 million viewers, 2.0/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.

March 14, 2013: ‘The Farm’

d Final ratings: 3.54 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.

April 4, 2013: ‘Promos’

d Final ratings: 3.44 million viewers, 1.8/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and New Girl.

April 11, 2013: ‘Stairmageddon’

u Final ratings: 3.83 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Glee.

April 25, 2013: ‘Paper Airplane’

d Final ratings: 3.25 million viewers, 1.7/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee. (NFL draft also airing at same time)

May 2, 2013: ‘Livin’ the Dream’

u Final ratings: 3.51 million viewers, 1.8/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Two and a Half Men.

May 9, 2013: ‘A.A.R.M.’

u Final ratings: 4.56 million viewers, 2.3/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest.

May 16, 2013: ‘Finale’

u Final ratings: 5.69 million viewers, 3.0/8 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Grey’s Anatomy.

Key

u More viewers than previous episode
d Less viewers than previous episode

You can find Nielsen ratings of other seasons here.

The Finale Tally

The Office Paper Dolls
Photo used with permission by YDR.COM.

Back in the early days of OfficeTally, I used to put together Tally posts on the weekend, which would list that week’s most interesting articles.

Given this is the final week of The Office, it seemed right to bring back the Tally.

One last time.

Previously posted items on the next page.

The Office Fan Ratings, Season 9

After each episode of The Office airs, fans rate it on a scale of 1 to 10.
Here are the ratings for Season 9.

  1. 9.24-25 Finale (Avg Rating: 9.58/10)
  2. 9.22-23 A.A.R.M. (Avg Rating: 9.42/10)
  3. 9.21 Livin’ the Dream (Avg Rating: 9.07/10)
  4. 9.07 The Whale (Avg Rating: 8.41/10)
  5. 9.08 The Target (Avg Rating: 8.19/10)
  6. 9.12 Customer Loyalty (Avg Rating: 8.14/10)
  7. 9.06 The Boat (Avg Rating: 8.10/10)
  8. 9.18 Promos (Avg Rating: 8.08/10)
  9. 9.20 Paper Airplane (Avg Rating: 8.01/10)
  10. 9.09 Dwight Christmas (Avg Rating: 8.00/10)
  11. 9.01 New Guys (Avg Rating: 7.89/10)
  12. 9.04 Work Bus (Avg Rating: 7.86/10)
  13. 9.16 Moving On (Avg Rating: 7.81/10)
  14. 9.03 Andy’s Ancestry (Avg Rating: 7.71/10)
  15. 9.11 Suit Warehouse (Avg Rating: 7.60/10)
  16. 9.10 Lice (Avg Rating: 7.47/10)
  17. 9.15 Couples Discount (Avg Rating: 7.35/10)
  18. 9.13 Junior Salesman (Avg Rating: 7.205/10)
  19. 9.02 Roy’s Wedding (Avg Rating: 7.200/10)
  20. 9.19 Stairmageddon (Avg Rating: 6.91/10)
  21. 9.14 Vandalism (Avg Rating: 6.67/10)
  22. 9.05 Here Comes Treble (Avg Rating: 6.64/10)
  23. 9.17 The Farm (Avg Rating: 5.59/10)

See past ratings in the Fan Ratings Archive.