Paul Lieberstein leaves The Office showrunner spot

From The Hollywood Reporter:

NBC is searching for a new showrunner to replace Paul Lieberstein on its top-rated comedy The Office, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lieberstein — who currently heads the writing staff, produces and co-stars as Toby — is looking to shift his focus from the network’s Thursday staple to The Farm, the rumored Dwight Schrute spinoff the network is currently developing.

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Ed Helms on ‘Conan’

Here are a few clips from Ed Helms’ visit to Conan this week.

Ed explains how he fell in love with bluegrass music.
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Ed talks about bayou alligator diabetes.
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Rainn Wilson at SXSW today

The Office’s Rainn Wilson speaks at SXSW today:

The View from Inside Rainn Wilson’s Brainstem
The brainchild of actor Rainn Wilson (Dwight from NBC’s The Office), SoulPancake is a movement to “Chew on Life’s Big Questions” and tackle art, philosophy, creativity, and spirituality across multiple platforms. Wilson will offer the audience a thoughtful, funny look at how art and creativity can be explored in all forms of media. He’ll share some of the challenges of building an online community; developing creative content; and the interactivity and social networking that fuels it all.

Saturday, March 10
5:00PM – 6:00PM
Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

Link: The View from Inside Rainn Wilson’s Brainstem