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NBC Planning Spin-off for ‘The Office’

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 31, 2007 - 6:58am.
Cast of The OfficeTV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reports today that NBC (NYSE: GE) is developing an episode of the hit comedy series “The Office” in which we meet several new characters who will be spun off into a new series. The move would steal a play out of ABC’s book, who accomplished the same last year by spinning off “Private Practice” from “Grey’s Anatomy.”

ABC has so far scored a hit with “Private Practice.”

The difference between ABC’s move and NBC’s, says Ausiello, is that “The Office” spin-off will not include any current cast members, whereas “Private Practice” moved Kate Walsh from “Grey’s.”

“In fact,” writes Ausiello, “producers are already casting about for a ‘name’ to headline the potential show.”

Who might that “name” be? Ausiello takes a few guesses: “A downsized Jim Carrey? The underrated Ed "Al Bundy" O'Neill, past due for a comeback? Mike Myers, set loose weekly in a blue-collar playground?”

Read Ausiello's story here.

Published in DMW Daily, October 31, 2007
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