New ‘The Office’ Series Picked Up at Peacock, First Plot Details Reveal Midwestern Newspaper Setting

American Idol finale tonight), in which nearly every broadcast show signs off for the season and some for good. (We'll miss you, The Good Doctor and .) Although Bridgerton is still fresh in our minds (and you can—and should!—read our deep-dive with ), it's time to look ahead to this week's new offerings, which include more than 15 shows ending their strike-shortened seasons.The good news is that most of these shows will return with new episodes in the fall—or midseason—but it's the end of the road for The Good Doctor as well as as a judge on American Idol.

Billie Eilish has revealed that her new album was almost named after a legendary quote from The Office.The singer released her third studio album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft‘ today (May 17). In an interview with Rolling Stone, Eilish revealed that before landing on the official title of the album – which was taken from what she misheard as the name of a Logic Pro synth – she nearly named it ‘Patheticville’ from a scene in The Office.The term is used by the character Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) in the third season of the US TV series when she and the rest of the crew from the show are making fun of a speech given by Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) at Dunder Mifflin’s “beach games.”“I thought it was patheticville.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter It’s been less than two years since the close of Nexstar’s acquisition of The CW and the network’s primetime slate could not look more different. In addition to the broadcaster’s shifted focus to sports, unscripted fare and foreign imports/co-productions, The CW will soon be getting into the original TV movie business.

Mindy Kaling is getting ready to pass the torch to the cast of the new The Office spinoff series!

Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall are reuniting on screen once again!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan heist series “12 12 12” has landed at Apple TV+ and is nearing a series order, Variety has learned exclusively. The series was first reported to be on the market back in January. Mackie and Dornan will both star in the series in addition to executive producing.

Only Murders in the Building is returning for season four very soon and a new teaser trailer has been released!

Reese Witherspoon had several big announcements to make at the Amazon upfront, but the most exciting one involved Legally Blonde!

EXCLUSIVE: The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant has reacted to news that the show is coming back in the U.S., joking that it could all be based on Zoom following the pandemic.

Fiona Harvey, the woman who is alleged to be the “real Martha” from the Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has given her first televised interview about the show.

NBC has announced that they are developing a follow-up series to the US version of hit sitcom The Office, with the new show set to stream on Peacock in the US. It was announced on Wednesday 8 May that Peacock had placed a formal series order for the untitled series, which is set in the same universe as NBC's former Emmy-winning Steve Carell comedy.The new TV series is set to introduce a new cast of characters "in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling: a daily newspaper," according to NBCUniversal Entertainment's Lisa Katz.This will be another addition to the massive The Office universe, reports the Mirror US.

Great news: Law & Order: Organized Crime has been renewed for a fifth season, but that season will not air on NBC.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The gambling scandal surrounding LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani‘s interpreter is already getting the TV series treatment. Lionsgate Television is in early development on a series focused on the scandal. No writer or network is currently attached to the project, but Scott Delman and Albert Chen are both attached to produce.

Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin are starring in a new Korean drama!

Peacock and A24 will be proceeding with a new showrunner for the Friday the 13th prequel series.

The Office is to begin filming this summer.Peacock announced today (May 8) that the new, and as yet untitled, series will not be a reboot, as per previous rumours, but will be instead set in the same universe as the US version of the hit show. It will feature a new cast and have its own storyline.The US Office – a reboot of the British mockumentary series starring and created by Ricky Gervais – ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013, and followed fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Gleeson has previously terrorized Carrell onscreen (in Hulu’s “The Patient”). The show isn’t returning to Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Peacock has officially ordered the Untitled Greg Daniels and Michael Koman comedy mockumentary series set in the same universe as The Office. Domhnall Gleeson (About Time, Ex-Machina) and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) will lead the ensemble cast of the show, which is set to begin production in July.

The Office spinoff show is officially a go at Peacock!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Michael Peña has joined Taylor Sheridan‘s upcoming Paramount+ series “Landman” in a guest star role, Variety has learned exclusively. Peña joins previously announced series lead Billy Bob Thornton in the show, as well as cast members Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie, Paulina Chávez, and Demi Moore. Jon Hamm will appear in a recurring guest star role, while Andy Garcia will guest star.