Office receives PRISM Award noms

The Office has received two PRISM Award nominations:

  • TV Comedy Series Episode: The Office — “Drug Testing”
  • Performance in a Comedy Series: Steve Carell, The Office

From the press release:

The PRISM Awards are for productions and performances featuring the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction, as well as mental health … Recipients will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on April 24th and which will air in November on the FX Network.

Link: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Mariska Hargitay Among Nominees for 11th Annual PRISM Awards

Next new Office episode on April 5th

The next new episode of The Office will air on April 5th, and it will be supersized!

From NBC:

NBC announced it will return its critically hailed “30 Rock” on Thursday, April 5, for a special night of super-sized comedies and laughs that includes original episodes of “The Office,” “Scrubs” and “Andy Barker, P.I.” and an encore episode of “My Name Is Earl.”

On April 5, NBC’s super-sized lineup will include (times approximate): “The Office” (8-8:40 p.m. ET); “30 Rock” (8:40-9:15 p.m. ET); “Scrubs” (9:15-9:50 p.m. ET); “Andy Barker, P.I.” (9:50-10:20); and an encore episode of “My Name Is Earl” (10:20-11 p.m. ET).

No official word on an episode title yet.

Link: NBC Springs Into Action on Thursdays with Return of ’30 Rock’ on April 5, a Night Filled with Super-Sized Comedies and Laughs

Mindy Kaling’s Office Party

aprilbegins over at the LiveJournal Office community has posted scans of a funny article about Mindy Kaling from the March issue of Venice Magazine.

An excerpt:

Because “The Office has such a sizeable ensemble, is it difficult to keep each character from getting lost or overshadowed?

The great thing about the show is none of these characters are alike; it’s like a zoo. We have every different animal in his or her own little cage, like a Stanley or a Meredith or a Dwight. You can poke each animal and they’ll make a sound and you write it down. I think the perfect kind of episode is one where we have a conference room scene and every character gets to say one thing that is very in character, one little hilarious remark. And I feel like I’ve done my job if I can service every character on the show.

(And did you guys know about Brenda? — I didn’t!)

Link: Mindy Kaling’s Office Party

Tipster: MelB

The Weekend Tally

It’s a relatively short list today …

  • Wallpaper: Here’s a really well done wallpaper of the Dunder Mifflin logo.
  • Articles: Rainn Wilson promotes his film, The Last Mimzy, at MSN Movies and Dark Horizons.
  • Comics: Some Office-themed cartoons here and here.
  • Live event: Ricky Gervais presents his stand-up show ‘Fame’ at the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 16 and October 1 & 2. Tickets on sale now. More info at RickyGervais.com.
  • Video: I managed to snag this short clip of Paley Fest

Tipsters: Marc, Neal, MoxieTime