‘The Office’ Season 6 officially announced

From press release:

NBC has renewed the popular series “The Office,” “30 Rock” and “The Biggest Loser” each for an additional year through the 2009-2010 season, it was announced today by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios, and Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

“These renewals represent our faith in ‘The Office’ and ’30 Rock’ as they continue to represent the gold standard in acclaimed and award-winning series,” said Bromstad. “We want the devoted fans of these series to know that we are thrilled that these quality programs will be back with the same high-caliber episodes that viewers have come to expect.”

“The Office” is the season’s #1 comedy in adults 18-34 and is tied for the #2 ranking overall, according to “most current” averages from Nielsen Media Research through the season’s opening 16 weeks. The acclaimed fifth-season comedy also has the most upscale audience for a primetime series on any broadcast networks in terms of its concentration of adults 18-49 living in homes with $100,000-plus incomes. “The Office” is averaging a 4.9 rating, 12 share among adults 18-49, a 5.8/15 among adults 18-34 and 9.4 million viewers overall. .

Woo!

(You can read much more about Season 6 on the news and spoilers page — click ‘spoilers’ at the top of this page.)

Jenna Fischer in SELF Magazine

Jenna Fischer appears in the February 2009 issue of SELF Magazine:

… When SELF dared the 34-year-old Emmy nominee to make a few healthy changes in her jam-packed life, she didn’t just go for the softballs: “I tried to pick a few that were easy, a few that were hard and a few that were up in the air,” she says. How did it go (besides hilariously)? We’ll let her tell you.

Links: Article Part 1 | Article Part 2 | Article Part 3 | Cover photo

The video is adorable. And I just dusted off my crockpot, so I am definitely going to try that recipe …

Idris Elba to join ‘The Office’

From Variety:

Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on “The Office” as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell).

Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie’s “Rocknrolla,” will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he’ll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin’s corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil.

Link: Idris Elba gets ‘Office’ space

Tipster: Joe