There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the point?
Writer: Greg Daniels, Director: Ken Kwapis
Summary (NBC): Months after the airing of the documentary, the workers of Dunder Mifflin, past and present, gather for a wedding and a final round of interviews. Mysteries are solved, hatchets are buried, pranks are prunked. Guest stars: Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Rachael Harris, Dakota Johnson, Joan Cusack, Ed Begley, Jr., Malcolm Barrett, Matt Jones, Andy Buckley, Michael Schur, Bobby Ray Shafer. One hour and 15 minutes long, starting 9/8c.
Tipster: Greg
Summary (NBC): Produced by NBC News, this special offers an emotional farewell to the characters of “The Office,” and includes exclusive and original interviews with writers, producers and actors from the award-winning series. One-hour long, starting 8/7c.
Greg Daniels: I was on the set for this finale, and I was looking around, and I was just struck by the fact there’s no way you could assemble this type of cast again.
Jenna Fischer: I’ll never have a relationship with another actor the way I do with John Krasinski.
B.J. Novak: We’re pretty big in Scranton. We’re like 16 Justin Biebers when we go to Scranton.
The official press release is on the next page.
I visited The Office set the week of March 11, 2013, while they filmed the series finale episode, Finale.
Here are links to all my reports:
Please leave your messages to The Office cast and staff during this final week!
All ratings data from TV by the Numbers.
Final ratings: 4.28 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Glee.
Final ratings: 4.13 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.
Final ratings: 4.14 million viewers, 2.2/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.
Final ratings: 4.28 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest. (NFL and MLB games also going on at this time)
Final ratings: 4.0 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy. (NFL and MLB games also going on at this time)
Final ratings: 4.83 million viewers, 2.4/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest. (NFL game also going on at this time)
Final ratings: 4.16 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.
Final ratings: 3.88 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee.
Overnight ratings: 4.175 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.
Final ratings: 4.54 million viewers, 2.2/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.
Final ratings: 4.15 million viewers, 2.1/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Grey’s Anatomy.
Final ratings: 4.19 million viewers, 2.0/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Glee.
Final ratings: 4.45 million viewers, 2.1/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.
Final ratings: 3.97 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Final ratings: 4.15 million viewers, 2.1/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.
Final ratings: 4.06 million viewers, 2.0/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Person of Interest and Grey’s Anatomy.
Final ratings: 3.54 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Glee.
Final ratings: 3.44 million viewers, 1.8/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Person of Interest, Grey’s Anatomy, and New Girl.
Final ratings: 3.83 million viewers, 1.9/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Glee.
Final ratings: 3.25 million viewers, 1.7/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 4th place behind Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, and Glee. (NFL draft also airing at same time)
Final ratings: 3.51 million viewers, 1.8/5 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Two and a Half Men.
Final ratings: 4.56 million viewers, 2.3/6 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 3rd place behind Grey’s Anatomy and Person of Interest.
Final ratings: 5.69 million viewers, 3.0/8 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: 2nd place behind Grey’s Anatomy.
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You can find Nielsen ratings of other seasons here.
Photo used with permission by YDR.COM.
Back in the early days of OfficeTally, I used to put together Tally posts on the weekend, which would list that week’s most interesting articles.
Given this is the final week of The Office, it seemed right to bring back the Tally.
One last time.
Previously posted items on the next page.
After each episode of The Office airs, fans rate it on a scale of 1 to 10.
Here are the ratings for Season 9.
See past ratings in the Fan Ratings Archive.
Ed Helms, Craig Robinson, Ellie Kemper, Creed Bratton, Clark Duke, and Jake Lacy bid farewell to The Office.
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/np873MSfhP4
Tipster: Limey