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New information about Season 4

Feb. 14, Associated Press

Rainn Wilson, a Writers Guild member and co-star of “The Office,” said he was hearing that everyone on the show will report back on March 10 to shoot six more episodes.

Link: Hollywood Punches Back in As Strike Ends

Feb. 13, New York Times

  • ‘The Office’ returns to the air April 10th.
  • The first episode that will be produced is ‘Dinner Party.’
  • A Christmas script was written before the strike, but will not be produced.
  • As showrunner Greg Daniels mentioned previously, a total of six new episodes will be produced for Season 4.
  • Handling the time lapse: “I’m tempted to just leap ahead to where we would have been,” Mr. Daniels said.

Link: No Pause Button: TV Studios and Writers Play Catch-Up After Strike

Update: NBC now confirms that The Office will return on Thursday, April 10th, 9-9:30pm ET.

Tipster: Alison

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Happy Birthday, OfficeTally!

OfficeTallyOfficeTally turned two yesterday!

(What is that in blog years? Like, 11?)

Thanks to all the amazing people who supported OT this year — Matt, Mosby, Tori, Allison, Red, Jeff, Tess, Joanne, the kind folks of Scranton, and of course, the most wonderful and talented cast, writers, and staff of The Office.

I love the show. And I love to blog about the show. It continues to be a most pleasurable obsession.

Thanks, Tallyheads, for helping me chase that feeling.

Tipster: JimHalpertIsLife. (Yes, it took an OT tipster to remind me it was OfficeTally’s birthday yesterday. I need more sleep.)


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‘The Office’ not in Paley Fest this year

The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) has announced its 2008 Paley Fest schedule, and ‘The Office’ is not in the lineup this year.

Paley Fest is a series of panel discussions with popular TV shows, where “during each evening, the audience views episodes or highlights of the featured work and has the opportunity to ask questions of the cast and creative team or the individual involved in its production.”

‘The Office’ event at last year’s Paley Fest was wildly popular. I don’t know why I assumed our beloved show would be part of this year’s lineup; I guess it was just wishful thinking.

Perhaps the best bet for this year is The Comedy World of Judd Apatow and Friends on Monday, March 17th. No panelists have been announced for this event yet, but there are plenty of Office connections to choose from — Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (“Year One”), Jenna Fischer and Craig Robinson (“Walk Hard”), Steve Carell (“The 40-Year Old Virgin”), to name a few …

Links: Paley Fest 2008 | Paley Fest 2007 | OfficeTally covers Paley Fest 2007

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Chile to remake ‘The Office’

From Variety:

BBC Worldwide Americas has licensed “The Office” for a local remake in Chile.

It’s the first format deal in Latin America for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s comedy and the first Spanish-language version.

“We stopped making ‘The Office’ in 2003, but the rest of the world didn’t,” Gervais said. “I won’t be happy until I see an Inuit doing the dance.”

Link: ‘Office’ relocates to Latin America

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Welcome, Bloggie Awards visitors!

Assuming the possibility that OfficeTally made it on to the preliminary 2008 ballot, I’d like to welcome Bloggie Awards visitors to OfficeTally!

OfficeTally is a fansite for NBC’s Emmy-winning comedy, ‘The Office.’

You can learn more about OT here.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you’ll consider voting for OfficeTally!

:) tanster