Category: News

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

• Tue May 15:
  Rainn Wilson appears on ‘The Today Show,’ NBC.
• Wed May 16, 2007:
  Ricky Gervais on ‘Late Show with David Letterman,’ CBS.
• Thu May 17, 2007:
  Angela Kinsey and Brian Baumgartner on ‘The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet,’ Fox.
• Thu May 17, 2007 8:00pm – 9:00pm:
  The Office: ‘The Job.’ Season 3 finale, one hour. NOTE EARLY START TIME!
• Thu May 17, 2007 9:00pm ET:
  Greg Daniels and B.J. Novak live blogging.
• Sat May 19, 2007:
  Angela Kinsey and Brian Baumgartner in Scranton.
• Sat May 19, 2007:
  Ed Helms in ‘Seth and Ed’s Puppet Talk Show’ at UCB Theatre, Hollywood.

Tipster: sorano916

A relatively short Tally this week — I gotta go return things at the mall. :)

• Cast blogs: Angela 1 | Angela 2 | Kevin | Kate
• Article: learn about love from Dwangela.
• Scheduling news: first we hear that The Office may become a one-hour show next season, and now we hear it may move to the 9pm timeslot.
• Movie news: Melora Hardin will appear in the upcoming big-screen horror comedy “Drive-Thru.”
• Photo: a photo of an unaired scene from ‘Product Recall.’ Interesting.
• Video: first jobs of The Office cast. That Rainn …
• Video: a movie trailer of Take, co-starring David Denman.
• Video: fanvid Scranton Royale. Scranton shaken, not stirred.
• Self-help: want to stay away from spoilers but just can’t help yourself? Commiserate with others at the Northern Attack no spoilers support group.
• Vote for OfficeTally: if you haven’t voted yet, please support OT at the Blogger’s Choice Awards!

Tipsters: Brian, Dan, Nathan, Dave, Claire, Joya

The Onion is reporting that CBS will be airing its own version of The Office — an idea which I believe is sadly misguided.

“You can’t just take a show that good, throw in a new set of actors, and expect the same results,” said Jennie Tan, who runs a popular fansite for the NBC show. “CBS just has to accept that there will simply never be another character like Michael Scott, ever.”

You got that right, Onion. You got that right.

Source: CBS To Release Own Version Of NBC’s The Office

Full article: click the graphic below to see the full-sized version

Tipster: James

P.S. Ce n’est pas vrai, mes amis.

CNNMoney.com posted an article today on NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker. Toward the end of the second page of the article is an intriguing tidbit about The Office:

At NBC’s “upfront” presentation to advertisers on May 14, Zucker says he expects NBC to unveil five new programs — three dramas, one comedy, and one reality show — for its fall schedule. Zucker and Reilly are considering stretching The Office to an hour and canceling the original Law & Order.

Link: Life imitates TV

Tipster: Luke

• Movie news: Cutie in a Cubicle — a summary of John Krasinski’s upcoming movie projects.
• Movie news: one of Rainn Wilson’s next film projects is The Girlfriend Experience.
• Article: Comedian Steve Carell doesn’t want to be serious.
• Article: ‘Office’ aficionados take center court.
• Fan story: check out Breda’s report of John Krasinski’s appearance at Brown University.
• Ratings: “On a percentage basis, The Office had the highest gain in viewing with DVR playback, increasing viewership by more than 31%.”
• Guest speaker: The Office Executive Producer Greg Daniels will be featured as a Master Class speaker in the Banff World Television Festival being held June 10-13.
• Photo: Brian Baumgartner at The Palms, Las Vegas.
• Video: Here’s a trailer of The Brothers Solomon, including a hilarious few seconds of Jenna Fischer.
• Talk shows: Rashida Jones appears on The Martha Stewart Show on Monday.
• Illustration: What if Dunder Mifflin sponsored NASCAR?
• Merchandise: Poor Richard’s Pub t-shirts. “Ain’t no party …”
• Rock the vote: Please vote for OfficeTally at the Bloggers Choice Awards — we’re only 30 votes away from first place!

Tipsters: Denise, Nancy, AndrewV