Category: News

From the roof of ‘The Office’ sound stages, Andrew (Office staffer aka “Lighting Guy” and amazing photographer) took this time-lapsed video of the Station Fire, burning north of Los Angeles.

Tipster: Kim

Something that I’ve been curious about …

Do we know where The Office characters Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly went to college?

I know that both characters have mentioned going to college — Pam says she did a little drawing in college in Season 2’s Boys and Girls, and Jim jokes he majored in public speaking in college in Season 2’s Dwight’s Speech — but do we know which schools they attended?

I don’t think school names have ever been mentioned in a network-aired episode, but perhaps in a deleted scene or on the DVD?

Thanks!

UPDATE: Jenna/Pam’s MySpace page states that Pam went to Marywood University in Scranton from 1998-2000. Tipster: Paul

Now what about Jim?

‘The Office’ gets an Emmy vote from Brian of FOX’s animated TV show, Family Guy:

Both ‘The Office’ and ‘Family Guy’ are nominated for the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy this year.

Tipster: @mindykaling

UPDATE: Piven’s Twitter page now confirms it’s Ken Jeong …

Entourage’s Jeremy Piven is scheduled to host the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) show Raw tonight.

On his Twitter page yesterday, Piven tweeted: “With me tomorrow night on Raw is a gentleman u know from ‘The hangover’ and he also has a day job.”

There is speculation that his guest host will either be The Office’s Ed Helms or Ken Jeong (who’s also appeared on The Office, in Season 2’s ‘Email Surveillance’).

WWE Raw airs on USA at 9pm/8pm CT.

Tipster: Brad

The Office Season 6 premieres Thursday, September 17th!

From NBC’s press release:

Thursday is comedy night on NBC with the only live comedy show between 8-10 p.m. on any network, “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday,” kicking off the night (8-8:30 p.m. ET) beginning September 17, followed by “Parks and Recreation” (8:30-9 p.m. ET), “The Office” (9-9:30 p.m. ET) and new comedy “Community” (9:30-10 p.m. ET) from Emmy winners Joe and Anthony Russo (“Arrested Development”).

On October 8, “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” will exit the 8 p.m. slot and “Community” will shift to the earlier time period, followed by “Parks and Recreation” (8:30-9 p.m. ET). A one-hour episode of “The Office” will air from 9-10 p.m. ET.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
8-8:30 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
9-9:30 p.m. – “The Office”
9:30-10 p.m. – “Community” (series premiere – moves to Thursdays 8-8:30 p.m. on October 8; “30 Rock” returns October 15, 9:30-10 p.m.)
10-11 p.m. – “The Jay Leno Show”

TV Guide has named The Office episode ‘Diversity Day’ as one of TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time.

This Season 1 classic, written by B.J. Novak and directed by Ken Kwapis, is also rated by OfficeTally readers as their favorite episode in the Season 1 Survivor Poll.

Here is where ‘Diversity Day’ ranked in TV Guide’s top 20:

1. Seinfeld: The Contest
2. The Sopranos: College
3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles Bites the Dust
4. I Love Lucy: Lucy Does a TV Commercial
5. Lost: Pilot
6. ER: Love’s Labor Lost
7. The Honeymooners: Better Living Through TV
8. Mad Men: Nixon vs. Kennedy
9. All in the Family: Cousin Maude’s Visit
10. 24: Season 1 finale
11. The Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last
12. Saturday Night Live: April 22, 1978
13. The Dick Van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut
14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling
15. The Cosby Show: Goodbye Mr. Fish
16. The Fugitive: The Judgement
17. South Park: Trapped in the Closet
18. The Andy Griffith Show: Opie the Birdman
19. The Office: Diversity Day. TVG description: By its second episode, NBC’s remake fulfilled the order of Americanizing the classic Britcom The Office. Dunderhead Michael Scott (Steve Carell) puts his underlings through a sensitivity-training session. “It’s the strongest example of the kind of trouble Michael would get into,” exec producer Greg Daniels says. And a job well done.
20. M*A*S*H: Abyssinia, Henry

See the rest of the top 100 in the June 15-28 issue of TV Guide!

Tipster: Megan

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, staff, and fans for the week ending June 21.

• Blog update: Jenna Fischer — Year One.
• Article: Amy Ryan: The TV Squad Interview.
• Article: The Office writer Lee Eisenberg — He makes dumb smart.
• Article: Oscar Nuñez, ‘The Proposal.’ (Here is the ‘wash and wear’ scene that is mentioned in the article.)
• Audio: NPR interviews Ed Helms. (Whenever NPR interviews someone from ‘The Office,’ it’s always awesome!)
• Movie preview: quiz — how many people in this preview of The Goods have appeared on The Office? Opens August 14th.
• Magazine mention: John Krasinski is one of PEOPLE’s Hottest Bachelors of 2009. On newsstands now!
• Fan photo: it is Hadley’s birthday.

Tipsters: Dwigt, leonora, susy, Jackie

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, staff, and fans for the week ending June 7.

• Blog update: Jenna Fischer — My New York Adventure!
• Article: The writers room is a funny sort of place.
• Article: The A.V. Club interviews Ed Helms.
• Article: The Office and Steve Carell nominated for ‘Best of the Decade.’
• Article: TIME asks John Krasinski 10 questions. (Here’s video, too!)
• Article: MovieFone interviews John Krasinski.
• Article: the Boston Globe interviews John Krasinski.
• Article: the New York Post interviews John Krasinski.
• Article: Kenza Kadmiry’s fighting spirit lifts an entire school. Rainn Wilson hosts a fundraiser for the injured teen.
• Audio: Ed Helms appears on NPR’s Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me.
• Photos: The Office cast at ‘The Hangover’ premiere starring Ed Helms.
• Photos: John Krasinski at the David Letterman show.

Tipsters: Christina, sorano916, Dan, Andie, Michelle T