NBC Is “Standing By” For A Reboot Of “The Office”

Rumors of a reboot of the American version of The Office have been swirling since Christ was a cowboy (2017-ish). Back then NBC’s plan was to have a Steve Carrell-less revival ready for the 2018-2019 television season, just five years after the original ended in 2013. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But now that NBCUniversal’s launched their Peacock streamer and spent a cool $500 million buying The Office rights back from Netflix, the idea is back on the table. Yesterday NBCUniversal’s content chief Susan Rovner told Deadline that whenever The Office showrunner Greg Daniels wants to do one, “we’re standing by.” Then she whispered, “Please come back, baby,” and burst into tears.

While talking to Deadline at a panel session for the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Susan initially answered “no comment” in reply to reboot questions. But then, she pretty much immediately went back on her word and added that it was all up to Greg Daniels. Earlier this year Greg Daniels said he wouldn’t rule an Office reboot out, but told Collider:

 “It’s not impossible for sure. I would want to be involved, and I’ve got two other shows I’m working on right now.”

Greg’s two other shows are Amazon Prime’s Upload (I tried, couldn’t get into it) and Netflix’s Space Force (heard it was meh), which stars Steve Carell.

Back in January, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell shared that The Office was being more actively streamed on Peacock than it had been on Netflix. I’m gonna call bullshit on that, because whenever I click that Netflix random shuffle button, they just put on an episode of The Office. THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED. And back in 2019 yet another NBCU suit, Bonnie Hammer, told Deadline that it was her “hope” and “goal” for a reboot.

All these horny-for-Office-reboot execs need to calm their boners and play this really cool. Do you think Greg & Co. are really gonna waltz back to NBC if they’re begging for it? No. It’s just like Jim and Pam. Pam didn’t want Jim when he was puppy-dog-eyeing her at the office in seasons 1 and 2. But in season 3, he ran to Stamford and started fucking Rashida Jones. That’s when she realized she loved him. So NBC, your next statement should be “You know what? We’re good. We don’t need The Office, we have… what’s it called? The one with Ted Danson. No, not The Good Place… Mr. Mayor! Yeah, fuck The Office, we got Mr. Mayor! And it’s… just… fine.”

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