NBC Chairman Talks 'The Office' Reboot

At NBC's upfront, chairman Bob Greenblatt talked about the rumored The Office reboot that fans have been buzzing about.

According to Deadline, Greenblatt declined to answer a question about the status of the project.

"We often talk about The Office, I've talked to Greg four times over the past few years. It's always, 'maybe some day but not now'," Greenblatt told Deadline last August. "There is certainly an open invitation but we don't have anything happening right now. If he wants to do it, I would do it."

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The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013. It is an adaptation of the original BBC series of the same name. The Office was adapted for American audiences by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons. It was co-produced by Daniels's Deedle-Dee Productions, and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, with numerous others being PROMOTED in later seasons.

The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder MifflinPaper Company. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it is filmed in a single-camera setup, without a studio audienceor a laugh track. The show debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement and ran for nine seasons and 201 episodes. The Office initially featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak as the main cast; the show experienced numerous changes to its ensemble castduring its run.

Season one of The Office was met with mixed reviews, but the following four seasons received widespread acclaim from television critics. These seasons were included on several critics' year-end top TV series lists, winning several awards such as four Primetime Emmy Awards, which include an Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006. While later seasons were criticized for a decline in quality, earlier writers oversaw the final season and ended the show's run with a positive reception.

In December 2017 it was reported that NBC was considering a revival of the series. It would debut during the 2018-19 television season and would feature a mix of original (excluding Steve Carell) and new cast members.