Reveille Productions acquired the rights to The Nightshift, Iceland’s number one comedy show about a group of employees who work the graveyard shift at a gas company. The show is said to the Icelandic version of The Office, as the series documents the characters’ struggles to interact with and be entertained by crazy customers.
Reveille previously adapted Britain’s The Office and Colombia’s Ugly Betty for American audiences.
Parks and Recreation will always be Knope Knows’ focus. However, from time to time I’ll slip in some noteworthy Office news.
NBC Universal signed a licensing deal with Hallmark, which includes the use of the media company’s film and TV content like The Office, 30 Rock and Battlestar Galactica.
The article doesn’t specifically mention Parks and Recreation, though the show is a production of NBC Universal and is likely a part of the deal.
Parks and Recreation will always be Knope Knows’ focus. However, from time to time I’ll slip in some noteworthy Office news.
The fifth season of NBC’s The Office, available to own September 8, will be released on DVD as well as on Blu-ray discs. The show joins Battlestar Galactica and Heroes as the only TV shows released in that format by Universal.
The Paley Center voted Seinfeld’s “yada, yada, yada” as TV’s all-time top phrase. Other Seinfeld entries include “Hello, Newman” at No. 50 and “No soup for you!” at No. 21.
Even The Office got a little love at No. 12 with “That’s what she said.”
Results were broadcast on NBC Tuesday evening in a special titled, TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases.
Click the jump to view the complete list.
In a Q&A published today, Greg Daniels sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to answer a number of questions mainly dealing with NBC’s The Office.
Here are a few of the questions, with Daniels’ responses:
Looking back over the past several seasons (of The Office), do you have any particular episode or moment that stands out to you as a favorite?
We had a 100th episode party, and Dave Rogers, the senior editor, cut together an “100 Moments” montage (featuring one from) each episode, and there’s stuff that I love about all the episodes. The other thing is just having all those memories of the actual filming, like being out there under the scorching sun shooting the “Beach Games” episode, and Harold Ramis directing it from under this little black cloth that he had to go into to look at the monitor, everybody just sweating a ton.How does it feel to have “Parks and Recreation” launching as “The Office” hits this milestone?
It feels great! I feel really glad that “The Office” hit 100 episodes. I feel that from the standpoint of (”Office” co-creators) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, I didn’t let them down. I remember interviewing with them seven years ago, and this was certainly the goal, so I’m very pleased that we got to 100 episodes in a strong fashion. I think the show is in a very good place right now. I don’t know if you saw the ratings last week (ending April 19), but we were beating “CSI” in 18-49 — who would have thought that when we aired for the first time? While I’ve been working on “Parks and Recreation,” Paul Lieberstein and Jennifer Celotta, who are two other executive producers (on “Office), have been really stepping up and doing an excellent job. They have taken “The Office” to some really great places, and it seems very in-its-prime. From that standpoint, it’s not a bad time to try and launch something else.“Parks and Recreation” was kind of born out of Ben Silverman really, really wanting another show as a companion piece, and I think it has a good potential. I think Amy Poehler’s super funny, and again, I think the mockumentary format is the way to go for single-camera comedy shows. I don’t know how you shoot an “Ugly Betty”-style show. It seems like that would be so much work to light it properly and have dolly tracks. There’s so much energy and improvisation you can do when it’s all handheld and the concept is if the lighting isn’t perfect, it’s because there wasn’t perfect lighting in that room.
Link: Q&A: Greg Daniels
Parks and Recreation will always be Knope Knows’ focus. However, from time to time I’ll slip in some noteworthy Office news.
Office funny girl Mindy Kaling signed a two-year, seven-figure deal with NBC. While remaining a writer for hit sitcom The Office, Mindy will also develop a comedy for the network in which she would also star.
Says Mindy:
This is my first step in a Transformers-style way to take over the whole world. I’ve only ever worked for NBC, and I’ve felt an enormous amount of support from the executives there.
Parks and Recreation will always be Knope Knows’ focus. However, from time to time I’ll slip in some noteworthy Office news.
Parks and Recreation exec producer Michael Schur told New York magazine that commitments to his new show make him unable to appear in any more Office episodes — at least in its current season. Michael said he’s directing the season finale of Parks and Recreation, and doesn’t have the availability to make a return to Schrute Farms:
They called me the other day, asking if I could come back and play Mose for one of the last episodes this year. It wouldn’t have been right when I was [directing] that last episode, so there was no way it could work. It was a wonderful excuse not to have to put on that stupid neck beard again.
He adds that Mose could appear in an Office episode next year:
No one loves Mose more than (Office head writer) Paul Lieberstein. If I can ever do it again for him, I will, but only because it makes him happy.
Link: Michael Schur, Man Behind The Office’s Mose Schrute, Announces Well-Deserved Break
