The Office (US Version)
07-26-05, 02:23 PM
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The Office (US Version)
All of these pop ups with the office dvd release have gotten me wondering if they are going to put out a season 2 of the office, or is it done? I loved the show personally and would like to see another season. ANyone have any info?
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They're renewing it in spite of bad ratings because it fits NBCs new focus on "cutting edge comedies".
http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...-preview_x.htm
By Gary Levin, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Even NBC admits there are no quick fixes for its ratings woes. Executives told TV critics here Sunday that it could be two or more seasons before the once-leading network can climb out of the ratings cellar.
“Subversive but sweet”: Jason Lee stars in the comedy My Name Is Earl.
NBC Universal
But the situation will force a needed jolt of creativity: "Last season was like a colonic," NBC Entertainment chief Kevin Reilly says. "It wasn't a lot of fun to go through, but it's going to be healthy in the long run. The kick in the (pants) is going to get us back on our game."
Reilly acknowledged the obvious: that NBC didn't prepare for the end of Friends and the decline of ER, The West Wing and Law & Order. "We had enormous, history-making hits that were going away, we needed to reseed them and we didn't."
As a result, young-adult ratings fell 16%, and NBC dropped to fourth among that target audience last season after finishing eight of the previous nine on top.
The network that once ruled with Seinfeld has a new template for "cutting-edge comedies."
It's represented by the low-rated remake of British comedy The Office and the upcoming My Name Is Earl, described as a "subversive but sweet" comedy. It stars Jason Lee as a ne'er-do-well lottery winner who rights his past wrongs, and it will get NBC's biggest push this fall.
"Win, lose or draw, they are clear markers of where we want to go with the network in the future," Reilly says.
But the road to recovery may be long, thanks to aging hits, poorly received fall dramas and rivals' momentum.
There are more risks planned for midseason: The Book of Daniel, starring Aidan Quinn as a pill-popping priest; and The Black Donnellys, about Irish mobsters, from Paul Haggis.
NBC also is putting its faith in Martha Stewart with a syndicated daytime show and a version of The Apprentice (due Sept. 21), which Reilly says will show Stewart's "human" side.
Viewers "may know her company, they may buy her paint, but I don't think they know how her wheels turn." And "if they're expecting some sort of raging diva, they're going to be sorely disappointed."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...-preview_x.htm
By Gary Levin, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Even NBC admits there are no quick fixes for its ratings woes. Executives told TV critics here Sunday that it could be two or more seasons before the once-leading network can climb out of the ratings cellar.
“Subversive but sweet”: Jason Lee stars in the comedy My Name Is Earl.
NBC Universal
But the situation will force a needed jolt of creativity: "Last season was like a colonic," NBC Entertainment chief Kevin Reilly says. "It wasn't a lot of fun to go through, but it's going to be healthy in the long run. The kick in the (pants) is going to get us back on our game."
Reilly acknowledged the obvious: that NBC didn't prepare for the end of Friends and the decline of ER, The West Wing and Law & Order. "We had enormous, history-making hits that were going away, we needed to reseed them and we didn't."
As a result, young-adult ratings fell 16%, and NBC dropped to fourth among that target audience last season after finishing eight of the previous nine on top.
The network that once ruled with Seinfeld has a new template for "cutting-edge comedies."
It's represented by the low-rated remake of British comedy The Office and the upcoming My Name Is Earl, described as a "subversive but sweet" comedy. It stars Jason Lee as a ne'er-do-well lottery winner who rights his past wrongs, and it will get NBC's biggest push this fall.
"Win, lose or draw, they are clear markers of where we want to go with the network in the future," Reilly says.
But the road to recovery may be long, thanks to aging hits, poorly received fall dramas and rivals' momentum.
There are more risks planned for midseason: The Book of Daniel, starring Aidan Quinn as a pill-popping priest; and The Black Donnellys, about Irish mobsters, from Paul Haggis.
NBC also is putting its faith in Martha Stewart with a syndicated daytime show and a version of The Apprentice (due Sept. 21), which Reilly says will show Stewart's "human" side.
Viewers "may know her company, they may buy her paint, but I don't think they know how her wheels turn." And "if they're expecting some sort of raging diva, they're going to be sorely disappointed."
