Blog Archives

nbc addresses steve carell’s departure from ‘the office’

Posted on by
Reply

Steve Carell has been busy, over the last two months, promoting Despicable Me and Dinner For Schmucks. He is the lead actor in both films, which is an extremely tall burden for one man considering he is also the face of The Office.

Whether it’s tiring of playing Michael Scott, too much of a workload or both, Carell announced earlier this summer that he won’t be with The Office after the show’s seventh season.  NBC has stayed surprisingly quiet, given the magnitude of the news since that point.

Until now…

The AP reports that NBC Primetime Entertainment President Angela Bromstad made the network’s first comment. “We’ve been lucky to have had him as long as we’ve had,” she says. “These things happen when you have such a major movie star in a show.”

She was quick to change the subject to the network’s commitment to the series’ future. “Not to diminish the departure of Steve, because that will impact the show, but we have tremendous faith in the writers and actors to keep it alive.”

via

*************

This post was written by Eric Van Dril. For more of his writing, visit his Twitter.

steve carell is officially leaving ‘the office’ after season seven

Posted on by
Reply

During the promotion of film Date Night, Steve Carell told the BBC that he was seriously considering leaving The Office once his contract expired after the show’s seventh season. He said this during a radio interview and nearly every fan of the show lost their minds.

Fast-forward to this weekend’s screening of Despicable Me. E! asked Carell about if he has decided whether next season’s seventh season of The Office would be his last…

“I just think it’s time,” he told E! Online. “I want to fulfill my contract. When I first signed on I had a contract for seven seasons, and this coming year is my seventh. I just thought it was time for my character to go.”

Seven seasons is an extremely long time to do anything, but especially when playing a lovable buffoon like Michael Scott. The Scott character has kind of brought the show down in my opinion, so I’m happy for a change even if I’d prefer the show to end after the seventh season. The thing about The Office, though, is that it’s always been about its ensemble cast.

This is something that Carell realizes.

“It doesn’t certainly mean the end of the show,” he said. “I think it’s just a dynamic change to the show, which could be a good thing, actually. Add some new life and some new energy … I see it as a positive in general for the show.”

**************

This post was written by Eric Van Dril. For more of his writing, visit his Twitter.

steve carell says season seven of ‘the office’ is probably his last

Posted on by
Reply

The sixth season of The Office, following an excellent fifth season that truly raised the stakes, has been completely and utterly disappointing.

With that in mind, it seems like a change is in order and, as brilliant as Steve Carell has been during his time playing Michael Scott, it might be time to set a timetable for Carell’s exit. The show’s producers could raise the stakes by making Michael lose his job and deal with replacing him in the office.  I think it’s a great move and it seems like Carell agrees.

While promoting his film Date Night, Carell said that the seventh season of The Office will probably be his last.

Question: How long will you stay with The Office for? How many more series? How long does your contract run?

Carell: Contract through next season.

Question: And will you stay after that?

Carell: I don’t think so. I think that will probably be my last year.

******************

This post was written by Eric Van Dril.  For more of his writing, visit RipcordNews.com or visit his Twitter.

college course: the office 2.0

Posted on by
Reply

At the start of each college semester, there always a couple really cool/interesting college courses that have to do with the study of a popular television show.

I’ve written about The Wire and The Sopranos, two epic shows that delve into different cultures.  Both shows serve as legitimate teaching tools for college professors trying to keep their kids interested and engaged in a topic.  I understand why both The Sopranos and The Wire would be subjects of college courses.

But I honestly don’t understand how The University of Washington can teach a course about The Office.

The synopsis is…

The Office: 2.0 is designed to teach students how to create and market a TV show based on the themes and real-life situations of NBC’s hit mockumentary starring Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson.

Umm, yeah.  This sounds like a waste of time to me because The Office, more than anything, is successful because it uses a brand of humor that was and still is absent on television.  It took the sitcom and did something completely different.  There isn’t a grand marketing scheme to the show, other than creating a cast of characters that an audience can watch and say ‘Ok, I feel like I know that person.’

But other than that, I don’t see the point of ‘The Office 2.0′ at Washington.