

But it DID feature Kaling as a spokeswoman (her name was there and everything!) and that, my friends, is sweet justice for the show’s best writer (now that Mike Schur is on Parks and Recreation, of course). The season followed the lives of the office in its post-Michael.

Novak previously renewed his contract with Universal Media Studios through the eighth season.
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The series was renewed for an eighth season on March 17, 2011. News and Wall StreetJournal, October 10, 2013. The eighth season of The Office premiered on Septemon NBC, It concluded on and consisted of 24 episodes. It wasn’t funny, or that inventive, or really anything that special in retrospect. Senate passed an immigration reform: 113 Congress, S.744, June 27, 2013. Oh, and if you were lucky enough to catch the NBC feed of the show, as opposed to Global’s, you got to see the highlight of the entire Thursday night comedy lineup: Mindy Kaling’s did-that-just-happen-yes-it-did commercial for Healthy Choice single-dish meals. Seriously, that guy is definitely the Scranton Strangler.

Neither succeed, though it was mildly amusing to see just how far Zach Woods can crawl into Gabe’s ultra-creepy persona. In B-plot news, Gabe tries to woo the attractive new warehouse worker, just as Daryl tries to do the same. email, saving everyone’s job in the process. Article contentĪs if you couldn’t guess how it would all end: Yes, Pam and Co.’s genial camaraderie softens Dwight’s coal-black heart, causing him to cancel the 5 p.m. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Things start off with the usual awkward meeting between Ed Helms’ Andy and James Spader’s Robert - the latter of whom is going over one of the latest Sabre reports, showing an error-prone office staff that’s slowly costing the branch tons of cash. Instead of any new spins or plots or character development, instead we get more of the same this time as Dwight undermines Andy’s authority, the office gang proves how much they secretly care about each other, and Gabe’s creepiness shines through once again. Whatever is going on, it’s not enough to warrant another two seasons, or however many episodes NBC is hoping to milk out of the series (and now that the show is one of the network’s few ratings success - yes, things are that dire - don’t count on the Peacock giving up its golden, uh, goose anytime soon). Guest stars include: Stephen Collins (as Andy's father), Josh Groban (as Andy's brother) and Maura Tierney (as Robert California's wife).Tonight’s edition fell into the latter category - I fear it’s basically gotten to the point that we’ve gone as far as we can with these characters, and the few new ones that were introduced as of late - Robert California, Nate, Gabe - aren’t doing much to shake up the environment. Also: Unhappy, and unfulfilled, office secretary Erin (Ellie Kemper) decides not to return to Dunder Mifflin Scranton after a special project takes her to Sabre headquarters in Florida, and Andy must head south on a mission to bring her back. Later in the season, Pam (Jenna Fischer) prepares to go on maternity leave when she is expecting her second child, but worries that her temp replacement Cathy Simms (Lindsey Broad) may be too pretty, perhaps causing Jim (John Krasinski) to have a wandering eye. Much of the early season episodes focus on Andy's attempts to motivate and inspire his new reports.

James Spader costars as Robert California, the newly appointed CEO of Dunder Mifflin's parent company, Sabre. Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) has assumed the role of regional manager after Deangelo Vickers' (Will Ferrell) quick flame out at the end of the seventh season. A power play unfolds in Tallahassee when Dwight and Todd Packer compete to become Nellies vice president. Season 8 marks the first season of the post-Michael Scott (Steve Carell) era.
