Peacock’s Office spinoff starts streaming in September

The Office cinematic universe is expanding this fall . Peacock has given the previously announced spinoff of the mockumentary series a streaming date and name, while also revealing a first image. It’s called The Paper, and it will premiere in September. The image, meanwhile, sure looks like an office. Of a newspaper. The show will feature the same documentary crew as The Office, but this time they’re following the exploits of a small town newspaper. As the official logline explains, “the crew is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher that is trying to revive it.” Greg Daniels, showrunner on The Office, and Michael Koman — best-known as a writer on Nathan for You and Late Night with Conan O’Brien — are serving as writers and executive producers. ... Read full article.