Peacock announced that ‘The Office’ spinoff series The Paper will premiere on the streaming service Sept. 4.
The premise sees the documentary crew that followed the Dunder Mifflin paper company for nine seasons on The Office make a new feature — this time they are following a small-town newspaper office. Teaser art for ‘The Paper’ features the name of the show’s newspaper, The Toledo Truth Teller.
The official logline for “The Paper” states, “The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.”
The Paper stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key. Oscar Nuñez also reprises his role from The Office, Oscar Martinez.
Guest stars on the series also include: Eric Rahill, Tracy Letts. Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch, Allan Harvey, Duane Shepard Sr., Nate Jackson and Nancy Lenehan.
The show will debut its first four episodes on Sept. 4, followed by two new episodes every Thursday through Sept. 25.
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