{"id":52738,"date":"2025-08-07T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52738\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:31:08","slug":"the-office-spinoff-teases-this-characters-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52738\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Office’ spinoff teases this character’s return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The creator of “The Office<\/a>” is back to take on another struggling industry.<\/p>\n

Peacock has released the first trailer<\/a> for “The Paper<\/a>,” the new spinoff of “The Office<\/a>” that centers on a local newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n

In the show, the same documentary crew that followed Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in “The Office” pursues a new subject: a publisher’s attempt to revive the Toledo Truth Teller newspaper. While “The Paper” mostly features new characters, one “Office” alum returns: Oscar Nu\u00f1ez as Oscar Martinez, who worked as an accountant at Dunder Mifflin Scranton.<\/p>\n

Oscar immediately recognizes the documentary team in the trailer, and he wants no part in their project.<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

Chelsea Frei, Ramona Young, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Eric Rahill, and Oscar Nunez in “The Paper.”<\/p>\n

“Not again! I’m not agreeing to any of this,” he tells the camera before cursing so they can’t use his footage.<\/p>\n

Domhnall Gleeson<\/a> stars in “The Paper” as the newspaper’s new editor-in-chief, who makes it his mission to improve the publication. While the central comedy in “The Office” typically derived from Michael Scott (Steve Carell<\/a>) being an incompetent manager, Gleeson’s Ned Sampson appears to be a more capable and well-intentioned boss. The humor in the trailer stems from the uphill battle of the task before him.<\/p>\n

‘The Office’ producer explains why ‘The Paper’ isn’t exactly a spinoff<\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Paper’ cast<\/p>\n

Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and Tim Key also star in “The Paper,” which comes from “The Office” creator Greg Daniels. Ricky Gervais<\/a> and Stephen Merchant, who created the original British version of “The Office,” serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n

Here’s when ‘The Office’ spinoff ‘The Paper’ will premiere: What to know<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Domhnall<\/p>\n

Domhnall Gleeson as Ned in “The Paper.”<\/p>\n

Daniels previously told USA TODAY<\/a> that “The Paper” is “technically” a spinoff of “The Office” because Oscar is in both shows. “But you know, it isn’t like the story of Oscar in a new land,” he said. Daniels described “The Paper” as a show “about journalism in the modern age,” adding, “They’re following a very idealistic person who is really trying to swim against the tide.”<\/p>\n

During a May presentation to advertisers in New York, Gleeson also noted that the series focuses on “underdog characters that are banding together to keep journalism alive.”<\/p>\n

“The Paper” will be the first follow-up to “The Office” since the acclaimed sitcom ended its run in 2013, though it’s not the first attempt at continuing the show. A Season 9 episode of “The Office,” “The Farm,” was originally intended to launch a spinoff about Dwight Schrute’s (Rainn Wilson<\/a>) farm, which never ultimately came to pass.<\/p>\n

When does ‘The Paper’ debut?<\/p>\n

“The Paper” will debut its first four episodes on Peacock on Sept. 4. After that, two new episodes will be released each Thursday through Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Kelly Lawler and Gary Levin, USA TODAY<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ‘The Paper,’ spinoff of ‘The Office,’ debuts first trailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creator of “The Office” is back to take on another struggling industry. Peacock has released the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,35703,35702,75,35700,35701,18292,348],"class_list":["post-52738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-domhnall-gleeson","tag-dunder-mifflin","tag-entertainment","tag-oscar-martinez","tag-oscar-nunez","tag-the-office","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}