Update On Amy Poehler’s NBC Comedy: Not The Spin-Office

Posted by: Matt

Last week I dangled in front of you the news that Amy Poehler might be joining NBC’s spin-off for The Office, which I’ve cleverly named The Spin-Office, because I’m clever. This week I have to disappoint you with an update that Poehler isn’t attached to said spin-off. Instead she’ll be getting her own show and even more, because of that pesky pregnancy, her show probably won’t be ready to drop post-Super Bowl. Damn uterus!

E! says Amy won’t be joining Dunder-Mifflin, but she will get an office type show:

The newly announced Amy Poehler show will not be an Office spinoff, but they are still working on an Office spinoff.

A little confusing, yes, but based on what the NBC suits said, the just-announced project with Amy Poehler is not a fork of an Office story; it exists as a stand-alone, but it will have a similar tone and style, since it comes from the same writer-producers.

Good news on the one confirmed cast member for The Spin-Office, Aziz Ansari. He’ll most likely be showing up in Scranton to seed his character prior to the January launch of his show. “His show” isn’t really fair as we don’t yet know who will be the lead.

E! does have a few more details on that though:

Rashida Jones does still have a contract with NBC Universal and she, Poehler and Ansari should be considered the newest members of the Greg Daniels Players. Where and when Rashida will pop up remains to be seen.

Again, like I said before, I enjoyed Rashida Jones as Jim’s girlfriend. She was a nice addition to the series, but she wasn’t funny. So the idea of placing her as a central character doesn’t sit well with me. Just because she’s familiar to the series’ audience doesn’t make her the best option.

If you could cherry pick someone to join the new Dunder-Mifflin branch, who would it be?

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