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• Giveaway Tuesday: The Office, season four
  

  Filed under: TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, The Office, Reality-Free

  Hello again, everyone! This time we've got five copies of The Office - Season Four on DVD for five lucky, random commenters. The DVD is available in stores starting today.
  
  To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, September 5 simply telling us your favorite moment from The Office. As always, we'll randomly choose five winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
  
  • To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating your favorite moment from The Office.
    
  • The comment must be left before September 5, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern...
    
  
  
  
  • The Office to be made into a movie...but not the version you think
    

    Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, The Office, Reality-Free

    You read it correctly. The Office is headed to the big screen. Except that it's not the American version. Nor is it the original British version. The German version, called Stromberg, is getting the movie treatment.
    
    It will be an interesting experiment. If it is successful, I wonder if we'll see other franchises of The Office hit the big screen? Gervais and Merchant wrapped up the storylines of the British version quite nicely in the final special, so I don't see that version hitting the theaters (but since no story ever truly ends, I could be proven...
    
  
  
  
  • Rainn Wilson "kidnaps" Office co-star
    

    Filed under: The Office, Celebrities, Reality-Free

    In an effort to promote his new movie The Rocker, Rainn Wilson has "kidnapped" his co-star of The Office Jenna Fischer. On a post on Jenna's MySpace page, Wilson promises that she will be released if his movie grosses 18.7 million dollars (presumably the cost of making it).
    
    There's even a website up detailing the progress of the kidnapping: FreeJennaNow.com. The first question I have is: what happens to Jenna if the movie doesn't reach the $18.7 million goal? That answer is left intentionally vague. My guess is he'll let her go anyway.
    
    I'm glad Jenna is being...
    
  
  
  
  • Office actor busted for drugs
    

    Filed under: The Office, Celebrities, Reality-Free

    So much for being a role model for children. Craig Phillip Robinson, who plays warehouse foreman Daryl Philbin on The Office was busted for possession of drugs. Actually, he was arrested in June and the felony charges for possessing MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and methamphetamine were just filed.
    
    Ah, drugs and Hollywood. The perfect pair. I don't know how this will affect his standing with NBC, but his character is low-key enough to easily be replaced on the show. On the other hand, celebrities (including minor ones) are caught so much with drugs nowadays it...
    
  
  
  
  • Psych: Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!
    

    Filed under: OpEd, The Office, Psych, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

    

    (S03E05) Methuselah Honeysuckle and Old Scratch Johnson -- The names Henry Spencer gave Gus and himself while Shawn was introducing them at the DA's office.

    Ready for this? We are nearly three-quarters of way through the first half of the third season of Psych. After this week's episode there are only two more left until the season takes a break. Other than the annual holiday special that will air in December the next time we will see Shawn and Gus after the first week of September will...
    

  
  
  
  • The Office: Will we learn more about Creed's background?
    

    Filed under: Programming, OpEd, The Office, Reality-Free

    You know, I've always wondered about Creed's background. We know he was with the 1960's band The Grass Roots, he runs a fake I.D. business with a laminating machine stolen from the police department, he faked his own death so he could get benefits, he keeps bean sprouts in his desk, and he's been homeless.
    
    Now maybe we'll get to learn even more about his background. In a major time-slot coup, it looks like a one-hour episode of The Office will air directly following the Super Bowl on Feb. 1,...
    
  
  
  
  • TV Squad presents the 2008-09 fall schedule
    

    Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Boston Legal, CSI, Desperate Housewives, ER, House, Law and Order, Rescue Me, The Shield, The Simpsons, Smallville, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy, Entourage, Prison Break, My Name Is Earl, Bones, Supernatural, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, King of the Hill, The Office, Dancing With The Stars,

  
  
  
  • Poehler will not be in an Office spin-off, but Rashida Jones may reprise Karen - TCA Report
    

    Filed under: The Office, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free

    One of the more interesting things to come out of the Silverman-Graboff executive session (which I promise will be up later today ... probably this evening) is that, though Amy Poehler has been signed to be in a show produced by The Office's Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, that show will not be an Office spin-off. It'll have the same comic sensibility and style as The Office, but the characters won't be part of the Office universe. However, a realOffice spin-off is still in play, and there's potential for Rashida Jones to be a part of it.
    
    Got...
    
  
  
  
  • Amy Poehler confirms that she's ready for primetime
    

    Filed under: Saturday Night Live, The Office, Casting, Emmys, Reality-Free

    Yesterday we reported that Amy Poehler had been offered the lead on The Office spinoff (or not-spinoff, as the case may be). Today, Poehler herself is confirming the rumor. She tells the AP, "I can kind of confirm that I will be working in some capacity on that show," but goes on to say that "I don't really have any other details yet."
    
    Poehler has been a castmember on Saturday Night Live since 2001and is currently the co-host of Weekend Update. She will remain on SNL through...
    
  
  
  
  • Amy Poehler gets her own Office?
    

    Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Saturday Night Live, The Office, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free

    According to popular rumor, SNL star Amy Poehler is in talks to star in the spin-off series from NBC's The Office. If this is true, she'll be joining fellow SNL alumnus (and former Weekend Update co-anchor and co-star of the movie Baby Mama) Tina Fey as part of NBC's comedy prime-time line-up. No word yet on how Poehler's real-life pregnancy would affect this situation.
    
    All I can say is: wow, what a fantastic choice. I've always been impressed with Poehler's work since she co-founded the...