The Office Spinoff Is Set at a Newspaper & Streams on Peacock

[Patricia Abaroa]

The Office universe is expanding with a new mockumentary-style comedy on Peacock. Variety reports that the streamer announced a formal series order on Wednesday. The upcoming series, which is yet to be named, will exist in the same universe as the beloved The Office but will welcome a new cast of characters in a different setting. The possibility of a new Office-verse show began growing in January, with former showrunner Greg Daniels (The Simpsons, King of the Hill) assembling a team to develop a series set in the same mockumentary universe. Daniels has co-created the series alongside Nathan For You's Michael Koman. The logline reads:

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