NBC’s hit sitcom The Office’s spinoff The Paper is set to debut on Peacock in September.
During NBCUniversal upfront presentation to advertisers, the first-look image is released.
In this photo, Oscar Nuñez is seen as Oscar Martinez, reprising his sitcom’s character.
Along with him, the show will feature Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and others.
According to Variety, the series is based on the same universe as The Office.
Earlier, Greg Daniels, one of the creators of The Office and now The Paper, told The Hollywood Reporter that the latest show will almost have the same crew as the original show.
“It’s about this struggling Midwestern newspaper that’s much reduced from its glory days,” he said.
“A lot of the story lines are about how this guy, Domhnall Gleeson’s character, is trying to restore this paper, and he just doesn’t have the budget for hiring reporters, and he has to use all the staff that work there on a volunteer basis to be reporters,” the screenwriter added.
“They’re completely untrained and don’t know what they’re doing,” Greg noted. “It’s a fruitful premise. There’s a tremendous history for local papers. The villain here is the internet and the ability to look at everybody’s news for free, and all the ad revenue going to Google.”
The Paper’s synopsis reads, “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.”4
