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Rashida Jones Joins The
Not-Spinoff Of THE OFFICE!!
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Rashida Jones has joined the cast of the new sitcom from “The Office” writer-producers Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, but she won’t be playing Jim Halpert ex Karen Filippelli.
Jones will play nurse Ann Logan opposite Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”) and Aziz Ansari (“Human Giant”).
Still no word on the sitcom’s title or premise. We know that it is no longer a spinoff of "The Office," though it was a spinoff when Ansari was cast in it. It will likely hit NBC in the spring or fall.
Find all of Variety's story on the matter here.
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Rashida Jones isn't.
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I want more Karen.
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even if Paul Haggis writes the season opener, and Brett Ratner directs it, I'll STILL...well, no, in that case I wouldn't watch it. but anything other than that, I'll watch it.
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probably either about an old man, a hospital, a school or the porn industry. Porn is unlikely on network tv, old man would be boring, and I can't picture Amy Poehler as a doctor. Plus Scrubs has already been there recently. So I guess it's about a school.
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Unless SNL folks are doing X Men.
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Scrubs shot in the Office's style, with Amy Poehler as the Dr. Cox character. Unfortunately that sounds like a trifecta of staleness
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Look, somebody want to explain this "It was a spin-off, but now it's not" crap to me?<p>"Yeah, I know you ordered a pizza, but here's a stapler instead."<p>I mean, seriously, what?
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You really wanted a spin-off? Really? Just be happy it's some of the same creative people trying something new.
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WTF is going over there? Could they have less of a clue?
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I love Rashida Jones, and I love the fact that Greg Daniels maneuvered NBC out of the OFFICE spinoff that they wanted (Dunder Mifflin Buffalo?) into something that he wanted. I'm eager to see this show.
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Why Not? Imagine a whole sitting room full of Creeds . . .
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Wouldn't it help the hype to know more about it?
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Pretty funny show. But tonight's Walter-centric Fringe was outstanding.
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probably because they havent pounded out all the details yet. they might change directions again before they settle.
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hot nurses?
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when the Office is starting to smell musty?
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it's a modern day remake of MASH set in Iraq.
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Given that this started off as a spin-off of The Office, and is using the same style etc, I hope the not-a-spinoff decision wasn't made in order to cut them out.
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Wow. Good question.
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now.....
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after The Office jumped the shark. Sounds promising.
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that this has turned into something other than an office spin-off. Just like the numerous CSI shows this too would have eventualy gotten unbarable to watch.
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Nov. 19, 2008, 8:08 a.m. CST
Rashida would make an extremly hot nurse.
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Probably exactly the reason why it's no longer a spin-off.
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i would say no. Obviously they get paid for the US Version because its based on their intellectual property...the same wont apply for something based on something.....unless that first something centered around a character that was based on something they invented(Ryan, Jim, Pam, Michael, or i guess jan and Packer)
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but you got the idea. seriously, harry...can we PLEASE get a redone talk back system...
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"Hey, look over there, George Lucas is shooting a scene with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher! It must be the next Star Wars sequel!"<p>"No, no, no, that's Blue Harvest. It has nothing to do with Star Wars. It's completely different."<p>"Uh, yeah, but isn't that Chewbacca over there?"<p>"Uh, uh, no. That's uh, that's uh... Bewchacca... the cigar chomping foul mouthed but good-hearted sasquatch. Oh, he loves to quip!"<p>"Oh."
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This didn't start as a spinoff. There were two ideas, this and the spinoff, and this non-spinoff idea won out. <p>As to the mockumentary style, that was not original to Gervais's Office, it was pioneered on tv by The Larry Sanders show among others. The UK office simply evolved an already existing style.
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begin now!
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I had to read that first sentence about 3 times for it to make sense. But I'm only on a 1/2 cup of coffee
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"may you fight with the strength of 10 full grown men."
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First, it was announced that the team behind The Office would be makina spin-off. Then it was announced that the creative team would be making another sitcom, but not an Office spin-off. After that it was announced that there would be both a new sitcom and an Office spin-off from the Office team. Now, it seems that there is a new sitcom but no spin-off. Is it me who is confused or Herc? Or does NBC not know what the fuck it is doing?
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They have no clue.
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I would be happy to pay Rashida Jones for sex.
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what's with the "would make" stuff, anyway? She IS EXTREMELY HOT, and if Any Role wants to be hot, it need only go seek her out
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but apparently all the effort right now is going into the mothership and the Amy Poehler not-spinoff. I wouldn't look for an Office spinoff until next fall at the earliest.
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The only reason I watched Boston Public was Ms. Jones. Now that was one school my kid would NEVER have gone to...
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Where's that damn red button?
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