I am – Hercules!!

The big “Office” news this week is Pam will deliver Halpert spawn during a special hour-long episode arriving March 4 -- and Harold Ramis directs the second half of that hour, his first “Office” episode since the season-three finale “Beach Games.”

For those on the party planning committee, the half-hour sixth season finale airs May 20.

Either Jim or Michael is getting demoted this week. Were I the showrunner I’m pretty sure I’d demote Michael because that’s the untapped comedy vein. Then maybe Jim will eventually figure out a way to put Michael back in charge of the Scranton branch, but in name only. Kind of like the way Corrado Soprano thought he was running the Jersey mob even though his nephew Tony was really in charge.

Tonight:

“Manager and Salesman”
Written by Mindy Kaling
Directed by Marc Webb
The office is eager to welcome Sabre CEO Jo Bennett to Scranton, and are dazzled by her Southern ways. But when Jo finds out there are two branch managers, she says either Michael or Jim must go back to being a salesman. Meanwhile, Andy’s Valentine’s Day plan backfires. Guest stars: Kathy Bates, Zach Woods.

March 4:

“The Delivery, Part One”
Written by Danny Chun
Directed by Seth Gordon
Pam’s contractions begin but she and Jim are determined to wait it out as long as possible so they can have more time at the hospital. Meanwhile the rest of the office tries to distract Pam from the pain with food and entertainment.

“The Delivery, Part Two”
Written by Charlie Grandy
Directed by Harold Ramis
Michael anxiously waits for Pam and Jim’s baby to be born. Back at the office, Erin makes Andy jealous when she has lunch with Kevin.

“Community’s” clips feature a creepy cupid!

The “Parks” clips demonstrate Leslie Knope harbors an imperfect understanding of the term “nooner”:

In “The Office” clips, Dwight Schrute gets tough with the new boss:

And in the “30 Rock” clips, Liz Lemon gets adorably snippy with a rock star:

“Community”: 8 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“Parks and Recreation”: 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“The Office”: 9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“30 Rock”: 9:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.

Then we get some “Office” repeats to tide us over until Jerry Seinfeld’s new reality show takes over the old “ER” timeslot.

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