"The Office" Offshoot "The Paper" Sets Premiere Date

The Peacock mockumentary series “The Paper” has a premiere date.

The show, which serves as a followup to “The Office,” will debut its first four episodes on September 4, followed by two new episodes every Thursday through September 25.

The official logline for “The Paper” states, “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.”

The cast of the series includes Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Oscar Nuñez, who is reprising his role from “The Office,” Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and Tim Key.

In a trailer played at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation, it was revealed that the show takes place in the offices of the Toledo Truth-Teller. 

The documentary crew makes their way around the room, revealing that Oscar (Nuñez) is now working as an accountant for the paper. He is none too happy to see the doc crew again. 

Impacciatore plays the managing editor, while Gleeson plays an idealistic new employee.

Greg Daniels, who developed “The Office” for American television, co-created the series with Michael Koman. Both serve as executive producers along with “The Office” creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as well as Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas (formerly Reveille). Universal Television is the studio.

The American “Office” took place in Scranton, Penn., and followed the staff of paper company Dundler Mifflin. 

It starred Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, and B.J. Novak, among others. 

The show has maintained its popularity long after leaving the airwaves and found new life when it became available to stream.