Umm I think you mean John Krasinski. He is busy working on Jack Ryan, so I don't see him coming back.
Unless that ends up being a "full" 20+ episodes a season, he could probably do both. Like how British actors can be in like 5 series a year because they're only 6-12 episodes.
If Carell's not coming back then I don't have much interest. I liked Seasons 8 and 9 but they were really on fumes by the time the show ended. Another full season without Carell would be tough. Also didn't some of the characters move on from DM after the documentary? I think Jim/Pam and Darryl are in Philly and Andy is in LA or something. Kelly's probably still in Ohio lmao. Bringing them all back together is gonna be tricky unless they just make this new season happen in between two of the old ones, which I actually kinda like.
On the last two episodes of my series re-watch. I actually loved season 8. It was better than 6, 7 (outside of michaels farewell episodes), and season 9. I truly love this series though.
It took $500 million to pull "The Office" from Netflix!!
That's a lot of dough!!
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'The Office': Why NBCUniversal Is Paying $500M to Pull the Hit From Netflix
June 26, 2019
'The Office' will leave Netflix at the end of 2020.
NBCUniversal — the parent company of producers Universal TV — won an auction for the library after outbidding Netflix in a $100 million-per-year pact.
Michael, Jim, Pam and the rest of the Dunder-Mifflin gang are on the move and they aren't the only popular television characters expected to decamp from Netflix for new streaming services over the next few years.
NBCUniversal's June 25 announcement that it is pulling The Office from Netflix when that deal ends at the start of 2021 is the latest shot across the bow in the streaming wars, a signal that one-time TV hits are the new battlefield as the media giants fight to lure viewers to their direct-to-consumer offerings.
Disney was the first to pull the trigger, revealing in 2017 that it would remove its movie library from Netflix as it began to put the pieces in place for Disney+. Others are expected to follow, including WarnerMedia, which after re-upping its deal with Netflix to keep Friends on the service for all of 2019, is likely to want the sitcom exclusively for its own soon-to-launch service.
"NBCU's strategy was well-telegraphed so this should come as a surprise to no one," notes BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield, alluding to the company's upfront presentation in May when sales chief Linda Yaccarino told a packed Radio City Music Hall that iconic characters like Jim and Pam would be "coming home."
But the choice was not as simple as whether NBCU would continue to license the popular show, which aired on its broadcast network from 2005 to 2013, to Netflix or take it back for its still unnamed forthcoming service. Top brass at the company also had to weigh whether they were willing to forgo the millions of dollars that the show, winner of five Emmys, would fetch from third-party distributors. Per sources, NBC's streaming service, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and likely Apple all at least took meetings to acquire the Steve Carell starrer. Producers Universal Television held an auction — which insiders say kept the studio at a distance from all buyers as it sought to get a fair price for profit participants (including creator Greg Daniels). Ultimately, NBCU's offer of $100 million per year — for five years — was deemed the winner, edging Netflix.
Still, major media organizations, as they work to assemble libraries that will woo potential subscribers, will need to weigh whether they want to hold back valuable library offerings or sell them to a third party. WarnerMedia, Disney and NBCU all own studios with vast libraries that will prove immensely valuable when they launch their direct-to-consumer offerings over the next year. Meanwhile, Apple will likely need to build a library from scratch if it wants to charge a fee for access to its slate of high-end original programming.
WarnerMedia already considered the options when its deal with Netflix for Friends expired at the end of last year. Ultimately, the two companies agreed on a one-year licensing deal worth between $80 million and $100 million. The new agreement gives WarnerMedia the option to continue to license the show to Netflix while also making it available on its stand-alone service, though chief content officer Kevin Reilly signaled in February that his company could eventually pull the show from Netflix entirely, noting "it's not a good model to share."
Disney, meanwhile, has made clear that it doesn't plan to stay in business with Netflix given its own streaming ambitions. Now that the company has majority control of Hulu, that platform is likely to benefit from the pullback of Disney-owned ABC's programming from Netflix.
Greenfield suggests that Universal TV should consider continuing to license to Netflix, especially given how long it might take before its parent company's streaming services build up a following. "Why not remain an arms dealer to Netflix and a growing array of streaming services versus entering the fray themselves," Greenfield asks. "The risk is reducing the visibility of The Office while having to pay the talent as if it were on a service like Netflix."
In addition to determining the streaming future for Friends, Warners has to do the same for the 279-episode library of TV's longest-running multicamera comedy: Emmy-winning mega-hit The Big Bang Theory, which has never been available on a streaming platform like Netflix. Chuck Lorre's nerdy comedy starring Jim Parsons remains a monster hit in syndication (on Warners-owned TBS) after fetching an eye-popping record $1.5 million per-episode deal. That pact included a clause that it not be sold to a streamer.
Everyone wants piece of the streaming pie now. Anyway, people have been given advanced warning. They have over a year to complete the show before it leaves Netflix
Everyone wants piece of the streaming pie now. Anyway, people have been given advanced warning. They have over a year to complete the show before it leaves Netflix
Good thing I got it on iTunes when it was just $19.99
Everyone wants piece of the streaming pie now. Anyway, people have been given advanced warning. They have over a year to complete the show before it leaves Netflix
I'll make it easy. When Michael leaves, stop watching.
Gonna suck not having the show on Netflix anymore but NBC's roster is so damn deep. If they can somehow get The Office, Parks/Rec, Seinfeld and Cheers onto one streaming service, I'll subscribe in a heartbeat.
Gonna suck not having the show on Netflix anymore but NBC's roster is so damn deep. If they can somehow get The Office, Parks/Rec, Seinfeld and Cheers onto one streaming service, I'll subscribe in a heartbeat.
It's not shows that aired on NBC, it's shows owned by NBCUniverrsal. While NBCU owns The Office and Parks and Rec they don't own shows like Seinfeld (Sony) and Cheers (CBS Television), as well as many other popular shows that aired on the network.
Things like this are why I just buy the shows I want to watch again. Much easier to always know where I can see the Office or Cheers or whatever than it is to figure out what streaming service its moved to and do I have a subscription or not. I am not subscribing to 10 different services, sorry studios. Netflix was popular because it had almost everything so people didn't need to hunt around.
Imagine if, in the days of video stores, instead of Blockbuster or your local shop, you had a Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, etc rentals stores that only carried their own stuff? It's like that, but almost worse because they want you to pay every month no matter how much you use it.
I'll make it easy. When Michael leaves, stop watching.
Exactly what I did. Michael is The Office.
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Originally Posted by Cplhicks
Things like this are why I just buy the shows I want to watch again. Much easier to always know where I can see the Office or Cheers or whatever than it is to figure out what streaming service its moved to and do I have a subscription or not. I am not subscribing to 10 different services, sorry studios. Netflix was popular because it had almost everything so people didn't need to hunt around.
Imagine if, in the days of video stores, instead of Blockbuster or your local shop, you had a Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, etc rentals stores that only carried their own stuff? It's like that, but almost worse because they want you to pay every month no matter how much you use it.
I'm not subscribed to a single streaming service. It's becoming way too diluted. I'll check out stuff on my girlfriend's roommate's Netflix or Hulu (or less official means) and if I like, I'll buy it. Much, much easier that way.
It's not shows that aired on NBC, it's shows owned by NBCUniverrsal. While NBCU owns The Office and Parks and Rec they don't own shows like Seinfeld (Sony) and Cheers (CBS Television), as well as many other popular shows that aired on the network.
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