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NBC wants both a Poehler show and an 'Office' spin-off
NBC wants both a Poehler show and an 'Office' spin-off
TCA -- NBC co-chair Ben Silverman says the network is not only doing a Greg Daniels comedy starring Amy Poehler,...
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Gawker: Defamer — ... . In other Poehler news, Lorne Michaels said that her departure from SNL will be a "big loss." (Rifling around frantically for our Kristen Wiig doll...There you are. Hugggies.) [THR, ...

‘Office’ Spinoff Really a Non-Spinoff, But Now There's Another Spinoff
Vulture — ... Our heads are spinning off! NBC wunderkind Ben Silverman confirmed yesterday that while Amy Poehler has been cast in an upcoming NBC sitcom from Greg Daniels, the creator of The Office, it is not an Office spinoff. "Amy will never appear in the world of The Office," Silverman said, describing the un-spinoff as "a new concept that's set stylistically similar to The Office." It will premiere in the spring, pushed back from its initial post–Super Bowl slot by Poehler's pregnancy. ...

All that spin-off talk is making my head spin. What’s the real deal NBC?
Watching The Office — ... Initially, news came out that Amy Poehler was going to leave SNL and head to the spin-off. Then immediately after that news went to press it turns out that the real story is — she’s heading to an entirely different show managed by the same people running The Office (headed by Greg Daniels); and it won’t be a spin-off after all. And the other day we find out, NBC wants to do both: ...

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