Breaking News!! NBC Supersizes the Season Finale of The Office
April 20, 2006 by Kath Skerry
In a press release issued today, NBC has announced that the season finale of The Office will in fact be Supersized!! Looks like our efforts paid off. I’m sure this has much more to do with the quality writing and superb acting than our little petition, but either way this is fantastic news!!
So what does this mean? I know that we were really hoping for a truly supersized season finale, as in one hour, but I’ll take what I can get. The show will be an extra ten minutes long, running from 9:20-10pm on Thursday, May 11th.
Did you know that the season finale was written by Steve Carell? Guess he really wet his chops writing the screenplay for Threat level Midnight. Check out the press release about the finale as well as a brief episode description (contains minor spoilers):
IN SUPER-SIZED SEASON FINALE WRITTEN BY SERIES STAR STEVE CARELL, ‘OFFICE’ MATES LET IT ROLL — In the super-sized season finale, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and the Dunder Mifflin crew hold a “Casino Night” for charity in their warehouse — and take some big gambles. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Melora Hardin and David Denham also star. The episode was written by series star Steve Carell.
Thanks to everyone that took the time to sign the Supersize The Office petition. If nothing else, it was was great for the writers, producers and actors to see how much their fans appreciate them.
A special thanks to James from Northern Attack for taking my little idea and making it happen. You rock!! Thanks also to Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey & Brian Baumgartner for supporting our efforts and directing people to the petition. Love you guys!!!
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Awesome news! Your tireless campaigning did not go unnoticed, I’m certain. 🙂
Best. News. Ever.
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Awesome news! And hey, maybe Pam gets to dress up for this? Oooo.
You are most certainly welcome. Thanks for providing the inspiration in the first place. This show has a terrific online presence that is wonderfully supported by the cast — I’m just happy to be a part of it.
Hey K-
Nice job!! Cannot wait….funniest show ever!
I hadn’t seen the episode they ran last night and was HYSTERICALLY laughing!!! Dwight punching Michael was possibly the funniest thing ever!!
Hey babe…how are ya?! LOVED last night’s episode. Can’t wait to see you soon!!
YEAH!! The Office is one of my favorite shows…and adding an extra ten minutes to the finale is going to be GREAT! I can’t get enough of Dunder Mifflin and it’s fantastic staff!
So instead of 21 minutes, it’ll be 25 minutes? yay. 🙂
The finale was great, can’t wait for the next season though. The series were fantastic, Dwight Schrute…. omg, he’s such a character. 🙂
Hi Sean, just went and had a look at your webpage, crazy shit there man, really cracked me up… hehe
[…] On the plus side, Give Me My Remote blog creator/editor/writer/all-around-TV-junkie Kathie just sent me a note with the news that her petition to get NBC to supersize the season finale of "The Office" has worked: The network will now add 10 minutes onto the second season finale on May 11. Woo hoo NBC, woo hoo Kathie and woo hoo to all who signed the petition. Even 10 extra minutes of The Schrute is something worth celebrating, doncha think? […]
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