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no new episode this week
The Office: Season 3
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Quick update.... looks like we won't see Jim vs Roy until April 12th...
here's the preview... and I'll put spoilers in case someone doesn't want to know... but it sounds amazing.
here's the preview... and I'll put spoilers in case someone doesn't want to know... but it sounds amazing.
When Roy confronts Jim in front of the entire office, feelings are revealed and relationships are ended. Meanwhile, after Darryl asks the office to watch a warehouse safety film, Michael, with the help of Dwight, puts together his own office safety film. Andy, back from anger management, helps Jim deal with Roy.
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SIX WEEKS!!!
what?!?!!?
nnnooooooo
what?!?!!?
nnnooooooo
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Yup... April 12 
Mrh182
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From what I've heard.... blame American Idol.
None of the networks want to go up against it allegedly. How true that is, who knows... but its the mumbles and grumbles I was hearing.
None of the networks want to go up against it allegedly. How true that is, who knows... but its the mumbles and grumbles I was hearing.
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One more reason to not watch idol.
The first one...everyone on that show sucks out loud.
NBC Remixes 'The Office'; Reruns Become 'Newpeats'
By Brooks Barnes
9 March 2007
The Wall Street Journal
Get ready for the television "newpeat."
In an unusual experiment aimed at improving ratings for reruns, NBC next week plans to air two previously seen half-hour episodes of "The Office" that have been re-edited into a new hour-long show. Some scenes will be cut so producers can weave in unaired footage that introduces a new storyline into the older episodes.
NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., won't film new footage but is instead relying on snippets that have been cut from previous tapings, a spokeswoman says. The "newpeats," as NBC is calling the episodes, will air next Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
In an age where old TV episodes are widely distributed online -- in some cases just hours after they air -- networks are struggling to attract audiences to the repeats on their schedules. The Big Four networks in decades past could count on a significant audience to turn up for reruns because there wasn't that much competition. But with video games, the Internet, DVDs sporting extras and the continued proliferation of cable all competing for their time, audiences expect something more.
Repeats of "The Office" fare relatively well compared with those of many other hit shows. An average of seven million people tune in for reruns of the series, compared with an average of 9.3 million people for new episodes, according to Nielsen Media Research.
But repeats for other series have fallen off drastically. Some of the biggest hits on television, including "Desperate Housewives" on Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and "House" on News Corp.'s Fox, lose 40% of their audience or more for repeat episodes.
Some series, such as the castaway drama "Lost," repeat so poorly that networks have recently started avoiding rebroadcasting them. Last fall, after airing a string of original "Lost" episodes, ABC debuted a new show in the "Lost" timeslot instead of relying on reruns. "Lost" returned last month, and originals will continue to air through the end of the 2006-2007 season in May.
In years past, reruns of the hit comedies "Seinfeld" and "The Cosby Show" in some cases only dipped 10% below their original audience. Crime shows such as the three "Law & Order" dramas that are produced with closed-ended episodes -- stories are wrapped up within one hour instead of trailing on for an entire season -- also display remarkable strength in reruns.
Networks need reruns to grease their business model. Networks such as NBC pay a licensing fee to studios for the right to air shows. For a licensing fee of about $1.8 million for a comedy and $2.5 million for a drama, networks get the right to air episodes twice -- an original and a repeat. To cover the steep licensing fees, networks need to sell advertising in repeat episodes. Without big audiences for repeats, ad revenue is minimal.
"The Office" is an off-kilter comedy about mundane cubicle life at a paper-supply company in Pennsylvania; the series is an American remake of a popular British show of the same name. Producers of "The Office" say re-editing the episodes is a way to keep the program's rabid fan base from moving on. Indeed, keeping "The Office" fans occupied has been a priority for NBC, which last July rolled out a series of exclusive "webisodes" to keep the franchise alive during the summer hiatus.
"Their loyalty must be rewarded somehow, and we don't have the budget to send out 10 million muffin baskets," says Executive Producer Greg Daniels.
Although NBC's effort plows new ground, networks in the past have tried to dress up old footage in new clothes. In the 1980s, for instance, it was common for some networks to air flash-back episodes where characters would reminisce about the wild escapades they have endured. The network could save money by just taping the short remembrance scenes and cobbling the rest together from old episodes.
In many ways, NBC's "newpeats" are the TV version of what other industries have already been doing. The music business in recent years has been putting out greatest hits CDs with one or two new songs on them. The popularization of DVDs, too, has made splicing together old material acceptable: A new DVD of "Don't Look Back," a 1967 documentary about Bob Dylan, includes a whole new documentary culled from unused footage of the original.
NBC says it has no plans to rework other series in a similar manner. Still, if fans respond enthusiastically the network says it will weigh giving other series similar treatments.
NBC notes that TV fans -- particularly young ones -- are becoming used to re-edited content. Popular Web sites MySpace and YouTube, for instance, are filled with video that users have produced by editing together TV shows. In some cases, TV companies are encouraging viewers to re-edit shows: Viacom Inc.'s MTV just this week said it will launch a Web initiative to make it easier for people to "mashup," or edit together, its content.
But NBC runs the risk of annoying the fan base, too. "I hope that NBC truly offers something new in these episodes that is compelling," says Will Dombrowski, a finance executive and fan of the show. "Otherwise people are probably going to feel tricked."
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Sam Schechner contributed to this article.
By Brooks Barnes
9 March 2007
The Wall Street Journal
Get ready for the television "newpeat."
In an unusual experiment aimed at improving ratings for reruns, NBC next week plans to air two previously seen half-hour episodes of "The Office" that have been re-edited into a new hour-long show. Some scenes will be cut so producers can weave in unaired footage that introduces a new storyline into the older episodes.
NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., won't film new footage but is instead relying on snippets that have been cut from previous tapings, a spokeswoman says. The "newpeats," as NBC is calling the episodes, will air next Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
In an age where old TV episodes are widely distributed online -- in some cases just hours after they air -- networks are struggling to attract audiences to the repeats on their schedules. The Big Four networks in decades past could count on a significant audience to turn up for reruns because there wasn't that much competition. But with video games, the Internet, DVDs sporting extras and the continued proliferation of cable all competing for their time, audiences expect something more.
Repeats of "The Office" fare relatively well compared with those of many other hit shows. An average of seven million people tune in for reruns of the series, compared with an average of 9.3 million people for new episodes, according to Nielsen Media Research.
But repeats for other series have fallen off drastically. Some of the biggest hits on television, including "Desperate Housewives" on Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and "House" on News Corp.'s Fox, lose 40% of their audience or more for repeat episodes.
Some series, such as the castaway drama "Lost," repeat so poorly that networks have recently started avoiding rebroadcasting them. Last fall, after airing a string of original "Lost" episodes, ABC debuted a new show in the "Lost" timeslot instead of relying on reruns. "Lost" returned last month, and originals will continue to air through the end of the 2006-2007 season in May.
In years past, reruns of the hit comedies "Seinfeld" and "The Cosby Show" in some cases only dipped 10% below their original audience. Crime shows such as the three "Law & Order" dramas that are produced with closed-ended episodes -- stories are wrapped up within one hour instead of trailing on for an entire season -- also display remarkable strength in reruns.
Networks need reruns to grease their business model. Networks such as NBC pay a licensing fee to studios for the right to air shows. For a licensing fee of about $1.8 million for a comedy and $2.5 million for a drama, networks get the right to air episodes twice -- an original and a repeat. To cover the steep licensing fees, networks need to sell advertising in repeat episodes. Without big audiences for repeats, ad revenue is minimal.
"The Office" is an off-kilter comedy about mundane cubicle life at a paper-supply company in Pennsylvania; the series is an American remake of a popular British show of the same name. Producers of "The Office" say re-editing the episodes is a way to keep the program's rabid fan base from moving on. Indeed, keeping "The Office" fans occupied has been a priority for NBC, which last July rolled out a series of exclusive "webisodes" to keep the franchise alive during the summer hiatus.
"Their loyalty must be rewarded somehow, and we don't have the budget to send out 10 million muffin baskets," says Executive Producer Greg Daniels.
Although NBC's effort plows new ground, networks in the past have tried to dress up old footage in new clothes. In the 1980s, for instance, it was common for some networks to air flash-back episodes where characters would reminisce about the wild escapades they have endured. The network could save money by just taping the short remembrance scenes and cobbling the rest together from old episodes.
In many ways, NBC's "newpeats" are the TV version of what other industries have already been doing. The music business in recent years has been putting out greatest hits CDs with one or two new songs on them. The popularization of DVDs, too, has made splicing together old material acceptable: A new DVD of "Don't Look Back," a 1967 documentary about Bob Dylan, includes a whole new documentary culled from unused footage of the original.
NBC says it has no plans to rework other series in a similar manner. Still, if fans respond enthusiastically the network says it will weigh giving other series similar treatments.
NBC notes that TV fans -- particularly young ones -- are becoming used to re-edited content. Popular Web sites MySpace and YouTube, for instance, are filled with video that users have produced by editing together TV shows. In some cases, TV companies are encouraging viewers to re-edit shows: Viacom Inc.'s MTV just this week said it will launch a Web initiative to make it easier for people to "mashup," or edit together, its content.
But NBC runs the risk of annoying the fan base, too. "I hope that NBC truly offers something new in these episodes that is compelling," says Will Dombrowski, a finance executive and fan of the show. "Otherwise people are probably going to feel tricked."
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Sam Schechner contributed to this article.
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How do you know if you don't watch?
Carrie Underwood won all kinds of awards? Does she suck out loud? Chris Daughtry is doing very well.
I know they aren't all good, but if you aren't watching it, then ripping on their talent seems a bit lame to me.
I've watched enough of this season to know they suck horrendously.
I used to like Idol, don't get me wrong. DVR it and everything. Now its on in the background because my kids like it.
But the talent is utter crap this season, save the beatbox guy who is pretty good and one or two girls. NONE of them in any way blow me away.
Idol is lucky as hell they found Kelly Clarkson to begin with...they owe their success to her. Nobody else has even come close, though Underwood has done great in the country side of things...she's the Cowboy Kelly Clarkson.
So it isn't that I don't "watch" the show as I catch enough to be thankful that I'm not paying much attention to it. I know that Sanjoyoya or whatever his name is really sucks and reminds me of Justin from Ugly Betty. I know that Anotella or whatever is naked on the Internet and she also sucks. I know there is average to poor talent in the thing...and that also rans from years past would win this year's title in a walk.
Daughtry's album is surprisingly good. not a landmark album or anything - but it is definitely "listenable". however, with him only time will tell if he can be a success or not. he is still riding off the wave of Idol. the jury won't really be in until his second or third album.
but hey, having clive davis produce your album doesn't suck at all. that's a lot of weight behind a debut.
shawn
but hey, having clive davis produce your album doesn't suck at all. that's a lot of weight behind a debut.
shawn
You're missing out, then. At least once a week there's a "blown away" moment. Some of these people are very talented.
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Super Sized Office on April 5th
Found this on an NBC Press Release:
Always a nice feeling watching a 40 minute Office episode
Found this on an NBC Press Release:
Always a nice feeling watching a 40 minute Office episode
Found this on an NBC Press Release:
Always a nice feeling watching a 40 minute Office episode
no doubt about that.
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ok, so i was just watching the "extended hour" episode and the song that is on in the background when michael goes to staples to get dwight back is the same song from "an officer and a gentleman."
My wife noticed that, too. I'm happy to report I couldn't corroborate that for her at the time.
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yeah, i've never actually seen the movie, but somehow that bit of knowledge ended up in my brain. i am a pop culture machine.
Yup... April 12
Bummer, I didn't know about that. I'm finally caught up on these. I loved the 1 hour episode. Dwight with the 3 resumes was hilarious.
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Wow, I was wrong! It looks like April 5th will be a new episode.
OMG YES
ps - here is a jim/pam video by NBC going over their history, plus a short 10 sec clip of the next episode! its really good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5sB6WtFe4&eurl=http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/
OMG YES
ps - here is a jim/pam video by NBC going over their history, plus a short 10 sec clip of the next episode! its really good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5sB6WtFe4&eurl=http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/
