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Peacock is turning The Office into a franchise with a new spinoff series (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/television

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Copying the formula and a spin-off are not the same thing, parks and rec isn't a spin-off

[–] jqubed 7 points 6 months ago

IIRC it was originally planned as a spinoff and Rashida Jones’s character had originally been considered to be Karen Filippelli, moved to Indiana. Of course I think it’s much better that they didn’t go with that idea and gave her a new character.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Parks and Rec had the same production team as The Office and the concept came from NBC asking them to produce an Office spinoff.

You’re right, it’s not a true spinoff. However it was the first shot at an Office spinoff.