Viacom Renews "The Office" Through 2025

Viacom Renews "The Office" Through 2025
Additionally, Viacom renewed its cable deal for equally iconic sitcom "Parks and Recreation."

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[via press release from Viacom] Viacom Renews The Office Through 2025
Comedy Central Extends (That's What She Said) Exclusive Cable Rights for The Office Through 2021

Viacom Also Renews Parks and Recreation Cable Rights through 2024
NEW YORK -- Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) today announced continued stays in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Pawnee, Indiana. Under the new pact with NBCUniversal, Comedy Central extended its exclusive cable deal for legendary comedy The Office through 2021. After that, the series will continue to air through 2025 in a non-exclusive window on Viacom Media Networks. Additionally, Viacom renewed its cable deal for equally iconic sitcom Parks and Recreation. All 125 episodes will be able to air on Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, through 2024.

"Keeping the exclusive rights to The Office through 2021 is a coup for Comedy Central and Viacom," said Tanya Giles, GM of Comedy Central, Paramount Network, TV Land and Assistant to the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin. "Since acquiring it, we've reinvigorated the franchise on linear, drawing big audiences throughout our full day schedule. It's also been a key lead-in to help drive viewers to our own original, acclaimed comedies. We're so excited to keep it on our air that we wouldn't even trade it for an iPod."

For Viacom, the deal was closed by Barbara Zaneri, EVP, Viacom Program Acquisitions Group (VPAG) for an undisclosed sum, along with a World's Best Boss mug and a new statue of Li'l Sebastian for the NBCUniversal lot. Previously this year VPAG acquired the exclusive cable rights to Seinfeld.

The Office is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013, lasting nine seasons and 201 episodes. It is an adaptation of the original BBC series of the same name and was adapted for American television by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for "Saturday Night Live." It was produced by Universal Television in association with Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it was filmed in a single-camera setup, without a studio audience or a laugh track. The Office starred Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, Ellie Kemper, Kate Flannery, Angela Martin, Phyllis Smith, Leslie David Baker, Oscar Nunez, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, Rashida Jones, Amy Ryan and others.

Parks and Recreation is an American political satire television sitcom that aired on NBC from April 9, 2009 to February 24, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 125 episodes. The series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and produced by Universal Television in association with Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon. It presents a documentary-style look into the everyday lives and antics of public officials, who work in the local Parks and Recreation office and pursue various projects to make their fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, a better place. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it was filmed in a single-camera setup without a studio audience or a laugh track. The series starred Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Retta, Jim O'Heir, Paul Schneider, Billy Eichner, amongst others.

About VPAG
Viacom Program Acquisitions Group (VPAG) is responsible for the coordination of program acquisitions across multiple Viacom platforms and brands. VPAG harnesses the collective buying power of Viacom in negotiating series and movie licenses by synchronizing multi-channel deals and program buys across the Company portfolio.

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“THE OFFICE” RETURNS TO NBCUNIVERSAL IN 2021

“THE OFFICE” RETURNS TO NBCUNIVERSAL IN 2021

 “THE OFFICE” RETURNS TO NBCUNIVERSAL IN 2021

New Streaming Service Will Be the Exclusive Streaming Home for One of the Most Beloved and Popular Series in History

New York, NY --- June 25, 2019 –  NBCUniversal announced today that it has secured the exclusive domestic streaming rights to “The Office.”  All nine seasons of this beloved NBC sitcom will be available on the company’s soon-to-be-launched streaming service for five years, beginning 2021.

“‘The Office’ has become a staple of pop-culture and is a rare gem whose relevance continues to grow at a time when fans have more entertainment choices than ever before,” said Bonnie Hammer, Chairman of NBCUniversal Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises. “We can’t wait to welcome the gang from Dunder Mifflin to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.”

“The Office” is the number one series on SVOD. In 2018, it was streamed for over 52 billion minutes, and in April 2019, it was viewed nearly twice as much as the next most-viewed program on SVOD.

“’The Office’ is one of our most prized series, and we are thrilled it has found an exciting new home where generation after generation will continue to discover and rediscover Michael Scott’s most cringe-worthy moments, Jim and Pam’s will-they-or-won’t-they, and the incredible quirky ensemble that makes each episode a masterclass in comedy,” said Pearlena Igbokwe, President, Universal Television.
Produced by Universal Television in association with Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, “The Office” takes a hilarious documentary-style look at the humorous, and sometimes poignant, foolishness that plagues the 9-to-5 world. Based on the award-winning BBC hit, "The Office" is a fly-on-the-wall "docu-reality" parody of modern American office life that delves into the lives of the workers at Dunder Mifflin, a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The show, which premiered on NBC in 2005, created indelible characters like Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute and Pam & Jim, and launched the careers of some of comedy’s most celebrated actors, writers and producers, including Steve Carrell, Ed Helms, John Krasinski, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, B.J. Novak, Craig Robinson, and Mike Schur.

"The Office" is executive-produced by Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels - who developed the series for American audiences - Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Paul Lieberstein, Brent Forrester and Dan Sterling.

In addition to being NBC’s highest-rated scripted series for multiple seasons during its run, “The Office” was named one of the best shows on TV by dozens of media outlets, including TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and The Atlantic, while also being a consistent awards contender with 180 nominations and more than 40 wins.  Among its prestigious honors are the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, the Peabody Award, AFI Honors, the Producers Guild Award, the Writers Guild Award, the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy, and a Television Critic's Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.

NBCUniversal’s ad-supported streaming service is set to launch in 2020. It will feature some of the world’s most popular television and film franchises, including homegrown original programming, as well as content from outside partners.

The Office - If You Missed the Team at Dunder Mifflin the First Time, Here's a Re-Release for 'The Complete Series' Set! 38-DVD package returns to stores from Universal this summer
Posted by David Lambert	4/06/2018
After originally releasing it in 2014, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that on June 12th they will re-release The Office - The Complete Series on DVD! The original version listed at $199.98 SRP (although you can still find it at cheap closeout prices here and there). The new version, which will be configured as a "Seasons 1-5" package and a separate "Seasons 6-9" package, both slid into a Complete Series outer slipcase, will have a list price of $99.98...half the original SRP! Even so, it's still a 38-DVD set, so we expect the on-disc content to be exactly the same. Here's a look at the package art, from both sides, following an Amazon.com pre-order button link. If you missed getting this four years ago, now's your chance to catch up on this amazing sitcom...a show which is rumored to be under consideration by NBC for revival in the future! Let's hope there's something to that gossip, eh?

COMEDY CENTRAL® ACQUIRES THE OFFICE FROM NBCUNIVERSAL TO PREMIERE WITH ALL-DAY MARATHON ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15

• Select Episodes Will Be Available on CC.com and the CC App

NEW YORK, December 13, 2017 – Five-time Emmy^® Award-winning sitcom The Office clocks in for work at Comedy Central starting on January 15, 2018 with an all-day Office marathon. The #1 brand in comedy has acquired all nine seasons of the instant-classic comedy series that ran for nine seasons on NBC from 2005 to 2013. Select episodes will be available to stream on cc.com and the CC App.

“We’re very excited to add the incredible Office to the Comedy Central line-up and can’t wait for the Dunder Mifflin team to get here,” said Tanya Giles, General Manager, Comedy Central. “The office environment is one so many of our fans can directly relate to and this acquisition will give our audience lots to laugh about.”

From Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille and Universal Television, The Office stars Steve Carell as Michael Scott, Ed Helms as Andy Bernard, John Krasinski as Jim Halpert, Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly, BJ Novak as Ryan Howard, Mindy Kaling as Kelly Kapoor, Ellie Kemper as Erin Hannon and Craig Robinson as Darryl Philbin, among others. The series presents a hilarious documentary-style look at the humorous, and sometimes poignant, foolishness that plagues the 9-to-5 world. Based on the award-winning BBC hit, The Office is a fly-on-the-wall “docu-reality” parody of modern American office life that delves into the lives of the workers at Dunder Mifflin, a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The Office is executive-produced by Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels (who developed the series for American audience), Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Paul Lieberstein, Brent Forrester and Dan Sterling.

Available on-air, online and on-the-go via the Comedy Central App, Comedy Central (www.cc.com) is the #1 brand in comedy and is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIAB). 

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