NBC executives Jeff Gaspin and Angela Bromstad spoke to the press today at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, and made several announcements, while also speaking about the status of their returning series.
Regarding Steve Carell leaving The Office, Bromstad noted, "It's just publically been known that Steve is leaving, but we and the producers have been preparing for it for some time. Greg Daniels and Paul Lieberstein do have a plan as to who will replace Michael, so there will be a lot of storylines leading up to that and mystery as to who that will be. " Asked if NBC had considered simply ending The Office with Carell leaving, Bromstad said, "If we'd ended ER when George Clooney left, I think that would have been a shame. This is a tremendous ensemble cast." She added, "I would be very sad to end the show, and I couldn't go home and face my 14 year old son if I tookThe Office off the air."
The Officeis a mockumentary that documents the exploits of a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Made up of head chief Michael Scott, a harmlessly deluded and ignorantly insensitive boss who cares about the welfare of his employees while trying to put his own spin on company policy. With an office including the likes of various peers who have their own hangups, The Office (2005) takes a look at the lives of its co-workers: bored but talented salesman Jim, his mildly sociopathic, butt kissing enemy Dwight, mildly righteous receptionist Pam, and indifferent temp Ryan...
30 Rock is going live! The October 14th episode of the comedy will be done live – and yes, the cast will perform it twice, both for the east coast and west coast airing. Asked about the thinking behind this, Bromstad said, "Tina [Fey]'s up for it. Coming from Saturday Night Live, Tina and Lorne [Michaels] are very up for it. We're doing as much as we can to bring attention to the show."
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is largely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live. Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind...30 Rock
Regarding CBS moving their huge hit The Big Bang Theory to Thursdays at 8:00, where it will now face Community, Gaspin said, "I'm hopeful that there's room for two comedies. I think they're different. I think their audiences are different." As to whether they would consider moving Community, he said he felt Community's fans were, "accustomed to it ] Thursdays at 8:00.We're going to wait and see what happens. "
Asked if there were any lessons learned from Heroes that come to mind as NBC embarks on the superhero-themed The Cape, Bromstad said, "I think that Heroes was a great show. We had four tremendous years of that. If we could replicate that, we could. Heroes was so much about the discovery of their powers and that was sort of the premise of their first year. The Cape is more of a procedural. This character doesn't have superpowers. He's trained in a way that he's able to manipluate things."
Having put it on hold last season, NBC will go forward with a pilot for a US remake of Prime Suspect, with Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey's production company Film 44 (Friday Night Lights) behind it. Berg and Aubrey will be executive producers on the show, which will be written by Alex Cunningham (Desperate Housewives).
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