Steve Carell began shooting his final season on "The Office" this week, and the show will spend a considerable amount of screen time in the year to come looking for his replacement.
"We've got something cooked up," executive producer Paul Lieberstein (who also plays Hr rep Toby) tells Zap2it. "I don't want to say what it is, but we're planning on exploring how to fill Michael's role on the air. There will be a search committee, maybe."
There's a chance that the new boss at Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch will come from outside the show as it's currently constituted, but several current employees will be in the running as well. Below, we offer some early odds on who might be getting Michael's office by the end of the season -- mostly from inside the branch, but with a couple outside possibilities as well.
Dwight Schrute: Dwight (Rainn Wilson) has...
"We've got something cooked up," executive producer Paul Lieberstein (who also plays Hr rep Toby) tells Zap2it. "I don't want to say what it is, but we're planning on exploring how to fill Michael's role on the air. There will be a search committee, maybe."
There's a chance that the new boss at Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch will come from outside the show as it's currently constituted, but several current employees will be in the running as well. Below, we offer some early odds on who might be getting Michael's office by the end of the season -- mostly from inside the branch, but with a couple outside possibilities as well.
Dwight Schrute: Dwight (Rainn Wilson) has...
- 8/7/2010
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