“The Office” but in a dying newsroom

[Inky_Wretch]

I’m sure this will be wildly successful.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-office-spinoff-peacock-plot-details-1235996108/

 

[DanOregon]

Broadcast networks have been feasting on their own carcasses for years now - I get it, reboot a beloved show, maybe goose the streaming library of the original - CSI, LA Law, Law and Order, Will and Grace....but c'mon.

I thought Hulu's "Reboot" was the funniest show I'd seen on "broadcast-ish" TV in years. One and done - go figure.

 

[Slacker]

Yeah, it goes three episodes, and then everyone gets laid off and marched out. ... Then what?

 

[Slacker]

Broadcast networks have been feasting on their own carcasses for years now - I get it, reboot a beloved show, maybe goose the streaming library of the original - CSI, LA Law, Law and Order, Will and Grace....but c'mon.

But I would definitely watch this newsroom spinoff if they used the entire cast of "Justified."

Mags Bennett (evil HR manager) and Dewey Crowe (deranged sports agatologist) in epic side roles, just for starters ...

 

[DanOregon]

That was such a great season - Limehouse, Loretta.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Loved The Office and I'm a big fan of Ricky Gervais (though I'm unclear of what he might have to do with this other than continue to rake in cash).

But man, it would have to be extra ****ing funny for me to not find this premise depressing and worthy of avoidance.

Been there. Lived it. Really don't find the death of local journalism and the hands of greedy, incompetent corporate ****wits all that funny.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I'll watch, just so I can sit there and with every ridiculous, far-fetched premise and over-the-top character, say, "Yep, worked with him, knew her, went through that!"

 

[Slacker]

Every newsroom I've worked in (and their extended company departments) could have made a good sitcom.

Each newsroom and company was a constant, evolving, revolving door of quirky, obsessed characters at every turn.

 

[DanOregon]

I actually don't see much comedy potential in a dying newsroom. Now if they set it in the early '90s, when newspapers didn't realize the threat the Internet posed - THEN you'd have something. A mid-size Gannett daily - with a few veterans who talk about the "old days" and how great they were, the fresh out of J-school types on a "timeline" to get to the NY Times, the four-times divorced Sports editor, the features editor who doesn't exactly have his or her finger on the pulse of pop culture, who has to deal with the staffers no other department wants, the editors who are "excited" about all the new initiatives being shoved down papers throats. The photographer who wants to make "art." The copy desker having difficulty with the new computer system, wondering what was wrong with the last computers.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

I dont know, Dunder Mifflin was “dying” too but in a funny haha way not a march to the gallows way. It can be done.

 

[playthrough]

With volunteer reporters. Bank on one of them sleeping with sources. Har-de-har.

 

[DanOregon]

One of the great things about shows and movies about newspapers (specifically) is the "ticking clock" of the daily deadline, and fear of getting beat by another news outlet - the Internet (and ridiculous deadlines and sporadic publishing schedules) have kind of killed that. Not to mention how many reporters now work from home. I'm glad I worked in a "classic" newsroom, where the editor could yell something on the floor - and 90 percent of the news staff would hear them. And it was a staff of about 50. News, all the local beats, sports, features.
For some reason, graphics and OP/ed were always down the hall or something.

 

[garrow]

None of the newsrooms I worked had a Pam. :(

 

[DanOregon]

The ones I worked in ALWAYS had both the fresh from J-school reporters/copy editors who were stunning, and the fresh from divorce types. Sorry garrow.

 

[Slacker]

the features editor who doesn't exactly have his or her finger on the pulse of pop culture, who has to deal with the staffers no other department wants,

Always hilarious when the features department – usually filled with white-bread bookworms, and most of them over 40 – would do its annual centerpiece story on the currently hip slang all the youngsters are slingin' around on the streets.

And most of these words and phrases would be outdated by five or 10 years. You down with my rap, bro?

 

[Slacker]

None of the newsrooms I worked had a Pam. :(

We had a business clerk who was a total 6, looked a lot – A LOT – like Cindy Crawford.

She left the paper after a couple of years to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles.

I found her listed on IMDb in two obscure movies and a one-off appearance in a TV series, all from years ago, so she never made it bigly. But she got bigly points for following her dream. ... Major loss for us boys in the newsroom, though. We were all just crushed when she left.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Florida sheriffs. I need say no more.

Always hilarious when the features department – usually filled with white-bread bookworms, and most of them over 40 – would do its annual centerpiece story on the currently hip slang all the youngsters are slingin' around on the streets.

And most of these words and phrases would be outdated by five or 10 years. You down with my rap, bro?

Did you see that kid? He was skibidi toilet, when I thought he had rizz. The teacher called him
A beta and said he was going to Ohio.

 

[Slacker]

Did you see that kid? He was skibidi toilet, when I thought he had rizz.
The teacher called him A beta and said he was going to Ohio.

Thanks. I sent this over to Features, and it's going on D1 tomorrow.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

my 5 year old son named the pet hamster skibidi toilet. when he learns to read, I'll get him a subscription

 

[Batman]

I actually don't see much comedy potential in a dying newsroom. Now if they set it in the early '90s, when newspapers didn't realize the threat the Internet posed - THEN you'd have something. A mid-size Gannett daily - with a few veterans who talk about the "old days" and how great they were, the fresh out of J-school types on a "timeline" to get to the NY Times, the four-times divorced Sports editor, the features editor who doesn't exactly have his or her finger on the pulse of pop culture, who has to deal with the staffers no other department wants, the editors who are "excited" about all the new initiatives being shoved down papers throats. The photographer who wants to make "art." The copy desker having difficulty with the new computer system, wondering what was wrong with the last computers.

Sounds a lot like "The Paper."