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From 'The Office' to the Post Office
Steve Carell became a huge star by helping turn the American version of the TV series The Office into a staple of NBC's Thursday-night lineup. But Carell is leaving the show at the end of this season. So what's next?
According to Deadline Hollywood's Michael Ausiello, the answer is another kind of office: the post office. Ausiello reports that NBC has bought a new half-hour sitcom developed by Carell based on his years as a letter carrier in Littleton, Mass. Apparently, the series will center on a group of small-town twenty-somethings who frequent the local post office. (Who does that any more?) Its tentative title is The Post-Graduate Project.
"Carell has referred to his experience as a mailman in interviews," writes Ausiello, "saying that he quit after a few months because his boss told him he was not very efficient."
(Hat tip: Atlantic Wire)
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
