I know it has been talked about but as far as I know it wasn’t official until now:
Steve Carell leaving ‘The Office’
He’s so iconic of The Office it’s hard to imagine the show without him. I still enjoy the show despite the whiners’ constant complaints of how it has declined, but without Carell? I’m not so sure.
Well, that’s a shame. I still enjoy the show, but they should probably wrap it up next year and not try to continue without him. I wonder what the series finale would be like. I hope it’s something less gut-wrenching than seems to be the fashion for the end of series, but a little more significant than this year’s season-ender. I felt like they didn’t even say goodbye!
A sad-but-all-too-accurate statement. So many great shows came out of NBC. What happened?
My WAG - reality tv and execs with their heads firmly up their asses.
I know I’m in the minority here, but Steve Carell is my least favorite actor on the show.
However, he is important to the integrity of the cast, so I say shut it down.
A key character like Michael Scott cannot be replaced. What would they do, promote Jim or Dwight? It has run its course. Let it die a peaceful death.
Or Kelly (shudder), thanks to the minority executive program.
I wish they would end the show. I still like it, but if Michael Scott were to leave, so would a lot of the show’s audience. I wouldn’t mind giving a spin-off series a try, but I’m not sure about watching the show past next year, with or without Carell. I just think it would be a good time to end it.
Time to wrap it up, folks.
I’m sure the rest of the cast have contracts for later. Khadaji is right though.
Maybe the writers can be clever about it… eh.
I still maintain this depends entirely on how Steve Carrells movie career is doing at that point in time. It’s easy to say he’s going to leave right now that he’s getting a lot of movie roles, but if that dries up he won’t be going anywhere.
I think the show would do quite fine if David Brent got a U.S. work visa.
It’s a tough one for me.
On the one hand, i’ve grown to detest the character of Michael Scott, and i only watch the show despite his presence.
On the other, he is also central to the show, and it’s hard to see viewers sticking around if they continued without him.
Yeah, he’s the conflict that drives the show. I would love, LOVE to see Ricky Gervais on tv again (I was a huge fan of “Extras” and fully plan to watch the UK version of “The Office” some day).
Is the UK version still running? Maybe it’s time to bring Ricky Gervais over to the U.S. Office. Now that would merit watching!
Seems like a good idea. I was impressed how long they were able to keep the show interesting, but by last season it was pretty obviously running out of places to go. Hopefully the knowledge that this is likely to be their last season and they don’t have to worry about keeping a bunch of open-ended story arcs will let them innovate enough to end on a high-note.
I don’t think I watch any sitcoms that aren’t from NBC. 30 Rock, Community and The Office are basically the only network TV I watch. Not sure how well they do making money, but as far as producing funny shows, NBC is the only network that seems to be trying.
No, the UK version ended a while ago. It doesn’t have nearly as many episodes as the US version, but that’s also part of what makes it great. They were able to end things properly before they ran out of ideas and jumped the shark.
I like Steve Carrell, but I haven’t really be able to stomach Michael Scott since Holly left. The writers make him too broad, too unbelievable.
I don’t think the show is dependent on him, but his absence and replacement would have to be written with care.
And I think his exit should be him running off to Nashua.
I’m still hoping for a Creed based spin-off.
Gervais has a rule of only doing two series/seasons and a Christmas special to wrap things up.
Nah. I don’t think that would work. Creed is like a very strong spice. A little bit is good but more than that would be overpowering. The screen time he gets now is just right. He drops in, says something absolutely insane, and is gone again.