NBC Is Going To Try Everything To Reboot "The Office" For Their New Streaming Service

Collider - It’s been six years since we last heard from the team at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch but they could return to our TV screens as a reboot of The Office inches closer to becoming a possibility. The original U.S. version of The Office, which starred Steve Carell and effectively launched the careers of supporting cast including John Krasinski, Mindy Kaling, Jenna Fischer, and Ed Helms, aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013. NBCUniversal recently announced all episodes of The Office would leave Netflix in 2021 and be available exclusively on their streaming service, Peacock.

Now, in the latest wave of news about Peacock, it would appear sights are set on making a reboot of the series happen, too. NBCUniversal Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises Bonnie Hammer remarked to Deadline, “It is my hope and goal that we do an Office reboot.”

“The Office comes back to us in January 2021. It is my hope that we can figure what that great reboot would be,” and concluded with, “We are having conversations.”

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Every 3 months. That’s how often we hear about a possible re-boot for The Office. And it always ends the same way- Angela, Stanley, and a few others say they’d be all about it, and Steve Carrell is always a hard, hardddd NO. He is basically on record saying he’d never come back to The Office. He wants to win an Oscar, not rehash Michael Scott. Guy had to be begged to come back for a 2 minute scene in the series finale, there is no chance he does the series all over again.

And the thing is- there’s no reason to reboot it. NONE. It was perfect (well, until the later seasons, but whatever) when it was on the air, it is remembered as one of the greatest comedies in TV history, just let it be. Develop something else. Develop a spin off with another character. But no need to reboot a classic.

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We all love the show, no need to ruin it. No need to taint it’s legacy. Nellie Bertram tried to kill the show, and it survived. Don’t reboot it. Just let us remember it fondly for what it was.