TV Review: 'The Paper' Creates Lovable Characters in 'Office' Style

‘The Paper’ blends the absurdity of 'The Office' and the optimism of 'Parks and Recreation'

"The Paper," a new spinoff from "The Office," is now streaming on Peacock. It follows the Toledo Truth Teller, a local newspaper often overlooked by its community.

There’s a Problem With the New Follow-Up to The Office. It Has to Do With How Everyone Looks.

The spinoff takes on the newspaper industry. It’s a puff piece.

‘The Paper’ review: Trying (and failing) to recapture the magic of ‘The Office’

In the Peacock mockumentary “The Paper,” an unseen documentary film crew arrives in a mid-size city in order to capture — fly-on-the-wall style — the daily life of office drones. If the premise sounds familiar, that’s intentional. The series comes from Greg Daniels, who adapted “The Office” for U.S. television, and he’s collaborating with Michael Koman (whose writing credits include several years on “Saturday Night Live”) to recapture some of wh…

Actor Oscar Nuñez goes from 'The Office' to 'The Paper'

Nuñez played prickly accountant Oscar Martinez in the hit NBC comedy series. In the new Peacock show, his character is back, but things are different — especially with a new boss.

Peacock’s “The Paper” Shuffles “The Office”‘s Formula To A Funny, Worthy Spinoff

The new editor-in-chief of the Toledo Truth Teller is up against it. He is in charge of a Midwestern newspaper that once employed hundreds of reporters, broke important stories, and had their own printing presses rumbling in the basement of the stately building bearing its name—but this paper is…

Wincing at ‘The Paper,’ a newspaper spinoff of ‘The Office’

A new TV series depicts a fictional Midwest newspaper with realistic financial problems, which could make more Americans appreciate the industry's situation.