if a recent radio with bbc is to be taken seriously (which it should be), nbc's the office only has one season left in its run. steve carell told the bbc that his contract with the network is up after next year and that he doesn't plan to sign on for more. click here to hear steve's quick interview with the station for yourself. if steve isn't just trying to get more money from the peacock by saying he'll be pulling out, the office will end in the spring of 2011 with seven seasons. that's six more seasons than its british counterpart had back in 2001 - the ricky gervais version was only one season long with a couple of specials aired here and there. i actually think this is the right move for nbc. while the office is popular amongst the college set, it doesn't have legs with the people who watch tv when it's actually on and have the money to spend on what advertisers want to sell - that would be the 30+ set. nbc used to be the comedy leader, with hits like friends and will & grace pulling in 20+ million viewers every thursday. it's current comedy block is lucky to reach 9 million. it's time to move away from the hand-held mockumentary style sitcom and get back to the basics of a live audience and three cameras. i know people say that format is outdated, but cbs gets mega-ratings every monday for their two hour block of comedies that's shot that way. plus, nbc is just wasting amy poehler on parks and rec (i don't care what anyone says about it getting better since season one, she's being wasted). hopefully the peacock net will take carell's departure as a sign to move on to bigger and better things. literally.
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i think this season has sadly been the weakest thus far. pam and jim's wedding was the last great episode if you ask me. i think they should quit now before it loses its place in the archive of hilarious tv, because it was that for so long. steve carell's career will live forever though.
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