The Paper - same team as The Office
The Paper - same team as The Office
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UTH

Original Poster:

11,593 posts

201 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2025
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Only stumbled across this 'coming soon' very recently!

I loved The Office, so I wonder if this will be any good. On the face of it, it does seem to be a bit too much a copy of The Office, but we'll see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_(2025_TV_s...

SydneyBridge

10,914 posts

181 months

Friday 5th September 2025
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Starts today
Has fairly good reviews so hopefully a bit different from the Office

Quhet

2,777 posts

169 months

Friday 5th September 2025
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Same team as the 'American Office'.

Old Man Peabody

727 posts

230 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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Watched the 1st 2 episodes and I'm struggling.

Big fan of the American Office, but I've not laughed once. The Tim Key character and the Italian lady are also loathsome, especially her.

I don't want to give up too early as it's well reviewed and S1 of The Office and Parks and Rec were also pretty awful until they found there feet, but things need to improve quickly for me

Fingers crossed

bennno

14,870 posts

292 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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UTH said:
Only stumbled across this 'coming soon' very recently!

I loved The Office, so I wonder if this will be any good. On the face of it, it does seem to be a bit too much a copy of The Office, but we'll see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_(2025_TV_s...
Tires is ok, HR episode especially.

JimmyConwayNW

3,446 posts

148 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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I've not found it particularly funny.



DSLiverpool

16,046 posts

225 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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This is surprisingly crap, no amount of Office mentions will lift a terrible script with no funny / cringe / intrigue present.

UTH

Original Poster:

11,593 posts

201 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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I'm 3/4 of the way through ep2, and I'm not sure I've laughed once. Will persist a little longer, but it hasn't got my attention for too much longer.

BadOrangePete

850 posts

67 months

Monday 8th September 2025
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2 Episodes in and its not grabbed me yet, Seems more subtle/gentle than the Office, But I'll stick with it for now. Italian lady is annoying, but then I remember not liking Dwight BITD, and he became my fave character