The Paper, a new spin-off of The Office set at a small Ohio newspaper, will premiere exclusively on Peacock in September, according to a post from the streaming service’s X account. Considering NBCUniversal’s streaming service has mostly existed as a dedicated The Office and Parks & Recreation rewatch tool, this is a pretty big get.
The new series “features the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch,” but this time looks at a different industry — in this case, journalism. The Paper covers “a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher that is trying to revive it,” according to a press release from NBCUniversal’s Upfront presentation.
Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina) and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) star alongside Oscar Nuñez, who is reprising his role as Oscar from The Office, following a lateral career move that finds his character as the accountant for a struggling newspaper. The Paper is very explicitly described as being “from the universe of The Office,” though, so it’s possible the connections to the previous series don’t end there.
The Paper was co-created by Greg Daniels, the creator of the US version of The Office, and Michael Koman, an executive producer and writer on Nathan for You. NBCUniversal hasn’t shared a specific date for when the series will premiere, beyond that it will land in September.
Like most streaming services, Peacock launched with splashy prestige TV shows, but has continually struggled to find original content that keeps subscribers around beyond its back catalog of classic sitcoms and reality shows. Streaming rights to the Olympics and weird experiments like the “AI vs. a nun” drama Mrs. Davis definitely appeal to someone (me, primarily), but it hasn’t produced explosive growth in Peacock’s subscriber numbers. Per NBCUniversal’s last earnings report, Peacock has grown from 36 million paid subscribers at the end of 2024 to 41 million in March 2025, but it’s still a money-losing operation. The Paper seems like a safer bet to keep current subscribers happy and draw lapsed The Office fans back in.
