3 h. ago The Paper review – this spinoff of the US Office is dated, mediocre TV

Domhnall Gleeson stars as a clueless local newspaper editor in the mockumentary comedy’s latest creation. His talents can’t outdo the one-note dialogue and lack of hilarityTwo years after the British version concluded with a second brilliantly mortifying Christmas special in 2003, American viewers got their own take on The Office. Set at the Dunder Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, it was very much in the spirit of the original, at least initially: a deadpan mockumentary centred on a megalomaniac manager (Steve Carrell’s Michael Scott), who like Ricky Gervais’s David Brent before him was “a friend first, and a boss second and probably an entertainer third”. The Office: An American Workplace ran for nine seasons, setting aside some of the original’s cringe comedy aspects in favour of something with a little more heart. By the time it ended in 2013, it was an award-winning sitcom juggernaut in its own right – hugely popular but bearing little resemblance to its Slough-b...

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14 h. ago The Office spinoff The Paper is here – here’s how to watch in the UK

The new workplace comedy releases in its entirety tonight on Sky and Now

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31 h. ago ‘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

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36 h. ago The Office spinoff The Paper has landed, here’s how to watch in the UK

The new workplace comedy releases in its entirety this week on Sky and Now

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55 h. ago The Paper review – Tim Key dials up the cringe factor and goes full David Brent in Office US spin

‘White Lotus’ star Sabrina Impacciatore is also a highlight as the lightly deranged Esmeralda, who steals every scene she’s in

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56 h. ago The Paper review – Tim Key dials up the cringe factor and goes full David Brent in Office US spinoff

‘White Lotus’ star Sabrina Impacciatore is also a highlight as the lightly deranged Esmerelda, who steals every scene she’s in

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56 h. ago I watch The Office US every year and this is what I think of new spin

Our review of 10-part comedy series sequel The Paper

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