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Post Mortem – The Office

the-officeAfter 9 seasons, The Office called it quits after this past season.  It was well past its prime and was really running on fumes at this point, but it will be missed.  Creator Greg Daniels returned for the final season, but had to work around the movie careers of John Krasinski and Ed Helms, which left the show without Jim and/or Andy for large parts of the season.  Which wasn’t always a bad thing, as the writers obviously had nothing more to say with the Andy character.  By the end, one would cringe any time he appeared on screen.

The finale sent the series off on a good note, with Dwight, having finally become the regional manager, getting married to Angela, Steve Carell, B.J. Novak, and Mindy Kaling returning for the wedding, the documentary series that had been filming for 9 years finally airing, and Jim and Pam getting to leave Dunder-Mifflin behind and move on the bigger and, hopefully, better things.

While the show was nowhere near as good as it had been, it will leave a hole in the fall schedule and NBC will likely miss whatever meager ratings it had been bringing in at the end.

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2012 New Fall Season – Thursdays

Thursday night is traditionally the busiest night of the week.  Here’s what’s on the slate for this season.

7:00

The Big Bang Theory – Entering its 6th season, the show is at its ratings high point.  They pick up right where last season left off, with Howard married and in space.

30 Rock – Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin return for the 7th and final season.  I will certainly look forward to these last 13 episodes.

Last Resort – Early reports are that this show had the best pilot of the season, but left some doubts as to how it could continue on on a week to week basis.  I’m looking forward to seeing for myself.

7:30

Up All Night – Christina Applegate and Will Arnett return in the last minute renewal from last spring.  The status quo gets shaken up a bit as Ava’s show was cancelled in last week’s season premiere, putting Applegate’s Reagan and Maya Rudolph’s Ava out of work.

8:00

Person Of Interest – The enigmatic hit returns for its second season.  Michael Emerson was not given as much to do last season as one would have hoped following Lost, but his role did pick up somewhat towards the end of the year.

The Office – The producers had previously announced that this season would be the show’s last.  With original EP Greg Daniels returning to bring the show to its conclusion.  Last week’s season premiere introduced some new, younger employees that might cause Jim and Pam to re-evaluate their lot in life.

Grey’s Anatomy – The 9th season opens a few months after the plane crash that closed out last season.  There will be some cast shakeups, as Chyler Leigh is gone and Eric Dane is leaving.  While not as good as it once was (and what show is after 9 years), it is still an entertaining way to pass an hour.

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