THE OFFICE Spinoff THE PAPER Gets Early Season 2 Renewal at Peacock

Peacock didn’t wait until the last second to share news (that we first heard at Variety). It’s giving The Paper a second season even before its first begins. The show’s inaugural premieres launches on the streamer tomorrow night, September 4.

This season two order comes ahead of not only the show’s debut, but ahead of the review embargo. NCBUniversal obviously thinks it has a winner on its hands from series co-creator and The Office alum Greg Daniels. This fast renewal also means Daniels and showrunner Michael Koman have the chance to get season two out in a timely fashion. That will be a welcome change to the old model of television. Modern TV shows often feature long/interminable breaks between years. And it sounds like a quick turnaround is exactly what might happen.

Daniels told Variety they “definitely have ideas” for season two and have “been talking about stories for” it already. He said, “We’ve gotten really good feedback from people inside the company and journalists and friends, but you never know what the broader world of Office fans are going to think of it.”

The show is not a sequel, but it takes place in the same universe as The Office. It follows the same documentary crew and Oscar Nuñez is reprising his role as Oscar Martinez. The Paper stars Domhnall Gleeson as Ned Sampson, an unlikely hopeful savor for a small newspaper in Toledo. The series also features Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Gbemisola Ikumelo, and Tim Key.

Peacock is releasing all ten episodes of season one tomorrow, in part because of the response to the show internally and also because of how fans of The Office watched the show once it arrived on streaming. If we’re being honest, though, the trailer for The Paper didn’t exactly inspire us to subscribe. But knowing it will definitely be back for season two is the kind of news that makes us want to tune in.