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BBC's The Office to air on Adult Swim this summer

by Mike Moody, posted Apr 29th 2009 7:07PM
bbc the officeHere's another reason to love Adult Swim. Cartoon Network's late night brand -- home to some of the best animated fare on TV, like The Venture Bros. and the awesome G.I. Joe Resolute -- will begin airing the original BBC version of The Office starting this summer.

The network will air both seasons of the British comedy, produced by Ricky Gervais, plus the Christmas special. This is great news for U.S. comedy nerds dying to introduce the show to their friends (and don't feel like buying all three DVD box sets). Hopefully they'll air it in between Aqua Teen and Tim and Eric -- and not at 4 a.m.!

I love this show, and I love the NBC version. I won't even try to compare the two here, since the NBC version has evolved into such a completely different show. But there's one thing the NBC version is missing -- Ricky Gervais. I'm aware of Gervais' producing role on the show, but I've always wanted to see him make a cameo as David Brent -- the UK version of Michael Scott.

There have been rumors about Gervais showing up on the NBC show, but they've all been denied. Gervais told TV Guide last year that he would be open to a cameo, but he probably wouldn't play David Brent. He'd rather play Andy Melman from Extras.

I'd watch that too. What about you, folks, Would you like to see Ricky Gervais meet the Dunder Mifflin gang? And are you excited about The Office airing on Adult Swim?

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Jesi

I've been checking the schedules on adultswim.com and can't find it.... WHERE IS THE OFFICE? HMM Ricky? Where are you? :) HIt up cartoon network and tell them to make it snappy...

February 12 2011 at 11:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andy

"All three" box sets? Try all one.

April 30 2009 at 9:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

"Sometimes the claims will be false."

such a great show

April 29 2009 at 8:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ralph

Glad it's getting exposure for those who want to see it, but....

CARTOON?? Network.....Anyone see a problem with this scenario?

Could networks PLEASE stick with what they are supposed to show??

April 29 2009 at 8:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Bob

Will it have subtitles? ;-) I don't typically have trouble understanding the dialogue of other British shows - but for some reason, I can't understand a lot of what they say on the the UK version of The Office...

April 29 2009 at 7:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Creep

That would be awesome. Gervais on the US office would make for a great story arc.

April 29 2009 at 8:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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