Rainn Wilson Reveals Why nbc Passed – ryan

The Office spinoff The Paper Made Its Premiere on Peacock Earlier This Month, but One Actor Has Revealed that there was almost a Different Office Spinoff Years ago Starring a Beloved TV Character. Beloved Mockumery TV Show The Office First Premiered on March 24, 2005, on NBC and Lasted 9 Seasons before the Series Came to a Close in 2013.

The Officewhich was based on a British Show of the Same Name, Stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Bj Novak, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Ed Heling, and Many More. Wilson portrayed fan-favorite character dwight schrute, A Daft and Sometimes Sinister Employee at Dunder Mifflin. For his roles, wilson was nominated for an emmy three Times.

While a guest on the podcast The Last LaughWilson Revealed that a spinoff of The Office Starring Dwight Titled The Farm Was Once in Development at nbc, but the network ultimately tourned the series down. Wilson Revealed that nbc Never thought The Office Was anything special, and didn’t realie its potential UNIL IT STARTED MAKING MONEY. Check Out Wilson’s Comments Below:

They were just swimming at all in office spinoffs at the time. And had the right of the farm, they’d probably have another billion dollars in the bank. No One Talks About that.

End now, all the People that have seen the office 20 times, they’re going to watch the farm at least once or twice, if you’ve got 100 episodes. Wold it have ben as good as the office? No. No Way. Swimming close. Wold it have been good? Waled it have been solid? Waled it have been a good, solid comedy? Yeah, it beuld’ve, and we would’ve done some really cool stuff. And I think they really missed out.

The history of the office on nbc – they never really got the show. Honestly, it was like five years after the show was over, will all of the a sudden it starts watched – the minutes in the billions on netflix – that nbc was like legs. ”

What This Wauld Have Meant For the Office

Dwight and Michael Looking at A Computer, Searching Michael's Illness Symptoms, in the Office.

neither The Office Goes on, Dwight Begins to Run Many Businesses, Including A Bed-And-Breakfast. The Farm Waled have followed dwight, inheritting a beet farm from his late aunt. Having dwight Owning A Business and Running Amok was idea Mary Audience Could Likely Get Behind Time, but nbc was not interesting when the pilot came Around.

The Paper Premiered on September 4, 2025, and has already been renewed for a second season.

During the test Screening of the Unmade Show’s Backdoor Pilot, Audience Members Were not impressed, causing nbc to not live forward with the show. The Series Waled Have Been A Mockumetry and Wold Have Captured the Style of The Office. This Wold Have Likely Helped Fill the Hole Fans Felt AFTER The Office Ended, which is what the spinoff The Paper is ultimately doing now.

Our take on nbc not picking up the farm

Dwight (Rainn Wilson) dressed in a top hat in the office Garden Party.

Dwight is arguably the funniest character in The Office. He can be endearing, but offensives terrifying as well, creating an extrmely dynamic and endlessly watchable character. A Show All About Him Would Probably Be Very Unhainged, Yet Relementlessly Entertaining, Because Dwight is SO UNDREDICTOBLE.

Fans of The Office Sadly did not get to see a full dwight show, which probably have been very popular and made the network a ton of Money. It Also Wold Have Postapully Catapulled Wilson’s Career Further and Maybe Wouuld Have Earned More Award Nominations, Possibly Eve a Win. Howver, at Least fans Get The Paperwhich is Also A Hilarious Show.

The Office Poster Michael Scott

Release Date

2005-2013-00-00

Showrunner

Greg daniels

Directors

Greg Daniels, Paul Lieberstein, Paul Feig, Randall Einhorn, Ken Kwapis