BBC’s The Office Goes For An Adult Swim

Adult Swim today announced it has acquired the legendary hit BBC comedy, The Office, from BBC Worldwide.

Both seasons of the two-time Golden Globe Award-winning series will begin airing on Adult Swim this summer. Adult Swim will also air The Office Christmas special.

Today’s announcement to add The Office comes on the heels of the addition of the BBC hit The Mighty Boosh, a deal also done with BBC Worldwide, which had its Adult Swim debut March 29.

Adult Swim airs nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT).

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Ricky Gervais Wrote A Book?

He sure did. A four-volume children's book series, as a matter of fact.

"Flanimals" encompasses a world inhabited by 50 species of creatures so ugly and misshapen they become cute and endearing.

And what's better? Universal-based Illumination Entertainment has announced it will create a 3-D animated feature based on "Flanimals" with Gervais voicing the lead character and Matt Selman (The Simpsons) writing!

"It will be great to play a short, fat, sweaty loser for a change," Gervais said. "A real stretch."

For more information, read the entire Variety article HERE...

Ricky Gervais Loves Season 1 and 2

Don't we all??

Here's a piece from a Q&A he did with the Chicago Times.

"Q: Have you watched every episode of the American remake of "The Office?"

A: I've probably watched every episode of Series 1 and 2, but now I probably watch one in three. I watched two on the plane this time of the last series.

Q: Your version only ran 12 episodes. This season finale of the U.S. "Office" will make it 100 episodes total. Does having an open-ended series hurt the storytelling?

A: It makes it more difficult.When you've got a finite arc, it's by definition more conclusive. You get out on top. The love story alone is hard to keep going. Will they, won't they? Yes they have. That's the end of that.

But they haven't been a slave to the realism or the fake documentary either, which you can't be, because you're thinking, "Why are they still filming there? Why is there a film camera following him on the bus?" That was the single most important thing for us, because it told us why the characters were acting like that. And ours was much more about characters thrown together. And this is more a traditional sitcom than ours ever was."

Read the rest HERE.

Ricky Gervais And Elmo - HOLY CRAP FUNNY!

Rickey Gervais on Inside The Actors Studio on Monday

The funny man chats up (and cracks up) Mr. Lipton next Mon, Jan. 19th @ 7/6c. Start laughing now with a sneak peek.

The Office Cast at the 2009 Golden Globe Photos

David Brent v. Michael Scott?

Is Ricky Gervaise planning a visit to the American Office?

Perhaps as Andy Melman from HBO's Extras?

To read Ricky's TVGuide.com interview here...

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Ricky Gervais' Comedy Special Debuts This Weekend

Ricky Gervais, Emmy(r)-winning star of the acclaimed HBO series "Extras," makes his American TV stand-up debut when RICKY GERVAIS: OUT OF ENGLAND - THE STAND-UP SPECIAL is presented SATURDAY, NOV. 15 (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/10:00-11:15 p.m. PT). Taped in summer 2008 before a live audience at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the special includes material from his three sold-out British stand-up tours, featuring Gervais' unique take on such disparate (and often politically incorrect) issues as fund-raising, fame, nursery rhymes, Nazis, moronic friends and obesity.

Other HBO playdates: Nov. 15 (12:45 a.m. ET/12:10 a.m. PT), 18 (1:00 a.m.), 21 (8:30 p.m.), 24 (9:30 p.m.) and 30 (2:00 a.m.), and Dec. 3 (11:30 p.m.)

Rickey Gervais on The View - 11-7-08

Ricky Gervais Give Letterman's Top 10 - 11-3-08

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Ricky Gervais HBO Stand-Up Special

Ricky Gervais, Emmy(r)-winning star of the acclaimed HBO series "Extras," makes his American TV stand-up debut when RICKY GERVAIS: OUT OF ENGLAND - THE STAND-UP SPECIAL is presented SATURDAY, NOV. 15 (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/10:00-11:15 p.m. PT). Taped last summer before a live audience at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the special includes material from his three sold-out British stand-up tours, featuring Gervais' unique take on such disparate (and often politically incorrect) issues as fund-raising, fame, nursery rhymes, Nazis, moronic friends and obesity.

Other HBO playdates: Nov. 15 (12:45 a.m. ET/12:10 a.m. PT), 18 (1:00 a.m.), 21 (8:30 p.m.), 24 (9:30 p.m.) and 30 (2:00 a.m.), and Dec. 3 (11:30 p.m.)

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Ricky Gervais to present at the Emmys

Ricky Gervais has been confirmed as a presenter at the 60th Primetime Emmys. He will be joined by stars such as: Alec Baldwin, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Sally Field.

The Emmys will air Saturday, September 21.

Steve Carell on SNL Video Clips

Rob Lowe Takes Tina Fey Hostage - Can Ricky Gervais Help?

Ok, so that's my thought on the hilarious new blog entry that Ricky Gervais has up on his site.

His quote for this photo?

"Here, Gervais, Fey and Lowe turn on the photographer. Look at my face. How brilliant do I think this is? I'm 46 by the way."

Click HERE to check out Ricky's blog and see more pictures of the Nerf Gun battle royale!

Ricky Gervais on Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars

The Office Stars at Luxury Lounge...

The Luxury Lounge had give aways for the celebrities in town for the 2008 Sag Awards and some of our favorites showed up to take advantage!

Ricky Gervais, Leslie David Baker, Mindy Kaling, Briam Baumgartner, Kate Flannery & Angela Kinsey, Melora Hardin, and Creed Bratton.

SAG Awards Tonight!!

Don't forget, our first chance to see the crew from Dunder Mifflin all together again happens tonight at 8PM EST on TNT as the cast heads out to the Screen Actors Guild award show.

It's the only award show where we may see actual awards being handed out, and it's usually one of my favorite because it's where the actors salute their own! It's like voting for senior superlatives in the high school yearbook.

Click HERE for the nominations The Office has.

We will be updating through out the ceremony with Office news as soon as it is announced!

If you've never seen the SAG awards before, they have people sit at tables like at a wedding. It's not done in a huge theater like the Oscars are.

So, who is sitting near The Office? Well, according to USA Today:

"Some of their placements are playful - Ricky Gervais, who starred in the British version of The Office and is nominated for his role in the current Extras, will sit next to NBC's The Office crew..."

You can read all about the seating HERE.

"The Office" in Chile

Nope, not another Branch Office, but a remake of "The Office" has been signed for creation in the nation of Chile.

Variety reports:
"It's the first format deal in Latin America for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's comedy and the first Spanish-language version.

"We stopped making 'The Office' in 2003 but the rest of the world didn't," Gervais said. "I won't be happy until I see an Inuit doing the dance."

"The Office" airs in 90 countries with remakes in the U.S., France and Germany."

Maybe we'll be able to see the premiere episode and see if it steals from the U.S. version that stole from the BBC version.

You can read the article HERE.

2008 SAG Photos of "The Office"

Here is what I've found so far!

Season 3 - Episode 9 - The Convict

We all were introduced to Prison Mike in "The Convict" on November 30, 2006.

Writers: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
Director: Jeffrey Blitz

Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) tries to be supportive after learning that one of the new employees is an ex-convict, but gets upset when the staff starts to compare the office to prison. Meanwhile, Jim (John Krasinski) "coaches" Andy (guest star Ed Helms) when he decides to make a play for Pam (Jenna Fischer).