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For nine seasons, Craig Robinson played Darryl Philbin in The Office, but he could’ve actually played a different character in an alternative version of the show. Darryl’s character changed from being a bully to a nice guy, and while he started as a Dunder Mifflin warehouse assistant, he moved all the way up to being an Assistant Regional Manager. In the end, he is the Athleap V.P. of Athlete Relations and has reconciled with his ex-wife Justine – a story opening that some thought would be perfect for a Darryl-centered spinoff for The Office.

However, if the series developers had gone with an early draft of the show, Robinson would have been written off The Office, let alone have speculations for a spinoff. Greg Daniels, who adapted the original British show for the U.S., revealed that Robinson was initially considered for Roy Anderson, Pam Beesly’s ex-fiance...

It's difficult to think of a modern sitcom that is as unstoppable after its initial run as "The Office." As with any other franchise following, people have spent so much time with this series that they've grown attached to this ensemble. Steve Carell's Michael Scott will live on through the memes and that one relative, who you don't really talk to anymore, that still pulls out a "that's what she said" every once in a while, but this series will always owe a good chunk of its success to Jenna Fischer.

For better or worse, Fischer's chemistry with John Krasinski shot Jim and Pam into the pantheon of sitcom romances. "I'm looking for the Jim to my Pam" is practically a prerequisite for any uninspired dating profile.

Even after "The Office" closed out its final season, Fischer has practically tied into the series' afterlife, as both she and...

“The Office” may soon be back open for business. Insiders confirm a report, first revealed by TV Line, that NBC is developing an updated version of the hit comedy, which originally ran for nine seasons (from 2005 to 2013).

Greg Daniels, who developed the U.S. “The Office” based on the U.K. series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is behind the potential revival. (Coincidentally, Daniels was also kicking the tires on potentially bringing back another one of his old shows, “King of the Hill”).

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The “Office” revival would once again take place at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, and include some of the supporting cast from the original, coupled with new stars. Such a move would continue the evolution of the show, which brought in new stars to fill the...

"The Office" almost had a spinoff that sounds very similar to one of TV's top shows: "Modern Family."

In a TV Guide story, producers revealed there were talks to spinoff Ed Helms' Andy Bernard in a take on PBS's "An American Family."

"We were going to do a mockumentary version of the Loud family, with Helms' Andy as the dad and Catherine Tate [who later joined 'The Office' as Nellie Bertram] as the mom, living in a cul-de-sac somewhere in America. But in the intervening year, 'Modern Family' came out," Greg Daniels said. "And they did it."

Other "Office" spinoff ideas included a Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) family show, Craig Robinson getting his own show as Darryl and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) on his beet farm. "The problem was you didn't want to do anything that hurt the mother ship," former executive producer Michael Schur told TV Guide.