The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\nPeacock dropped the first official trailer last month of the spinoff mockumentary series set in the same universe as the beloved Dunder Mifflin-ites at the Scranton branch.<\/p>\n
The premise of the new comedy involves the same documentary crew that has found a new paper-related subject \u201cseveral years\u201d later, as revealed in the trailer. They discover the historic yet struggling Ohio newspaper, the Toledo Truth Teller.<\/p>\n
The trailer sets the tone for the lack of quality at the newspaper, as described by employee Ken (Tim Key): “Enervate sells products made of paper: Toilet tissue, toilet seat protectors and local newspapers \u2014 and that is in order of quality.\u201d One of the cameras then catches garbage being scraped off a folded-up Truth Teller newspaper.<\/p>\n
Cue Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson), the new hopeful editor in chief, who is brought in to try and revive the newsroom. He admits the paper \u201csucks\u201d compared to other papers, but vows to make it better by shaking things up.<\/p>\n
Viewers are also introduced to one of the paper\u2019s writers, Esmeralda, played by Emmy-nominated The White Lotus actress Sabrina Impacciatore. She proudly shows the documentary crew one of her clickbait articles with the headline: “You Won’t Believe How Much Ben Affleck Tipped His Limo Driver.”<\/p>\n
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Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned in “The Paper.” (Peacock)<\/p>\n
We also get a glimpse of an intro meeting where Ned asks a group of volunteer reporters if any of them have “actually written for a paper before.” The responses are less than impressive, though perhaps Dundie-worthy, sharing their experience writing junior high papers, Tweeting and group-texting.<\/p>\n
But Ned isn\u2019t one to back down from a challenge, as the trailer shows. \u201cSeven highly motivated, tenacious Buckeyes are out there hunting for news,\u201d Ned says, mirroring Michael Scott\u2019s loyalty to his employees. \u201cYou\u2019d be a fool to bet against that.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.<\/p>\n
When does \u2018The Paper\u2019 premier and how can I watch?<\/p>\n
The Paper, co-created by Greg Daniels (The Office and Parks and Recreation) and Michael Koman (Nathan For You), launches exclusively on Peacock. The streaming service pivoted their release strategy to what will now be a binge drop, releasing all ten episodes at once on Thursday, Sept. 4. (It was previously announced that just four episodes would drop that day, followed by two new episodes every week.)<\/p>\n
Who else will appear in the first season?<\/p>\n
Rounding out the main cast ensemble for The Paper are Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman and Ramona Young.<\/p>\n
The end of the trailer also teases the return of Dunder Mifflin accounting pal, Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nu\u00f1ez), who aggressively tells the crew: \u201cNot again.\u201d He then threatens to make the shots unusable by cursing.<\/p>\n
Well, well, well, how the turn tables.<\/p>\n
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