‘The Office’ Producers Are Creating a Workplace Comedy Told Through Day-Long Zoom Meetings

Ben Silverman and Paul Lieberstein helped set the gold standard for workplace comedies with “The Office,” and now the former executive producers are teaming up to create a “remote workplace comedy” that is directly inspired by the ongoing global health crisis.Deadline reported that the series will center on a “wunderkind boss who, in an effort to ensure his staff’s connectedness and productivity, asks them all to virtually interact and work face-to-face all day.”More from IndieWireJohn Krasinski, Steve Carell Discuss Favorite ‘The Office’ Memories’The Office’ Crew Blames NBC for Forcing Steve Carell’s Exit: ‘It Was Absolutely Asinine’“So many of us are jumping on daily Zoom meetings — for work and beyond,” Silverman told Deadline.

“We are in a new normal and are personally navigating ways to remain connected and productive at work and in our home lives.

With the brilliant Paul Lieberstein at the helm,

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