, a new spin-off of set at a small Ohio newspaperwill premiere exclusively on Peacock in September, according to a post from the streaming service's X account.Considering NBCUniversal's streaming service has mostly existed as a dedicated and rewatch tool, this is a pretty big get.The new series "features the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch," but this time looks at a different industry — in this case, journalism.covers "a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher that is trying to revive it," according to a press release from NBCUniversal's Upfront presentation.The Scranton documentary crew is heading to Toledo.
#ThePaper arrives this September on Peacock.pic.twitter.com/Mzmbw7TBzF— Peacock (@peacock) May 12, 2025Domhnall Gleeson () and Sabrina Impacciatore () star alongside Oscar Nuñez, who is reprising his role as Oscar from , following a lateral career move that finds his character as the accountant for a struggling newspaper.is very explicitly described as being "from the universe of ," though, so it's possible the connections to the previous series don't end there.
was co-created by Greg Daniels, the creator of the US version of and Michael Koman, an executive producer and writer on .NBCUniversal hasn't shared a specific date for when the series will premiere, beyond that it will land in September.Like most streaming services, Peacock launched with splashy prestige TV shows, but has continually struggled to find original content that keeps subscribers around beyond its back catalog of classic sitcoms and reality shows.Streaming rights to the Olympicsand weird experiments like the "AI vs.
a nun" drama definitely appeal to someone (me, primarily), but it hasn't produced explosive growth in Peacock's subscriber numbersPer NBCUniversal's last earnings report, Peacock has grown from 36 million paid subscribers at the end of 2024 to 41 million in March 2025, but it's still a money-losing operation.seems like a safer bet to keep current subscribers happy and draw lapsed fans back in.
