The Paper is a Peacock mockumentary that follows the staff of the Toledo Truth Teller, a historic 'ghost' newspaper in Ohio stripped of most local reporting. The series was developed by Greg Daniels with creative partner Michael Koman and grew from a pilot. The show features Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key and Oscar Nuñez among others. The premise connects to The Office's documentary crew investigating Dunder Mifflin, which leads them to the Toledo newsroom. The production team previously worked on The Office, and the series premieres Thursday on Peacock.
"The Paper" premieres Thursday on Peacock, and tidbits about the mockumentary series that follows a ragtag newspaper staff have been making the rounds online. The Toledo Truth Teller is a historic and apparent ghost newspaper - a publication that nominally exists but has been stripped of most or all local news reporting - in Ohio. It's also the subject of a new documentary filmed by the same crew that followed Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch in the cult show "The Office."
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Greg Daniels - who adapted the British version of "The Office" for American TV - said he was reluctant to open up the world of the show again after NBC approached him about doing a reboot or spinoff. Five years had gone by since "The Office" aired its finale special in 2013. "It was such a magical lightning-in-a-bottle kind of experience," Daniels told the magazine. "It didn't feel like we needed to say more about the characters."
They worked on a pilot, and from that came "The Paper," which stars Domhnall Gleeson ("Ex Machina"), Sabrina Impacciatore ("The White Lotus"), Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key, and yes, Oscar Nuñez, who starred in "The Office" as Oscar Martínez, the super rational but often exasperated accountant at Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch.
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