‘The Office’ spinoff brings back a classic Scranton character

Enormous information, The Workplace followers: Peacock’s extremely anticipated spin-off of the beloved office comedy formally has a reputation and launch date. Get able to obsess over The Paper, premiering this September.

Created by The Workplace showrunner Greg Daniels and Michael Koman (Nathan for You), The Paper trades Scranton, Pennsylvania for Toledo, Ohio, the place the identical documentary crew who adopted Dunder Mifflin’s workers has set their sights on a brand new topic: a struggling native newspaper. Its writer (Domhnall Gleeson, About Time), lacks the price range for full-time reporters, so he turns to untrained volunteers in a last-ditch effort to revive the paper.

Throughout NBCUniversal’s Might 12 upfront presentation, Peacock launched the primary picture from the collection, pictured above.

The picture reveals Gleeson standing on a desk, trying to rally the newsroom — which features a acquainted face to any lovers of The Workplace on the market. That is proper, The Paper will function the return of a beloved character from The Workplace, and it is none apart from Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nuñez).

Nuñez introduced his return alongside co-stars Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) on the upfront presentation. He shared that after The Workplace, he advised Daniels he might see Oscar transferring to a much bigger metropolis.

“Greg heard me and moved Oscar to Toledo, Ohio, which has thrice the inhabitants of Scranton, so it’s good to be heard,” Nuñez joked.

Along with Gleeson, Nuñez, and Impacciatore, The Paper stars Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Younger and Tim Key.