NEW YORK -- The eagerly anticipated spinoff of the TV juggernaut "The Office" will begin streaming this fall.
Titled "The Paper," the half-hour sitcom will follow staffers of a struggling, historic Toledo newspaper, named The Truth Teller, and shot in the same documentary crew style of its predecessor, which launched the careers of Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Mindy Kaling, among others.
Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, who adapted "The Office" from the U.K. version that came before it, the new series was unveiled Monday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
"It's about this struggling Midwestern newspaper that's much reduced from its glory days. A lot of the storylines are about how this guy ... is trying to restore this paper and he just doesn't have the budget for hiring reporters, and he has to sue all the staff that work there on a volunteer basis to be reporters," Daniels said.