Steve Carell leaving The Office!

[TerriblePizza]

They've been going down hill, but I thought last season was the best in awhile. This is rather depressing.

Steve Carell is leaving 'The Office' next May, E! confirms.

Carell told BBC in April that his contract expires at the end of this season and he did not plan to renew it. Now he has made it clear he wasn't just holding out for a better salary.

"I just think it's time," Carell told E! "I want to fulfill my contract. When I first signed on I had a contract for seven seasons, and this coming year is my seventh. I just thought it was time for my character to go."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/28/steve-carell-leaving-office-_n_628190.html

[Kurb]

Thus ends the office.

[PanthersFanNY]

Will be tough to replace him. If Rainn Wilson leaves that show is totally fuged.

[TerriblePizza]

Thus ends the office.

Yeah, that'll be the end next season. I hope they make it a doozy.

[Hotsauce]

linky poo...

[Razzy]

People still watch that show? Smart move of Carrell to bail IMO. That show jumped the shark during the marriage/divorce plots.

[TerriblePizza]

linky poo...

Crap, my bad. Its edited into the first post.

[stankowalski]

About the only person that could take Carell's place is Gervais, but that'll never happen. Not sure he'd fit in this Office anyway.

[davos]

That show makes me a sad panda

[rodeo]

best show on tv still. the kathy bates stuff was lame but she's rarely on now. it's the same freaking writers and actors and humor, nothing has changed to warrant people claiming it used to be funny but isn't anymore. tends to just be hipsters who can never admit anything is good.

anyways it'll be hard to replace Michael Scott. i'd like to see the show continue, but it's hard to imagine it without him.

out of the current cast, only Dwight would be a hilarious new lead/manager.

[rodeo]

People still watch that show? Smart move of Carrell to bail IMO. That show jumped the shark during the marriage/divorce plots.

jumped the shark? getting married is the natural progression of a love story.

are you sure you know what jumped the shark means? it means doing something ludicrous to try to draw ratings. like a monkey cast member. or jumping a shark on a motorcycle.

characters in love getting married i'm not sure qualifies.

[Razzy]

jumped the shark? getting married is the natural progression of a love story.

are you sure you know what jumped the shark means? it means doing something ludicrous to try to draw ratings. like a monkey cast member. or jumping a shark on a motorcycle.

characters in love getting married i'm not sure qualifies.

And I thought they milked the hell out of the whole Pam/Jim thing to get ratings.

It's just me I guess. I was never interested in that portion of the plot and only really watched the show for the inane humor and office antics. Once that part of the show became secondary to the characters' love lifes, I stopped caring. It always felt like filler to me.

[Carolina Husker]

People still watch that show? Smart move of Carrell to bail IMO. That show jumped the shark during the marriage/divorce plots.

Jim and Karen ruined what was once a great show.

[pstall]

I left The Office 5 years ago