'The Paper' Official Trailer Released

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Today (August 7th), Peacock blessed fans with the first look at their new comedy series The Paper. Continue reading to check out the hilarious official trailer! On The Paper, the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series The Office find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it. Can The Truth Teller get back to the heights that it once was at? We’ll find out this season. Series regulars include Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, About Time), Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus), Chelsea Frei (Poker Face, The Cleaning Lady), Melvin Gregg (American Vandal, Snowfall), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Black Ops, A League Of Their Own), Alex Edelman (Just For Us, Unfrosted), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever, Santa Clarita Diet), Tim Key (The Witchfinder, This Time with Alan Partridge), and Oscar Nuñez (The Office, The Proposal). Eric Rahill, Tracy Letts, Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch, Allan Havey, Duane Shepard Sr., Nate Jackson, and Nancy Lenehan will make appearances as guest stars. The series was co-created by Greg Daniels (The Office) and Michael Koman (Nathan for You), who also serve as co-showrunners, executive producers and writers. Daniels also directed the first episode. Additional directors include Ken Kwapis (102), Yana Gorskaya (103), Paul Lieberstein (104), Tazbah Chavez (105), Jason Woliner (106), Jennifer Celotta (107), Matt Sohn (108), Dave Rogers (109), and Jeff Blitz (110). In addition to Daniels and Koman, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas (formerly Reveille) took on executive producer responsibilities. The highly anticipated series will premiere with four episodes on September 4th, followed by two new episodes every Thursday through September 25th. Before then, check out The Paper‘s hilarious official trailer and some first look images!