Goodbye Michael Scott

Spader will return as the CEO of Dunder Mifflin

Your prediction or do you have some inside dirt?

Your prediction or do you have some inside dirt?

Honestly, I don't really even watch the show so no, it's not my prediction.

Every morning I get an entertainment industry email (since we're part of Disney) about executive movies, tv pilot possibilities, casting news, etc. So anyhow, email I got earlier this week said that James Spader is in final negotiations to return to The Office as the CEO of Dunder Mifflin. So I guess it's not official yet, but that's the latest scuttlebutt.

James Spader Office | Inside TV | EW.com (http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/06/james-spader-office/)

Sounds like he's taking Kathy Bates role, not Steve Carell's.

Sounds like he's taking Kathy Bates role, not Steve Carell's.

Right. That's the CEO role right?

Right. That's the CEO role right?

Yeah...what I read says that the story will be he was hired as the manager and got himself promoted within hours and then took over as ceo a few days after that.

Who's Steve Carell and what office was he working for?

Right. That's the CEO role right?

No, Carell was just a branch manager. Bates was the CEO.

No, Carell was just a branch manager. Bates was the CEO.

That's what I meant. Maybe I didn't phrase it right. When I wrote a few weeks back that Spader was joining The Office as CEO, I meant he was replacing Bates, not Carrell.

That's what I meant. Maybe I didn't phrase it right. When I wrote a few weeks back that Spader was joining The Office as CEO, I meant he was replacing Bates, not Carrell.

Gotcha.