Greg Daniels is having a particularly good day. The Paper, his not-exactly-a-reboot of The Office, was formally renewed by Peacock the night before and, just a few hours prior to our early September meeting, the embargo lifted on reviews. Plenty of critics, including THR’s, seem bullish on his return to the workplace mockumentary. Several even suggest that it’s enjoying a more auspicious start than its predecessor’s. “That’s a nice way to sort of put me down,” says Daniels. He’s laughing, but he seems to agree: “I’ve really tried to learn from the experience of making shows where we don’t even see episode one until we’re shooting episode three. So, part of the contract this time was going down for a month after shooting the pilot — to learn something before starting up again.”
That Daniels, the 62-year-old comedy legend who’s written for Saturday Night Live,…
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