Creating a sitcom about a daily newspaper is redundant.
So much happens in a day, it’s impossible to do it justice. So, the folks behind “The Office” borrow a page from that show’s playbook and tell “another” story with “The Paper.”
The comedy still boasts the quirky characters we recognize, but it’s not the tell-all journalists might have wanted.
Here, a former toilet paper sales exec gets the opportunity to lead the Toledo Truth Teller, a woefully understaffed paper that’s simply part of a paper-related conglomerate. To fill it, the paper has plenty of wire copy and one reporter who doesn’t exactly burn the soles of his shoes trying to get a story.
To rectify this, Ned Sampson, the new editor (Domhnall Gleeson), asks for volunteers. Remarkably, he gets folks from accounting, sales an