The office why is steve carell leaving

But when NBC executives didn't make a valiant effort to get Steve to stay after his comments surfaced and made headlines, he was pushed to exit. Ultimately, Kim noted that the network didn't pick up Steve for another season. He had told the network that he was going to sign for another couple of years. He was willing to and his agent was willing to.

So all of that was willing and ready and, on their side, honest. I was there. The book notes that Steve's contract negotiations happened to be taking place as NBC was in the middle of a network executive transition, as Jeff Zucker was on his way out and Bob Greenblatt was coming in as his replacement. As we all know now, The Office suffered after Steve exited the series and officially wrapped in Steve, by contrast, continued to see his career soar, landing roles and voiceover parts in TV shows and movies like Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues , The Morning Show , and the Despicable Me franchise.

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Let us know. Although the NBC workplace comedy stayed on the air for two more seasons, The Office was simply never the same without Michael. We were truly grief-stricken over Steve's exit from The Office , but in the end, we consoled ourselves with Michael's own wise words: "There is such a thing as good grief. Just ask Charlie Brown. Plus, we may not have seen the last of Michael Scott. The Office showrunner Greg Daniels recently told E! News that a revival for the show is "more likely" now that the series is on the new streaming service Peacock.

Side note: Does Peacock have the best shows or what?! Although he said there are no plans for a reboot right now, Greg shared one possible idea of what it could look like. But it would be fun to find some lost episodes and shoot them as if they were back in or something," he said. Such a good idea. But honestly, we would watch any revival of The Office —just as long as Michael Scott is in it!