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Oooooooooooo, great news James Spader is joining the cast of the Office now Steve Carrell is gone.

Oo, oo, I love, love, love James Spader, this will be freakin awesome!

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy-winning actor James Spader has joined the regular cast of "The Office" as Robert California, the new CEO of Sabre, the parent company of Dunder Mifflin, NBC said on Wednesday.

The three-time winner of the top U.S. television honor guest-starred on this season’s finale of the series as a scarily capable applicant for Michael Scott’s job. He not only gets it, but quickly rises above it.

"James will reprise his role as Robert California, this uber-salesman that has a power to convince and manipulate, like a high-class weirdo Jedi warrior," said series regular Paul Lieberstein, one of the series’ executive producers.

"He’ll have been hired over the summer as the new manager, but within hours, got himself promoted. Within days, he took over the company. James has an energy that is completely his own, and ’The Office’ has no tools for dealing with this guy," Lieberstein added. "We’re thrilled he’s joining our cast."

Spader won three Emmy awards for playing Alan Shore in "The Practice" and "Boston Legal," making him the only actor to win consecutive Emmys playing the same character on two different series.
 
Hmmm I miss him and Deni Crane & the balcony. He's such an awesome actor and sexy; and I love the US Office, so many great people in that cast.
 
Hey anyone seen those promos for the new series Crownies on ABC1 lots of lust, sex and shenannigans in the offices of a busy law court??
 
Oooooooooooo, great news James Spader is joining the cast of the Office now Steve Carrell is gone.

Oo, oo, I love, love, love James Spader, this will be freakin awesome!

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy-winning actor James Spader has joined the regular cast of "The Office" as Robert California, the new CEO of Sabre, the parent company of Dunder Mifflin, NBC said on Wednesday.

The three-time winner of the top U.S. television honor guest-starred on this season’s finale of the series as a scarily capable applicant for Michael Scott’s job. He not only gets it, but quickly rises above it.

"James will reprise his role as Robert California, this uber-salesman that has a power to convince and manipulate, like a high-class weirdo Jedi warrior," said series regular Paul Lieberstein, one of the series’ executive producers.

"He’ll have been hired over the summer as the new manager, but within hours, got himself promoted. Within days, he took over the company. James has an energy that is completely his own, and ’The Office’ has no tools for dealing with this guy," Lieberstein added. "We’re thrilled he’s joining our cast."

Spader won three Emmy awards for playing Alan Shore in "The Practice" and "Boston Legal," making him the only actor to win consecutive Emmys playing the same character on two different series.

Fantastic news, love James Spader :) woot.

I'm so pumped about the news. They've GOT to get William Shatner on for a cameo. How awesome would it be to see them together again?! :D
 
ooooooooo yes, Shatner's crap sitcom has bombed too hasn't it?
He could be his crazy uncle or a mad paper salesman.

I view the Spader/Shatner buddy/comedy team as one of the best relationships I have ever seen on TV, and their comedy act is as good as Laurel & Hardy, especially when dressed as flamingoes :)
 
I just wanted to say how sick I am of fake 'real' people advertisements. And if they are not fake real people stop making them look so fake!!

i.e. RAC ads, Insurance ads, new Woolies ads, the idiot who is going to visit all her facebook friends on one tank......feel free to ad your own
 
Lol the new woolies ad is so annoying. "THAT'S MY WOOLIES" said 50 times over, with special consideration to make sure they show "quirky" people and normal people.
 
Lol the new woolies ad is so annoying. "THAT'S MY WOOLIES" said 50 times over, with special consideration to make sure they show "quirky" people and normal people.

Oh thankyou someone else has noticed this... Are TV ads deliberately trying to be shitty?

This and the Coles ad shit me off the most.

The thing is they are both trying to portray that they are doing something worthwhile "for the public" when we all know it's really for the sake of profit and bottom line, and no other motive.
 
Trash TV update - Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum. Ch 7 & around 11.25 pm Thursday's

Bratty UK 20 somethings trying to look after themselves for the first time.
 
^^ oooohhh!! sounds like it's right up my alley! I LOVE trashy tv. Remind me on thursday so I can record it. My bedtime is way before 11.25pm :o
 
I think I watched an episode of that last week. They put them all in a house together, put them on a budget for food and expenses then send them out on jobs. Last week they sent them to work in two hotels..some had to cook, some were waiters and some had to clean rooms. It was quite :eek: as to how clueless and how precious they all were.

The parents get to watch what they are up too then they have to vote to kick one of the kids out. Real train wreck tv. I think the winner gets an around the world holiday.
 
I think I watched an episode of that last week. They put them all in a house together, put them on a budget for food and expenses then send them out on jobs. Last week they sent them to work in two hotels..some had to cook, some were waiters and some had to clean rooms. It was quite :eek: as to how clueless and how precious they all were.

The parents get to watch what they are up too then they have to vote to kick one of the kids out. Real train wreck tv. I think the winner gets an around the world holiday.

They had a similar Aussie verions on SBS a while ago, I forget what it was called, a bunch of slow to move out of home 20 and 30 something year olds put in various share houses together.
 
Anyone been watching Qauntum Leap? Saturday's episode had Sam as a trapeze artist and boy does that man have a tight ass.

Here is the best pic I could find......

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