Peacock has ordered a second season of The Paper one day before the comedy’s debut, locking in the follow-up to Greg Daniels and Michael Koman’s return to the universe of The Office. Series leads Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore marked the news during morning-show promotion as the streamer confirmed Season 1 will arrive as a binge drop on Thursday, September 4.
The early pickup follows months of build-up around the project, which transplants the mockumentary format to a struggling Midwestern newsroom, the Toledo Truth-Teller, where idealistic editor Ned Sampson tries to revive a legacy paper with a shoestring staff. The cast includes Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key and Oscar Nuñez, who reprises his Office character, Oscar Martinez, creating a direct bridge to the earlier series.
Peacock shifted release plans in late August, moving from a phased rollout to a full-season launch; the change aligns the show with binge-friendly viewing while giving it a clean opening-weekend read on audience interest. Marketing materials frame the series as a new subject for the same documentary crew that filmed Dunder Mifflin, with trailers and previews emphasizing newsroom constraints, local politics and the uneasy courtship between civic mission and commercial survival.
Behind the camera, Daniels and Koman serve as co-showrunners, with executive producers Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas. The renewal positions production to target a second-year return in 2026, and international plans include a Sky and NOW debut in the U.K. and Ireland beginning September 5.
Peacock’s schedule pages describe the premise as the documentary team “finding a new subject” at the Truth-Teller, signaling a thematic shift from office paper to newspaper while keeping familiar rhythms—confessionals, on-camera stares, and small-stakes chaos that metastasizes under scrutiny. The network’s cast guide lists character names and roles, including Sampson’s editor-in-chief post and Impacciatore’s Esmeralda Grand, a volatile manager whose clashes with staff set early storylines.
