BBC’s The Office Goes For An Adult Swim

Adult Swim today announced it has acquired the legendary hit BBC comedy, The Office, from BBC Worldwide.

Both seasons of the two-time Golden Globe Award-winning series will begin airing on Adult Swim this summer. Adult Swim will also air The Office Christmas special.

Today’s announcement to add The Office comes on the heels of the addition of the BBC hit The Mighty Boosh, a deal also done with BBC Worldwide, which had its Adult Swim debut March 29.

Adult Swim airs nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT).

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BBCAmerica Brings Back Python

The Hollywood Reporter has this:

"BBC America has acquired a remastered version of sketch comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus," which will be making its U.S. premiere in a 10-hour marathon starting 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT May 26. The show is a Python Pictures Ltd. production distributed by BBC Worldwide."

Read the entire article HERE.

Let's all celebrate with a song, shall we?

Whitford Heads Overseas

Apparently the failure of "Studio 60" last season has made Bradley Whitford leave the country.

According to THIS ARTICLE, Bradley is going to star in a BBC TV Mini Series called "Burn Up".

"Whitford, will play an unscrupulous oil industry lobbyist in the taut environmental thriller, which also stars Neve Campbell and Rupert Penry-Jones."

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