 The ninth season of the show was produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle @-@ Dee Productions , both in association with Universal Television . The show is based on the British comedy series of the same name , which was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the BBC . In addition , the two are executive producers on the show . On May 11 , 2012 , NBC renewed The Office for a ninth season . Series developer Greg Daniels returned as showrunner this season . Daniels stated that the season would feature more big season arcs , saying " I 'll tell you that the last couple of years , I don 't think we did any big arc @-@ type things in the way that we used to in the beginning , I think the thing we 're going to do is bring back a lot of arcs . " Brent Forrester , who had been a consulting producer and writer since the third season was promoted to executive producer , alongside new series writer Dan Sterling . 
