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"The Office exec Paul Lieberstein has claimed that the show could last for ten more years. The NBC comedy survived the departure of original star Steve Carell and was recently renewed for a ninth season.   &amp;quot;The show has to have a magic marriage of cast and show,&amp;quot; Lieberstein told The Hollywood Reporter. &amp;quot;If the characters relate to people, then yeah, it could survive another decade.&amp;quot; The showrunner - who also plays Toby - added that the series had to change and become &amp;quot;a little sillier&amp;quot; to remain successful. &amp;quot;We were so focused on Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) in the early years, and that&amp;#039;s disappeared,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;So it had to become a little sillier.  &amp;quot;Our show also works when there is something serious underneath \u2014 company troubles and hirings, things like that. We dealt with less of that when [original showrunner] Greg Daniels was on the show.&amp;quot; Krasinski, Fischer and Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) have all signed up for a ninth season of The Office, while Lieberstein is also developing a spinoff starring Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute). &amp;gt; Office&amp;#039;s Jenna Fischer &amp;#039;wants Pam, Jim to break out from their jobs&amp;#039; Watch a clip from The Office below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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