The Office Preview: Season 7 Kicks Off With A Song

The Office returns on Thursday night for its seventh season, which will also be the final season for Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Read on for some information on the premiere episodes and some clips.

Below is NBC’s description for Season 7 and further down are some clips from the episode. One of the videos features part of the cold-open, which is very Glee-like. Beyond that, in some of the other clips you’ll meet the newest employee, whom no one likes. Also, Dwight’s in a new position of power. I love when Dwight has authoritai. I have high hopes for Season 7.

“ NEPOTISM (TV-PG)MICHAEL HIRES A NEW OFFICE ASSISTANT AND CAUSES OUTRAGE IN THE OFFICE- KATHY BATES (Valentines Day, The Blind Side) AND EVAN PETERS (One Tree Hill, Kick Ass) GUEST STAR—Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) refuses to fire the new office assistant (guest star Evan Peters) after everyone complains about his bad attitude. Andy (Ed Helms) plays it cool after Erin (Ellie Kemper) shows interest in another man. Meanwhile, Pam (Jenna Fischer) tries to impress Jim (John Krasinski) by pulling an office prank of her own. Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Craig Robinson, Rainn Wilson, and Zach Woods also star.”

The Office Season 7 premieres Thursday, September 23 on NBC (9-9:30 p.m.ET) on NBC.

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