NBC Isn\'t Moving Ahead With \'Office\' Spin-Off \'The Farm\'

NBC Rainn Wilson, right, as Dwight Schrute, with John Krasinski in a scene from “The Office.”

NBC isn't buying “The Farm,” but, in another sense, “The Farm” has bought the farm: this proposed spin-off of “The Office,” which would have starred Rainn Wilson as the eccentric Dunder Mifflin underling Dwight Schrute, will not be produced as a series for the network. In a post on his Twitter account, Mr. Wilson wrote, “Farm Update: NBC has passed on moving forward with The Farm TV show. Had a blast making the pilot â€" onwards & upwards!” He added: “PS Keep watching the AWESOME final season of The Office. Many surprises & hilariousities coming!†

Though the possibility remains that the “Farm” pilot, which focuses on Dwight and his equally bizarre extended family, may be broadcast as an episode of “The Office,” the character's adventures will in all likelihood come to an end when “The Office” concludes its current and final season in the spring.

Mr. Wilson's announcement came shortly after it was reported that NBC was changing the format of “Up All Night,” from a single-camera comedy to a more traditional multi-camera show recorded with a live studio audience (like “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory”). This leaves the network with a momentary dearth of single-camera shows as “The Office” and “30 Rock” finish their runs and “Community” remains absent from NBC's schedule. Other “Office” personnel are nonetheless finding ways to keep busy: Greg Daniels, who adapted the show for American television, is working on two new pilots that feature the “Office” co-stars Craig Robinson and Brian Baumgartner.