Over on IGN.comGreg Daniels, executive producer of The Office, gave some insight about the upcoming season. Among the revelations:

• Although Rashida Jones (Karen) has a new series on FOX, she will be appearing in some of the upcoming season’s episodes.
• David Denman (Roy) is no longer a part of the cast.
• Melora Hardin (Jan) remains a regular cast member.
• Even though Ryan is now in a corporate position in New York, he will probably be more prominent then in seasons past.
• The season will be 30 episodes, which might be an opportunity to feature more of the supporting cast.
• It’s possible that Carol Burnett will be a guest star.

Wow. There are a couple big surprises there…okay, maybe not BIG surprises. But the way last season ended I really thought that might be the end of Jan. And it’s kind of sad that Roy is out (although Daniels did say that Roy isn’t dead…so there is a possibility he could come back). As for the Carol Burnett thing – a month or so ago when I went to an event featuring Leslie David Baker (Stanley), he mentioned that he had met Carol Burnett and she had told him she was a big Office fan and wanted to guest on the show. I don’t know, Carol Burnett is a legend but for some reason celebrity guest stars guest doesn’t feel right for The Office. Maybe she could guest on Family Guy.

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