Rashida Jones won’t be back next season on The Office
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 on SpoilerBuzz.comRashida Jones, who plays Karen on The Office, won’t be back next season. But don’t dispair, it is because Rashida has landed a new pilot, according to Kristin from E!
Looks like that man-stealing ho—er, honey—Karen is taking her claws out of our precious Jim Halpert.
The news broke today that Rashida Jones (The Office’s Karen) has been cast on the new Fox comedy The Rules of Starting Over (alongside Boston Legal’s Craig Bierko), and insiders close to NBC confirm to me that Rashida is not expected to be employed under the roof of The Office after the season finale in May.
Of course, Rashida is talented and loveable and will be sorely missed (her character’s interaction with Phyllis is the stuff that spinoffs are made of), but this is also glorious, squeal-worthy news for us fans of Jim and Pam who are desperately seeking a bona fide Jam couple.
The only hitch? Insiders also tell me that Roy is not out of the picture—and will be making another play for Pam. So, hey, all you producers of new series, have you met David Denman, who plays Roy? He would be an excellent addition to any cast!
Rashida Jones is so good on The Office, she’ll be a loss to the show, but it will definitely be interesting to see how she and Craig Bierko work together on the new pilot.
