With its ensemble cast, "The Office" seems like a show that's screaming for spinoffs. 2025 gave us "The Paper," but back when "The Office" was still airing new episodes, Rainn Wilson had a spinoff pitch. Wilson's series would have been called "The Farm," and it was meant to follow Dwight Schrute's life outside of Dunder Mifflin.

Today "The Farm" sounds like a straightforward hit. There were good and bad things about "The Paper," but the show's distance from "The Office" makes it almost feel like it's in a separate universe. Wilson's show would have been closer to the main series, especially since it would have been airing at the same time. Sadly for fans of "The Office," the Dwight spinoff wasn't meant to be. NBC shot down Wilson's pitch for "The Farm," but his reaction to the bad news wi

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