Funnyman Steve Carell may be checking out of “The Office” soon, but he’s not leaving the workplace (or NBC). It’s been reported that he’s just sold a half-hour single-camera comedy to the network. According to reports, the comedy is provisionally entitled “The Post-Graduate Project.” It’s described as “a sweet and nostalgic take” on Carell’s own early post-college life, during which he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Mass. Carell has always said he quit after only a few months when his boss told him that he wasn’t a very good mail carrier. The new comedy will center on a small-town post office frequented by a quirky but tight-knit group of local twentysomethings. Carell will serve as both writer and executive producer, alongside fellow “Daily Show” alum Thom Hinkle. Carell’s own Carousel Television will produce the comedy with Universal Media Studios where it’s in the middle of a three-year overall deal.
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