NBC is looking for the real-life Dwight Schrute, played by Rainn Wilson on ‘The Office.’ (Justin Lubin/NBC)
NBC Peacock Productions is looking for a small-town community newspaper around which to build a reality show.
The production company put out a casting call, published by the National Newspaper Association (NNA), “looking to produce a documentary style reality show featuring a small-town local paper working hard to stay on top of breaking small-town news, and keep financially afloat in an ever-increasing competitive world.”
NNA is assisting NBC in the production of the show.
“What’s your small-town paper like? Do you work hard? Make each other laugh?” reads the casting notice.
“Is your team a real version of ‘The Office’ meets ‘Parks and Recreation’ ”?
(Both of those are NBC shows, by the way.)
No word on a title, airdate or network home. —