Steve Carell says he's leaving 'The Office' at end of next season

[Scurrilous]

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"Adios Michael Scott? Could it be true?

Steve Carell, who recently told BBC Radio that he's leaving "The Office" after next season, confirmed the "decision" to E! News on Sunday night while he made the red carpet rounds at the premiere of "Despicable Me."

"I just think it's time," the star of the NBC hit told E! Online. "I want to fulfill my contract. When I first signed on I had a contract for seven seasons, and this coming year is my seventh. I just thought it was time for my character to go."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/06/steve-carell-says-hes-leaving-the-office-at-the-end-of-the-201011-tv-season.html

[Drunken Irishman]

1. It's time The Office goes...

[tekisui]

2. End it at a high point.

The show wouldn't be worth watching without Micheal.

[JBoy]

3. They should transfer Gareth in to manage the office.

[digitaln3rd]

4. NBC needs to follow the BBC/HBO method of not letting their shows wear out their welcome.

The American version of the office stopped being funny after the second season (and it was never as good as the British version).

[DRex]

5. Agreed...All the really great shows...

the really original ones, seem to last two seasons max.

The NBC Office is pretty good, I enjoy it, but the BBC Office was pure genius.

[Tunkamerica]

7. That's definitely an opinion. I've watched all the episodes of both

and they both had good and bad episodes, but I like the US version better overall. I'm sure that has to do with the fact that it's more culturally relevant to me.

[Tunkamerica]

6. the hollywood reporter said the same thing a few weeks ago.

you'd think the LA Times would read the trades

[mackerel]

8. The American version works for me.

Last season was slow but this season has picked up.