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Office Alumna Angela Kinsey Has Her Own Comedy, Called 1-800, in the Works at TBS

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Call the Party Planning Committee, because it’s time to celebrate: Deadline reports that Office alumna Angela Kinsey has sold a comedy of her own to TBS. Titled 1-800, the semi-autobiographical series, which Kinsey will write and potentially co-star in, is based on her time working at a call center. “I temped, I worked in the mail room, I worked at the front desk, I worked in human resources,†she told the Journal Star in 2010, referencing a number of her earliest jobs. “I used to sit in this call center and we would have thermostat wars with the guys in the IT department. I remember cleaning out the fridge in the kitchen. And sitting through ridiculous meetings thinking, ‘Why am I here?’†(So she could write about it now, obviously!) Other details for the show are currently unavailable, but here’s a sampling of the mayhem you have to look forward to:

The Office’s Angela Kinsey Writing Show for TBS