When Does "The Paper" Season One (2025) Take Place?
"The Paper" season one is a comedy television series showrun by Greg Daniels with Michael Koman that premiered September 4th, 2025. So when is "The Paper" season 1 set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the very first shot of season 1 episode 1 "Pilot" is a white-on-black title card that reads: "In 2005, a documentary crew started filming at a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania." [referring to the American "The Office" season one (2005)] and then a title card superimposed over the footage reading, "Twenty years later, they returned."
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We know this because the very first shot of season 1 episode 1 "Pilot" is a white-on-black title card that reads: "In 2005, a documentary crew started filming at a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania." [referring to the American "The Office" season one (2005)] and then a title card superimposed over the footage reading, "Twenty years later, they returned."
2005 + 20 = 2025.
It is the second (or third) TV show in the Office universe.
