Report: Comcast Mulling Plan to Put "The Office" Episodes Behind $5 per Month Paywall

According to a report published Friday by Bloomberg that cited "people familiar with the matter," Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) might put most episodes of The Office behind a $5 per month paywall.

Currently airing on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in reruns, The Office was a half-hour comedy TV show that began on Comcast's NBC in 2005 and ended its run in 2013. Set in the headquarters of a fictional paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and adapted from the British series of the same name, it starred Steve Carell as a clueless boss attempting to manage an oddball set of employees.

According to Bloomberg, it is currently one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

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