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</html><description>The actor will be departing the NBC sitcom four episodes prior to the end of the season, leaving his management position up for grabs. By this point, most fans of The Office know this is Steve Carell&#x2019;s last season as bumbling boss Michael Scott. HitFix&#x2019;s Alan Sepinwall caught up with showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who also played Toby on The Office) and got a rundown of how Carell&#x2019;s departure will work. The biggest news is that Carell will not see through to the end of this year, but will rather bow out with four episodes left in the season. In the [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/42/42915.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
