"The Office" and "30 Rock" are baaaaaaaaaaaack!

Real time conversation with Malavika Jagannathan about "The Office" returning tonight:

Me: "New Office and 30 Rock tonight, right?"

Malavika: "YES!" (whoa, easy on the CAPS button)

Malavika: "WHO ARE YOU?" (I said eaaaaaaaaasy on the CAPS!)

Me: "I haven't even seen any promos!"

Malavika: (Still ignoring anything I'm writing.) "WHY DO YOU ASK SUCH A QUESTION?"

Reaction about "The Office" returning from Sara Boyd:

"I feel like a kid in a candy store. If the candy store had promised me delicious candy then closed for nearly five months, only promising to open again someday. Well, that day is today."

Actually, she wrote something that wasn't anywhere near appropriate for print, so the candy analogy will have to work. Imagine Pam as a delightful pack of Skittles. Kevin as an obscene mouthful of M&Ms. Michael as a "man, it's annoying when these bits get stuck in your teeth" Butterfinger. Dwight as a circus peanut.

Either way, YES, tonight marks the return of "The Office" and "30 Rock." We'll have plenty of day-after reaction tomorrow on both shows. In the meantime, fill up on these links o' plenty.

Entertainment Weekly picks its 10 favorite Jim-related pranks.

The Onion AV Club talks to that John Krasinski guy.

Alan Sepinwall reviews the new "30 Rock" episode.

Mo Ryan dishes on "The Office," "30 Rock" and chronicles the history of TV spin-offs.

The Office Tally notes tonight's live after-show blog with Greg Daniels and the writing staff. Also: a "Dinner Party" video sneak peek.

Drunk Meredith blogs about a few "Office" related gatherings while disappointingly sober.

And finally, a "Finish the Quote" game from NBC that's ridiculously hard.

Um, that's what she said?

-- Thomas Rozwadowski, trozwado@greenbaypressgazette.com