On Tuesday, Steve Carell tweeted some surprising news: that The Office is coming back.
Breaking News: "The Office" returning to NBC.
— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) January 18, 2017
Fans were beside themselves.
@SteveCarell Don't toy with me... pic.twitter.com/RWlbBymw4x
— Bear Parker (@Bearskopff) January 18, 2017
@Bearskopff @SteveCarell pic.twitter.com/2f7Flf16Kc
— eddie (@BigPlayEJ) January 18, 2017
But their excitement came to a rapid halt when he confessed he'd made a "typo" and meant to say "Will & Grace."
Wait, sorry. I meant "Will and Grace" (Typo)
— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) January 18, 2017
Considering that those two titles sound nothing alike, it's safe to say that was not in fact a typo but a cruel, cruel joke. Office enthusiasts felt let down, to say the least.
@DiGiornoPizza @SteveCarell look at what you did pic.twitter.com/8hcjgvktZh
— trash (@jungwirthbaby) January 18, 2017
@SteveCarell pic.twitter.com/ulB4ERDv2m
— Julien Solomita (@JulienSolomita) January 18, 2017
People have been calling for an Office reboot since before this happened, though there aren't any signs of that dream coming to fruition.
I really wish they would reboot the office so we could all see @jennafischer and @johnkrasinski together again ??
— Skeeet? (@SkeeeterD) January 8, 2017
The Office needs a reboot on netflix. we need more michael scott. #GoldenGlobes
— Todd Poole (@ToddWrstNameEvr) January 9, 2017
Carell wasn't lying about one thing, though. Will & Grace really is being rebooted on NBC. But that's not enough to console all the Twitter users who got their hopes up.
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@SteveCarell pic.twitter.com/QOcjUztqWk
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) January 18, 2017
At least Jim Halpert approves of the joke.
.@stevecarell We see you. #TheOffice pic.twitter.com/jqgihEnZ8J
— The Office (@theofficenbc) January 18, 2017