<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Office (U.S. TV series) episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fifth season of the American television comedy The Office premiered in the United States in the 2008--2009 television season on NBC on September 25, 2008 and concluded on May 14, 2009 . The fifth season consisted of 28 half - hours of material, divided into 24 half - hour episodes and two hour - long episodes . The Office is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name, and is presented in a mockumentary format, portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company . </P> <P> The fifth season of The Office aired on Thursdays at 9: 00 p.m. (Eastern). The season was released on DVD in a box set containing five disks featuring all 28 episodes with audio commentaries on select episodes . The DVD was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment . </P> <P> The fifth season of the show was produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle - Dee Productions, both in association with Universal Media Studios starting from late July 2008 . The show is based upon the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom are executive producers on both the US and UK versions . The Office is produced by Greg Daniels, who is also an executive producer . Daniels would have a limited role in this season, not writing an episode, as he was busy writing his new show, Parks and Recreation which he co-created with Office writer / producer Michael Schur, who left the writing staff of The Office to focus on the new show . Returning writers from the previous season include Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Paul Lieberstein, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Lester Lewis, Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer, and Jennifer Celotta . This season saw many new additions to the writing staff, including Ryan Koh, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy, Anthony Q. Farrell, Warren Lieberstein, and Halsted Sullivan . Lieberstein and Celotta were promoted to executive producers, with Lieberstein becoming the new showrunner, to take over from Daniels . Kaling, Novak, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky were co-executive producers; Lewis and Forrester were consulting producers; and Spitzer and Grandy were producers . </P>

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