<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 6 Next → Season 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Office (U.S. TV series) episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The seventh season of the American television comedy The Office premiered on September 23, 2010 and concluded on May 19, 2011 on NBC . The season consisted of 26 half - hours of material, divided into 22 half - hour episodes and two hour - long episodes . The seventh season aired on Thursdays at 9: 00 p.m. (ET) as part of Comedy Night Done Right . This was the last season to feature Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, as the lead character . The seventh season was released on DVD and Blu - ray in region 1 on September 7, 2011 . </P> <P> The seventh season of the show is produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle - Dee Productions, both in association with Universal Media Studios . The show is based upon the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom are executive producers on both the U.S. and UK versions . The Office is produced by Greg Daniels, who is also an executive producer . Returning writers from the previous season include Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Paul Lieberstein, Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy, Daniel Chun, Warren Lieberstein, and Halsted Sullivan . New writers in the seventh season include Peter Ocko, Jon Vitti, Steve Hely, Carrie Kemper (sister of Ellie Kemper), Robert Padnick, and Amelie Gillette . Paul Lieberstein serves as executive producer and showrunner, and Novak was promoted from co-executive producer to executive producer midseason . Kaling, Shure, Chun and Ocko are co-executive producers; Forrester and Vitti are consulting producers; Spitzer and Grandy are supervising producers; and Warren Lieberstein, Halsted Sullivan and Steve Hely are producers . </P>

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