Prime Video has confirmed that the Australian version of The Office will end after one season and the comedy series will not be renewed.
The decision comes 12 months after the series premiered on the streamer, making it the 13th global adaptation of the British comedy series and the first with a female lead character.
Co-produced by BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand, Bunya Entertainment and Amazon MGM Studios, The Office Australia stars Felicity Ward as Hannah Howard, managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick.
When she heard the news from corporate headquarters that they were closing branches and having everyone work from home, she went into survival mode and made promises she couldn’t keep to keep her “work family” together. Production took place over eight weeks in Sydney, and Ward was joined in the cast by Edith Poore, Steen Raskopoulos, Shari Sebbens, Josh Thomson, Jonny Blue, Susan Lynne Young, Raj Loverd, Lucy Schmidt, Zoe Terakes, Pallavi Sharda, Claude Jabour, and Jason Perini.
According to Prime Video, after its premiere on October 18, 2024, the series had the highest opening weekend viewership for an Australian title at the time, reaching number one in four countries including New Zealand and Singapore, top three in 37 countries including Canada, top five in 65 countries including Germany, and top 10 in 102 countries including the UK.
The decision not to renew for a second season comes amid a global downturn in scripted commissions from the top six streaming platforms, with Apple, Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Netflix, and Paramount+ collectively commissioning 242 scripted shows in the first half of 2025, down from 318 in the first half of 2024, according to C21 Report research by Ampere Analysis. Netflix and Apple had minimal cuts, with screenwriting commissions falling in the first half of 2025. Amazon’s Prime Video made the most significant cuts, cutting scripted fees by more than half, though they fell 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively, during the period.
In Australia, the industry is still waiting for the government to introduce local content quotas for streaming services as part of the National Culture Policy, with a deadline set for July 1, 2024.
At last week’s SXSW Sydney, one of Office Australia’s producers, Sofia Zachariu, said the lack of regulation was “like a handbrake”.
