‘The Paper’ returns to SkyShowtime Spain on November 6, 2026 with a second season of ten episodes. The first four will be released that Friday, and the remaining six will arrive at a rate of one per week. The comedy that inherits from The Office reunites the staff of the Toledo Truth Teller as their small journalistic victory threatens to become a much bigger problem.
The Ohio newspaper is no longer starting from scratch. After earning several accolades at the state journalism awards, its editor, Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson), must prove that that success wasn’t a fluke. His next target will be to investigate a private club in the area, a move that could jeopardize the future of a paper that is still trying to stay afloat.
The return also comes with a schedule that differs from the American one: the new episodes debuted on Peacock in September, while Spanish audiences will now receive them in weekly installments, following an initial four-episode rollout.
The Paper’s newsroom already has something at stake
That’s the most intriguing change in this new run. In the first season, Ned was determined to salvage a historic newspaper with a team as eager as they were underprepared. The humor sprang from the distance between the idealized image of journalism and the conditions, quirks, and limitations of those trying to practice it. Now, the newsroom has gained a certain legitimacy and must figure out what to do with it.
The conflict fits particularly well with the setup chosen by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman. Instead of returning to a paper company, the creators shifted the cameras of the faux documentary to a local outlet whose workers must generate news with limited resources and no guarantees of stability. Ned’s enthusiasm thus has a concrete counterpoint: wanting to investigate seriously also means confronting people and interests capable of putting the newspaper at risk.
Fiction does not need to turn into a drama about the crisis in journalism to find comic material there. A simple look at the contrast between the aspirations of an award-winning newsroom and its day-to-day operation suffices. It is a logical evolution for a series whose main strength, as the analysis of its first season already suggested, lies in forging its own identity without living exclusively on nostalgia for Dunder Mifflin.
Ned, Mare, and Esmeralda complicate things
The investigation into the private club won’t be the only headache. Ned and Mare (Chelsea Frei) will have to figure out what to do about the attraction they feel, a relationship that adds another source of tension in a place where professional and personal lives are already too intertwined. Meanwhile, Esmeralda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) will continue to find her place on the team as the others begin to take the craft more seriously.
The cast includes, among others, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tim Key, Ramona Young, Alex Edelman and Oscar Nuñez, whose Oscar Martínez provides the most recognizable link to the original series. NBCUniversal’s official rollout places these professional and romantic arcs at the center of the season and confirms the return of the main cast.
The continuity with The Office does not depend, therefore, on turning every episode into a parade of memories. The documentary team is the same that filmed Scranton’s branch, but the leads have their own rivalries, frustrations and small victories. Even Oscar’s return works better as a bridge between two worlds than as a substitute for a new story.
When to watch Season 2 of The Paper in Spain
SkyShowtime will premiere the second season on Friday, November 6, with four episodes released at once and one new episode per week until the ten are complete. The first season is already available on the platform, so you can catch up on the Toledo Truth Teller’s journey before its director runs into trouble again for trying to do good journalism.
This time, the question isn’t whether an improvised newsroom can publish a worthy newspaper. It’s whether it will survive once it starts acting like a real newsroom.
