Oscar Nuñez reprises Oscar Martinez in Peacock's The Paper on Sept. 4

Oscar Nuñez is returning to the world of The Office when Peacock releases all 10 episodes of The Paper on Sept. 4, the streamer and cast members said. The new mockumentary sitcom, created by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, follows the documentary crew that once chronicled Dunder Mifflin as it turns its lens on the struggling Toledo, Ohio, newspaper The Truth Teller, where Nuñez reprises his role as former Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez.

The Paper centers on a ragtag newsroom thrown into upheaval when Ned Sampson, played by Domhnall Gleeson, arrives as the idealistic new editor in chief and clashes with chaotic managing editor Esmeralda Grand, played by Sabrina Impacciatore. Nuñez said Oscar has relocated from Scranton and now works as the paper's head accountant. Early in the season the character is dismayed to find the same documentary crew filming his new workplace and objects to their presence, citing a 2005 release that the show's title card suggests still gives them rights to his likeness.

Nuñez said he was initially hesitant when Daniels first mentioned the project, but visits to the set and the attention given by the cast and crew eased his concerns. "I was a...