John Krasinski defends selling 'Some Good News'

John Krasinski went from delivering the good news to what many saw as less-good news when he announced that his feel-good YouTube series Some Good News had been sold. Following the end of its eight-episode run, a bidding war for the viral hit ended with SGN finding a new home at ViacomCBS mostly without Krasinski, who would not return to host but instead pop up sporadically. Plenty of fans were quick to call out Krasinski for cashing in on an uplifting show that consisted mostly of crowdsourced videos by regular people and now the actor is explaining his decision to sell.Krasinski spoke with his Office co-star Rainn Wilson about his decision to sell SGN. Appearing on Wilson’s daily Instagram Live show Hey There, Human part of his long-running motivational media company Soul Pancake, Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute were together again, but this time no office supplies were put in Jello and no one was tattling to their boss.[video_embed id='1963876']RELATED: John Krasinski sells ‘SGN’ after bidding war[/video_embed]Jumping right into SGN, which included two appearances from Wilson, Krasinski said that the short-lived show has made an indelible imprint on his life. “I've received the most amazingly kind notes about how much that show meant to everyone,” said Krasinski. “That's probably the most emotionally fulfilled I've ever felt in my entire life."

 

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Following the end of SGN's first season, which included two Office reunions, a performance from the cast of Hamilton, a virtual prom with headliners The Jonas Brothers and Billie Eilish, and a pseudo-graduation ceremony that featured cameos from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, Krasinski announced that he had sold the show, drawing immediate criticism."It was one of those things where I was only planning on doing eight of them during quarantine, because I have these other things that I'm going to be having to do very soon, like Jack Ryan and all this other stuff," Krasinski told Wilson. "More than that, the writing, directing, and producing, all those things, with a couple of my friends was so much. I knew it wouldn't be sustainable with my prior commitments."Prior to COVID-19 shutting down production on all TV shows and film sets, Krasinski was putting the final touches on A Quiet Place 2, which is expected to resume once it’s safe to do so. "I would love to keep doing the show from my office forever," Krasinski said, adding that he knew he would need a partner for the show to continue. "It just wasn't sustainable."[video_embed id='1957077']RELATED: 'The Office' cast reunites for a fan's wedding on 'Some Good News'[/video_embed]"In eight weeks it went from not existing to now being on one of these huge news networks is one of the greatest honours that I’ve ever been able to pull off" Krasinski continued, giving all the credit to those who contributed to the show and watched it every week. "We have a lot of really fun stuff planned, and I can't wait to dig in. I'm going to be a part of it whenever I can, and I'm going to host a couple and bring on a different community of people.”Fans of The Office who tuned into this week’s Instagram Live reunion between the co-stars also got to hear the actors take a walk down memory lane. “I think it’s the best thing I’ll ever do in my career,” said Krasinski of the nine-season comedy, getting a nod of agreement from Wilson. The co-stars remembered going to lunch with Steve Carell during the first season of The Office and hearing the comedy veteran tell them that no matter what they did, he predicted they would all be known for their roles on the mockumentary about office workers in a paper company. “How lucky we are that that’s the case,” said Carell at the time. “That always stuck in my head and I think it stuck in all our heads,” said Wilson. “He kind of had that premonition, like this could be the thing that defines us.”Touching on the recent resurgence in popularity of the show that went off the air in 2013, Wilson said that the comedy and comfort of The Office created something that will endure. “The Office is like this family that people can come back to.”[video_embed id='1918161']RELATED: Emily Blunt doesn't think Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively would survive in 'A Quiet Place'[/video_embed]