Ed Helms "The Office" will cap its nine-season run on NBC in May with a one-hour farewell. Ed Helms is prepped for a shoot. Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times /May 2, 2013 Looks like "The Office" is putting in a little overtime before clocking out of its nine-year run. NBC announced Tuesday that the long-running comedy's final episode, which was already slated to take up an hour, will now extend an additional 15 minutes--airing from 9 to 10:15 p.m. We can't say we're all that surprised. When The Times spoke to Greg Daniels, the show's developer/executive producer/show runner, he was gearing up to make edits on the final episode--a daunting task, he said. PHOTOS: Memorable TV series finales "There's all these moments and you want to make sure everybody has a chance to have some closure on their stories and say goodbye or whatever," he said. It was a big question of trying to fit everything in. That's the big issue right now because we have an 81-minute cut for the final episodes, and we have to cut it down to about 41 or 42 minutes. That's half of it! I don't know how we're gonna to do it. Looks like he and NBC were able to compromise -- the good ol' Michael Scott way. Because of the carryover, drama "Hannibal" will air from 10:15-11 p.m. ET/PT with "limited interruption." Saying goodbye to 'The Office' Mindy Kaling takes center stage with 'The Mindy Project'