High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "New Guys" is the first episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show`s 177th episode overall. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on September 20, 2012. The episode was written and directed by series creator Greg Daniels; this is his first writing credit for the series since the seventh season episode "Goodbye, Michael", and his first directing credit since "PDA".