UPDATED: "Office" Gossip: Joss Whedon Faces His Scariest Demon Yet... Michael Scott

Pam Beesly the Vampire Slayer? Well, not exactly.

Rumor has it that Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and TV ubergod Joss Whedon will return to television to direct an upcoming episode of NBC's hit sitcom (and Televisionary obsession) The Office.

The move marks Whedon's first return to the small screen since the release of Firefly feature film spinoff Serenity. Before that, the prolific creator wrote and directed a number of episodes on Buffy, Angel, and Firely (and wrote his fair share of Roseanne scripts as well).

But what really gets my geek blood going is that Whedon's Office episode will be followed by J.J. Abrams' Office installment. Whedon and Abrams on The Office? The creators of Buffy and Lost and Steve Carell??? Somewhere the stars collided... or I'm dreaming.

Pinch me.

Look for Whedon's take on Michael Scott and the gang at Dunder-Mifflin to air sometime in the spring.

And, in the meantime, let's just hope there isn't a Hellmouth under Scranton.

UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly has confirmed my scoop:

"Awesome! NBC Universal has confirmed to EW's Dan Snierson that Whedon and Abrams are indeed both directing episodes of The Office. Watch for them to air around late February."

And... scene.