Yeah, pretty much. The thing is it still gets good ratings in America. I'm sure they would have finished it after season 5 if that wasn't the case. Last season was the very misplaced season, but so far this season has been ok. You won't beat the early seasons. Even House is going the same way. Once you do so many seasons it starts to go off track and loses that spark. That's natural with TV, sadly. We'd all love The Office US to be able to stay at its very best but it aint gonna happen.
Tis fairly obvious Carrell has been thinking this for sometime. There is only so much you can do. Time to end it after this season and after he goes. He is the whole show in my eyes.