Whistleblower (The Office) fourth appearance on the show, after first appearing in "Sabre". Zach Woods made his ninth appearance on the show. While talking with his real estate agent on his cellphone, Dwight states that the office park is 1725 Slough Avenue. "Slough" is a reference to the UK edition of "The Office" which is set in Slough, United Kingdom. In its original American broadcast, "Whistleblower" was viewed by an estimated 6.60 million viewers with a 3.4 rating/10% share in the 18–49 demographic coming second in its timeslot after the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy", receiving the same rating as last week's episode,
New in Town 8th for the weekend in gross box office ticket sales. The film grossed $16,734,283 at the domestic box office, $12,276,534 at the foreign box office for a total gross of $29,010,817 worldwide. "New in Town" received mostly negative reviews from critics. The film has a 29% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 167 reviews with an average rating of 4.2/10, with the consensus: "Cliched and short on charm, New In Town is a pat genre exercise that fails to bring the necessary heat to its Minnesota setting." Allan Hunter of the "Daily Express" has said,