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UPDATED with more numbers: The Parks and Recreation special topped Thursday in primetime with a 1.4 rating and 3.67 million viewers, with NBC saying today the telecast collected donations so far totaling $2.8 million. The zinger-filled special, the first appearance for the Emmy-winning comedy since its seven-season…

SPOILER ALERT: This recap contains details, guest cameos and several jokes from tonight's Parks and Recreation COVID-19 fundraiser special on NBC. As Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur promised, tonight’s reunion special to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts was very much a standalone episode, one that wouldn’t…

Even though Parks and Recreation EP Mike Schur received an immediate response from cast members and writers about the idea to come together for a special fundraising at-home episode for the long-running NBC series, don’t expect a limited run series a la Will & Grace in the immediate future. “Never say never, but I…

NBC has made some scheduling moves to accommodate the Parks and Recreation COVID-19 benefit special, which airs at 8:30 pm on April 30. Council of Dads, which was scheduled to air its second episode at 8 pm, will move to 10 pm ET/PT Thursday, April 30. It will be preceded at 9 pm ET/PT with an encore of the pilot…

The cast of NBC’s beloved comedy Parks and Recreation is returning to Pawnee, Indiana, for a one-time special amid the coronavirus pandemic. The half-hour scripted special to benefit Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund is set to air Thursday, April 30 at 8:30 pm ET/PT. All of the original characters from the…

Viacom has renewed its cable license deals for NBCUniversal’s Parks and Recreation and The Office through 2024 and 2025, respectively. Comedy Central will keep exclusive cable rights to The Office through 2021. Parks will on Comedy Central through 2024. The pacts come two months after Viacom secured cable rights to Sei…

Comedic powerhouses with incomparable rapport, Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman recently ventured into unfamiliar territory with Making It, their first unscripted series. Spearheading the project through her Paper Kites shingle, Poehler's pitch for the show was beautiful and succinct. “I think she said, ‘We want it to be…

If the filled-to-the-gills Dolby Theatre in Hollywood was a test audience tonight, then the signs were pretty obvious that Parks and Recreation fans want Leslie Knope back in office once again. A few weeks ago at the Captain Marvel world premiere at the venue, there were cheers obviously from the office: it’s an…

Comedy Central is headed to Pawnee. The Viacom-owned cable net said today that it has acquired all seven seasons of the popular comedy Parks and Recreation and will premiere it with a daylong marathon next month. The ensemble workplace comedy, which aired 125 episodes from 2009-15 on NBC, stars Broad City producer Amy…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — for PaleyFest fans. The Paley Center for Media has unwrapped the first three panels for its 36th annual LA event: NBC’s This Is Us, FX’s Pose and a reunion of the cast and creators of Parks and Recreation to mark the 10th anniversary of the Peacock’s popular sitcom. This Is Us…

“I’m tech avail,” beamed Amy Poehler today if there’s a Parks and Recreation reteam in the works. In regards to a realistic timeline for a reunion, Poehler said “God, I have no idea. Everybody has my number…we all have a text chain and talk to each other almost everyday. So I think everybody would be excited to do…

Beyoncé for Mayor of Parks and Recreation‘s Pawnee? Probably not, but the show itself seems a couple votes closer to another term. On today’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Parks & Rec star/producer Amy Poehler tells DeGeneres that the cast of the 2009-2015 NBC comedy would jump at the chance for a Will & Grace-style…