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With Aubrey Plaza as the host of Saturday Night Live and Amy Poehler dropping in as a surprise during the monologue, it was only natural the stars reprised their Parks and Recreation roles. It was during the “Weekend Update” segment that Colin Jost introduced Plaza’s April Ludgate to “encourage young…

Aubrey Plaza took to social media today to remember her former Parks and Recreation costar Helen Slayton-Hughes, who died this week at age 92. Hughes-Slayton played Ethel Beavers on the NBC sitcom. No cause of death has been given. Related Story Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Phot…

Helen Slayton-Hughes, a prolific character actor with small parts in scores of television shows and films but best known for her recurring role as court stenographer Ethel Beavers on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, has died. She was 92. Her family announced her death on Facebook yesterday…

UPDATED: Former Republican Senator Orrin Hatch died today at the age of 88. The cause of death has not yet been made public. The longest serving GOP Senator in American history and one-time president pro tem, Hatch represented Utah from the first year of Jimmy Carter’s lone term to the second year of Donald Trump’s…

Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza and more Parks and Recreation stars will come together to raise money for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Retta, Nick Offerman, Jim O’Heir and series co-creator Michael Schur are also set to join the Parks and Recreation reunion. Fans and supporters must donate at least $1 to…

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…