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Parks and Recreation

Season Two

EMAILPRINTSERIES: NBC, Thursday 8:30p (30 minutes)

Parks and Recreation
72
7.1 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 7 critic reviews
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Greg Daniels
Michael Schur

First Air Date: September 17, 2009

Summary

Starring Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, and Nick Offerman

Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is still trying her best to make Pawnee the best city in Indiana.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

83

Entertainment Weeklyken Tucker

Poehler and the writers have finetuned Leslie's character to be more sharp-tongued, less clueless, and more fearless.

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80

TimeJames Poniewozik

I will say that the show really has a handle now on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), who comes across as an overzealous but sympathetic bureaucrat, not a ninny. That it is doing an excellent job of finding things for its supporting characters to do, suggesting it may someday have the bench strength of a show like "The Office. "

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75

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Overall, Parks appears to be headed in the right direction.

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75

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

NBC did renew Parks and Recreation and, like a small miracle of second-act redemption, it comes back on Thursday as a fully realized and very funny sitcom.

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70

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

Parks was disappointing in its first year but tonight's episode and one airing next week--with a storyline inspired by the Henry Louis Gates-cop kerfluffle--show that the program is making steady, funny progress.

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67

NewsdayVerne Gay

There's so much to like here. Now, all P&R has to do is become consistently likable.

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50

TV GuideMatt Roush

While there is much talent associated with this show, Parks still feels pretty much like the pits, an uneasy and uneven clone that has yet to achieve a comedic purpose of its own.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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