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Parks and Recreation is a workplace comedy created by The Office's executive producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur that airs on NBC. Like The Office, it has a similar mockumentary format but otherwise will have no connection, despite initially being considered a spin-off. Writers include Paul Feig, Tucker Cawley, Dan Goor, Alan Yang, and Charlie Grandy.

The series follows Leslie Knope, the Deputy Director of the Parks and Rec department in Pawnee, Indiana. Knope takes on a project from a nurse named Ann to turn a construction pit into a park, while trying to mentor April, a bored college-aged intern. The series was formerly tentatively titled as Public Service.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	1	2	3	4	5
Rashida Jones	Ann Perkins	1	2	3	4	5
Paul Schneider	Mark Brendanawicz	1	2
Aziz Ansari	Tom Haverford	1	2	3	4	5
Nick Offerman	Ron Swanson	1	2	3	4	5
Aubrey Plaza	April Ludgate	1	2	3	4	5
Chris Pratt	Andy Dwyer	1	2	3	4	5
Adam Scott	Ben Wyatt		2	3	4	5
Rob Lowe	Chris Traeger		2	3	4	5
Jim O'Heir	Jerry Gergich	1	2	3	4	5
Retta	Donna Meagle	1	2	3	4	5
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Andrew Burlinson	Wyatt "Burly" Burlinson	1	2	3	4
Alan Yang	Michael Chang	1	2	3	4
Pamela Reed	Marlene Griggs-Knope	1	2	3	4
Jama Williamson	Wendy Haverford	1	2	3
Mo Collins	Joan Callamezzo		2	3	4
Andy Forrest	Kyle		2	3	4
Jay Jackson	Perd Hapley		2	3	4
Ben Schwartz	Jean-Ralphio Saperstein		2	3	4

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
NBC
Season One	April 9, 2009	May 14, 2009	6
Season Two	September 17, 2009	May 20, 2010	24
Season Three	January 20, 2011	May 19, 2011	16
Season Four	September 22, 2011	May 10, 2012	22
Season Five	September 20, 2012	May 2, 2013	22
Season Six	Fall 2013	—	—

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
Season One	September 8, 2009	1	purchase
Season Two	November 30, 2010	4	purchase
Season Three	September 6, 2011	3	purchase

External Sites

• Official NBC website for Parks and Recreation