"Parks and Recreation," one of the best shows NBC has and one of the best comedies anywhere on television, is for reasons fathomable only to people who think the pilot for "Outsourced" is funny, ...
"Parks and Recreation" just concluded a remarkable season of TV comedy: 16 episodes (6 produced last spring, the other 10 after a long break while Amy Poehler had her baby), and not a bad one in the bunch....
"Parks and Recreation" just aired its fourth season premiere, and you can read my review of that here. I had initially planned to accompany that review with a pair of pieces about the creative process behi...
"Parks and Recreation" just wrapped up its fourth season. I reviewed the season finale here, and I also did an email interview with the show's co-creator Mike Schur about the campaign results and season 4 as...
After the memorable ending of last night’s “Parks and Recreation” (which I reviewed here), I emailed co-creator Mike Schur a few questions about why they chose to do it, and what it means for the sho...
Do not be alarmed if the first of tonight’s two episodes of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” (it airs at 8:30) feels like a series finale. It was designed to function as one — just in ca...
Welcome to part 2 of How a "Parks and Recreation" Pitch Becomes a Joke. In part 1, I gave my account of an afternoon at the "Parks and Rec" writers room in early June, when Mike Schur and his sta...
Reporting in the internet age - particularly entertainment reporting - often turns into one elaborate, silly game of Telephone. The need for content now-now-now gives legs to stories that should have remained seated, ...
Happy Monday, boys and girls. Time for a very special edition of The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast.
Why is it very special?
Well, for the very first time, we welcome a special guest. "Parks and Recre...
NBC wound up only needing 16 episodes of "Parks and Recreation" this year, and since 6 of those episodes were produced last spring, only 10 had to be made as part of this production season. Which means "...
