It be lagging way behind the other networks in ratings, but NBC has a few hits on its hands.
The network picked up three shows this week for full season runs: Community, Parks and Recreation and Mercy.
The first two comedies are two of the funniest sitcoms on TV; while Mercy isn't the most original hospital drama around, but it doesn't suck.
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Parks and Recreation is about to get even funnier.
Former Will & Grace star Megan Mullally will guest star on an upcoming episode, actress Rashida Jones confirmed this week to TV Guide.
The hilarious actress will portray the ex-wife of Ron Swanson, Leslie Knope's serious, dry-witted boss.
"She's married to Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson, but they play exes on the show," Jones said of Mullally's guest-starring stint, which will air on October 29.
Last night on Parks and Recreation, Leslie discovered someone was abusing the Pawnee community garden. By planting marijuana in it. Her solution? Stakeout.
Along for the ride is Tom, and later Andy. But what began as a plot to find the planter of a gateway drug devolved into a spy mission on one of their friends.
How did it end? Badly, obviously, but for more details, check out in our recap of "The Stakeout." Then see some of the best lines from the episode below ...
If these private detectives can't catch a criminal, who can?
Check out our complete library of Parks and Recreation quotes from this and every episode of the NBC comedy. Some of our favorite lines from last night were:
Leslie: We have a criminal emergency on our hands. Someone planted a gateway drug in the community garden.
Ron: Call the cops.
Leslie: Then it will leak to the press. Then there will be an investigation, and they'll find my fingerprints on the manure, and then we'll lose our funding.
Ron: You don't have funding.
Leslie: We never will if this gets out. | permalink
Ann: I just want to check one last time that you're okay about this date with Mark.
Leslie: Oh, Ann, I am so fine. As long as you and me are cool. You know my code. Hos before bros. Uteruses before duderuses.
Ann: Got it.
Leslie. Ovaries before bovaries. | permalink
Leslie: I want to be president someday, so I have not smoked marijuana. I ate a brownie once. At a party in college. It was kind of indescribable really. I felt like I was floating. It turns out that there wasn't any marijuana in it, it was just an insanely good brownie. | permalink
Tom: What is this?
Leslie: It is a mix CD. It's full of songs about people watching people ... it's mostly Sting. | permalink
Tom: [on his name] I changed it to Tom Haverford. Because brown guys with funny sounding Muslim names don't make it far in politics.
Leslie: What about Barack Obama?
Tom: Okay. Yeah. Fine. Barack Obama. | permalink
The life of a small-town deputy parks supervisor can be trying.
Sometimes, things go according to plan. Other times, a "marriage" ceremony of two penguins designed to bring people to the zoo becomes a gay marriage issue.
Welcome to the world of NBC's Parks and Recreation.
To hear how Leslie Knope's intentions backfired, check out our recap of Thursday night's "Pawnee Zoo." Then see some of the best lines from the episode below ...
Who knew that marrying two gay penguins could cause so much trouble.
Check out our complete library of Parks and Recreation quotes from this and every episode of the new NBC comedy. Some of our favorite lines from last night were:
Mark: I hit rock bottom that night. I mean I literally fell to the bottom of a pit and hit a rock. I remember laying there thinking, there's probably a good reason why I'm down here. And then I remember thinking I need morphine. | permalink
Leslie: The thing about youth culture is that I don't understand it. | permalink
Ron: Leslie. Some guy who owns a gay bar sent you a cake.
Leslie: Pawnee has a gay bar?
Ron: The Bulge. It's behind my house.
Leslie: The Bulge is a gay bar? The nights I've wasted there ... | permalink
Leslie: I know you're not gay.
Tom: No, I'm not.
Leslie: But you're effeminate.
Tom: What?
Leslie: Well, you're wearing a peach shirt with a coiled snake on it.
Tom: That's because it was featured in Details magazine, and it's awesome. | permalink
Leslie: Chimpanzees are very smart, so we had them graduate from college. They like to throw their feces, so we were hoping they would throw their hats. But they just threw their feces. | permalink
Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen will be reuniting with former late night co-star Amy Poehler on her new comedy, Parks and Recreation, on NBC this fall.
According to Entertainment Weekly, an episode that begins shooting this week, Armisen will play Poehler’s counterpart from Pawneee’s sister city - with a twist.
“Leslie arranges for [Armisen and his colleagues] to come for a visit, but they’re from Venezuela,” Parks and Recreation executive producer Michael Schur said.
“They’re very confused because in Venezuela the government is so powerful; their parks department travels with military escorts and motorcades and stuff."
Fred Armisen is crossing over from SNL to Parks and Recreation.
"They have all the money in the world because of their oil and they [don't understand at all] why Pawnee’s parks department is so small time and rinky-dink.”
Schur says Armisen and his fellow Venezuelans “take a real shine” to Nick Offerman’s Ron “because of his mustache. They call him El Jefe the whole time.”
As ridiculous as it sounds, it's Parks and Recreation. From the people who brought us The Office, and sandwiched between it and 30 Rock. So just go with it!
A couple of quick casting tidbits from the week:
Celebrating The Office's Emmy nominations - the show is up for Outstanding Comedy Series and has been recognized in many other categories - executive producer Greg Daniels gave some hints about the new season, as well as that of his new comedy, Parks and Recreation.
"There's going to be a staffing change for Jim Halpert at work," Daniels reported to TV Guide. "And with Pam pregnant, expect some life moves in that area."
As for Parks and Recreation, the show will be casting a cop who works at town hall and could be a comic foil and love interest for Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope.
The producers of the up-and-coming comedy, which takes place in fictional Pawnee, Ind., also looking for a host for a local political talk show called Pawnee Today.
What about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin?
"Probably not," says Greg Daniels of the soon-to-be-unemployed politician. "But we do have a beauty pageant episode coming up. She might be right for that."
While we won't hold our breath for any Palin cameos, we can't wait for the return of Parks and Recreation and The Office quotes. Thursday nights are the best.
The six-episode first season of NBC's Parks and Recreation started off a bit slowly, but towards the end, it started to come into its own, giving us hope for the Amy Poehler-led quirky comedy when its second campaign kicks off in the fall. It's actually pretty decent.
Below are some of our favorite lines from this spring. Be sure to check out our library of Parks and Recreation quotes for the best quotes from each of the six episodes!
Leslie Knope: When I go through these doors, I need to be "on" like the White House Press Secretary. Are you ready?
Tom Haverford: Yes.
Leslie Knope: OK! Here we go! (pulls on the door, looks into the camera) It's locked. | permalink
Leslie: I don't want to be overdramatic, but today felt like a hundred years in hell and the absolute worst day of my life. | permalink
Jim: I love Great lakes wine.
Tom: You can have the wine. I'm wanna take that cheese and do terrible things to it. | permalink
Ron: I enjoy government functions like I enjoy getting kicked in the nuggets with a steel toed boot. But this hotel always served bacon wrapped shrimp. I'd go to a banquet in honor of those Somali pirates if they served bacon wrapped shrimp. | permalink
Tom: Yes, I'm married. But my wife understands that a good politician has to be appealing to the ladies. The fact that I haven't even gotten close to cheating on her is a disappointment to both of us. | permalink
Ron: I like your hairdo, Leslie.
Leslie: Thank you, Ron.
Ron: It's just like my brother's. He's an officer in the Air Force. | permalink
Leslie: These people are members of the community that care about where they live. So what hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring ... loudly at me. | permalink
Leslie: (showing a mural of a Native American chief)This is called "The Trial of Chief Wamapo." It was painted in 1936 and this is Chief Wamapo. He was convicted of crimes against the soldiers. I'm always amazed at his ... quiet dignity right before he's killed by a cannonball. | permalink
Tom: [on Mark] That dude has stuck it in some crazeee chicks. | permalink
Leslie: When I was in sixth grade, I was voted best dressed by 87 votes. And there were only 63 people in my class. | permalink
The fifth episode of six in the debut mini-season of Parks and Recreation gives us a glimpse into the world of small-town politics, without "the pit" as the central component.
It also gave us a glimpse of Leslie Knope's fancy new hairstyle - one which looked eerily reminiscent of Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton impression from Saturday Night Live.
Leslie and Ann also watched their odd friendship blossom. It's sweet. If you missed it, follow the link for a quick recap of "The Banquet," or watch the full episode below!
Now that Parks and Recreation got picked up for another season, we can rest easy - and focus on upcoming spoilers and gossip surrounding NBC's new comedy.
According to E!, the season finale finds Andy (Chris Pratt) out of his leg casts and throwing a concert. Andy's band, Scarecrow Boat, has a song called "The Pit."
Oh, Tom's (Aziz Ansari) wife is in attendance. Wife? Yup! In other P&R news, Mark and Leslie (Amy Poehler) bond at a bar, but he's not the one Leslie kisses ...
