The first season of Parks and Recreation aired on NBC between April 9 and May 14, 2009. The season stars Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza. The comedy series focuses on Leslie Knope, the deputy director of the parks and recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The first season received generally mixed reviews, and several commentators found it too similar to The Office.
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The first season of Parks and Recreation aired on NBC between April 9 and May 14, 2009. The series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers with Howard Klein. The season stars Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza. The comedy series focuses on Leslie Knope, the deputy director of the parks and recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The first season received generally mixed reviews, and several commentators found it too similar to The Office. The premiere episode was watched by 6. 77 million households, but the viewership declined almost every week in the Nielsen ratings. A season low of 4. 25 million Households watched the final episode, \”Rock Show”; it received the best reviews of the season and convinced some critics that the series had finally found the right tone. A principal cast of six actors received star billing in the show’s first season. Mike Scully, a former executive producer and show runner for The Simpsons, joined the show as a consulting producer starting with the episode ‘Boys’ Club’ The other producers all returned for the second season. The pilot episode was directed byGreg Daniels, and the season finale was directed by MichaelSchur, his debut in the position. Other directors included Seth Gordon, who had directed numerous episodes of The Office; Michael McCullers, who directed Poehler in the comedy film Baby Mama; and Beth McCarthy Miller, a longtime television director who worked with Poehler on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Cawley left the show at the end of the first season to create the short-lived ABC sitcom Hank, starring Kelsey Grammer. Gould left to focus on his stand-up career. Gould and Morgan Sackett produced, and Tucker Cawsley and Norm Hiscock served as consulting producers. Daniel J. Goor was the executive story editor for the season, and Rachel Axler was a story editor. Dean Holland, an editor on The Office, also worked as an editor for Parks & Recreation’s firstSeason. The show was originally intended to be a stand-alone series, though it would share the mockumentary style of The office. The concept did not coalesce until they learned Poehler would be available to star in the series. Poehler portrayed the lead character, Leslie Knopes, the naive but well-meaning, eager-to-please deputy director. Also among the cast were Aziz. Ansari as Tom Haverford, a parks department employee, and Rashida. Jones as a nurse who tries to help Leslie to help her turn a giant construction pit into a park. Offerman portrayed Ron Swanson, the parks department director. The final episode was written for the pilot episode for the series, and was written by Offerman for the episode ‘Ron Swanson and Ron Swanson’ Offerman and Offerman had previously auditioned for the parks recreation department.
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