ADTV: Making the Case for ‘Parks and Recreation’

Parks and Recreation had a great run on NBC thanks to a brilliant, tight-knit cast and lead Amy Poehler’s infectious enthusiasm. It was a unique series that spent time finding the humor in decent, ordinary people. It’s the rare sitcom that finely honed its craft as it aired, growing its characters and allowing them evolve over the series run. Now, it’s time for the Emmys to reward it for being the nice kid on the television block, according to Awards Daily TV’s Megan McLachlan.

P&R does something that very few shows do: It finds humor in good people. It’s easy to be funny when you’re poking fun at outlandish or morally reprehensible characters (Jim torturing Dwight Schrute or Michael providing a caustic aside about Lucille Bluth), but most of the characters on P&R are more normal, less cartoonish, which can be challenging when trying to garner laughs.

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