Pawni for always! Over the seven-season run of parks and Recreation on NBC, the ensemble made audiences laugh and fall in love, but even after the programme stopped, viewers can still catch a glimpse of their favourite cast members in well-known projects.
The cast of the popular sitcom included Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt, Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger, Reta as Donna Meagle, and Jim O’Hear as Jerry Gergich. The 125-episode television programme began airing in April 2009 and concluded in February 2015.
Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were received for the programme and its cast. For her part, Poehler received the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical Television Series.
During a Winter TCA press tour panel on Parks and Recreation in January 2015, the Saturday night Live alum admitted what she’ll miss most about her position. “I’m going to miss hearing what’s going to happen next year with Leslie,” she said at the time.
Yet after the show stopped, Poehler and her Pawnee pals continued to communicate, getting together for Galentine’s Day, and promoting the idea of a comeback. The actress who appeared alongside Offerman on the ellen degeneres programme in May 2018 said, “I will speak for everyone and say that we all will,” adding, “I think we’ll all do it eventually. It would be amazing.”
Oh, but there was a catch to the star. He chuckled, “Yes, we already had a fitting.” “We promised to bring the show back if Beyonce played the mayor.
The cast eventually gathered together in April 2020, despite their requests, for a special occasion to support Feeding America in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.
“I wrote this email, and I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly and positively people responded. I was overjoyed by it. It was really lovely and, as I said, it was very much in the spirit of how we used to make shows. It felt like everyone was rowing in the same direction and at the same speed. That is, it was in line with the spirit of the show when we were making it, according to co-creator Mike Schur, who spoke to reporters in April 2020.