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Parks and Recreation

American comedy television series
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Summary

Parks and Recreation is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,498 views/month, #164 of 21,487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Greg Daniels[3], Michael Schur[4]
  • Award received: TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy[5]
  • Composer: Gaby Moreno[6]
  • Genre: sitcom[7], mockumentary[8]
  • Named after: department of parks and recreation[9]
  • Cast member: Amy Poehler[10], Rob Lowe[11], Aziz Ansari[12], Chris Pratt[13], Rashida Jones[14], Nick Offerman[15], Aubrey Plaza[16], Paul Schneider[17], Adam Scott[18], Jim O'Heir[19], Retta[20], Billy Eichner[21]
  • Producer: Amy Poehler[22]
  • Production company: Universal Television[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Commons category: Parks and Recreation[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Original broadcaster: NBC[27]
  • Color: color[28]
  • Country of origin: United States[29]
  • Has part(s): Parks and Recreation, season 1[30], Parks and Recreation, season 2[31], Parks and Recreation, season 3[32], Parks and Recreation, season 4[33], Parks and Recreation, season 5[34], Parks and Recreation, season 6[35], Parks and Recreation, season 7[36]
  • Start time: April 9, 2009[37]
  • End time: February 24, 2015[38]
  • Characters: Andy Dwyer[39], Ann Perkins[40], April Ludgate[41], Ben Wyatt[42], Chris Traeger[43], Craig Middlebrooks[44], Donna Meagle[45], Jerry Gergich[46], Leslie Knope[47], Mark Brendanawicz[48], Ron Swanson[49], Tom Haverford[50], Li'l Sebastian[51], Shauna Malwae-Tweep[52]
  • Distributed by: NBCUniversal Syndication Studios[53], Netflix[54], Hulu[55], Crave[56]
  • Narrative location: Pawnee[57]
  • Official website: http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation[58]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Parks and Recreation[59]
  • Number of episodes: 125[60]
  • Title: Parks and Recreation[61]
  • List of episodes: list of Parks and Recreation episodes[62]

Why It Matters

Parks and Recreation has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

FAQs

What awards did Parks and Recreation receive?

Honors received include TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy[5].

Related Entities

Adam Scott Amy Poehler Aubrey Plaza Aziz Ansari Chris Pratt Netflix Nick Offerman Rashida Jones Rob Lowe United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Distributed by → NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, Netflix, Hulu +1
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