Everything About the Parks and Recreation Series
One of the standout productions in the world of television, Parks and Recreation has earned critical acclaim from all series enthusiasts and continues to maintain its popularity to this day as a masterpiece.
Many viewers have praised this series, especially for its strong cast, director, and writing team. These elements play a significant role in making Parks and Recreation a standout production.
Release Dates
The first episode of this series was released on 09.04.2009 and received significant attention. The series consists of a total of 8 seasons and 133 episodes. Throughout its broadcast life, Parks and Recreation provided viewers with unforgettable moments and bid farewell to the screens with its final episode on 24.02.2015. While the conclusion of the series saddened some fans, many believe it ended 'at the right time.'
Cast
One of the standout elements of the series is its extensive and talented cast. The main actors in this unforgettable production include:
- Chris Pratt
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Fred Armisen
- Amy Poehler
- Paula Pell
- James Sharpe
- Paul Rudd
- Patton Oswalt
- Claire Titelman
- Adam Scott
- Nick Offerman
- Jason Schwartzman
- Andy Samberg
- Rachel Dratch
- Jorma Taccone
- J.K. Simmons
- Kathryn Hahn
- Natalie Morales
- Kyle Mooney
- Victoria Garcia-Kelleher
- Lauren Shaw
- John Cena
- Deb Hiett
- Gillian Vigman
- Tonya Cornelisse
- Danielle Kennedy
- John Larroquette
- Michelle Obama
- Randy Kovitz
- Jenny Slate
- Ben Schwartz
- Steve Zissis
- Staci Roberts
- Jon Glaser
- Katie Gill
- Don McManus
- Jimmy Smagula
- Paul Raci
- Nick Kroll
- Kurt Scholler
- Kevin Symons
- Pete Ploszek
- Questlove
- Chris Bauer
- Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Stephanie Erb
- Adam J. Harrington
- Louisa Abernathy
- Bo Burnham
- Mike Mitchell
- Gary Weeks
- Matt Walsh
- Henry Winkler
- Michael Patrick McGill
- Jim Hanna
- Jonathan Banks
- Martin Starr
- Rob Lowe
- Aubrey Plaza
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Bradley Whitford
- Kevin Dorff
- Marc Evan Jackson
- Lennon Parham
- Megan Grano
- Elizabeth Sandy
- Karen Teliha
- Dan Cole
- Bob Telford
- Eugene Cordero
- Drew Rausch
- Andrew Burlinson
- Sope Aluko
- Blake Anderson
- Mary Holland
- Heather McPhaul
- Tatiana Maslany
- Will Arnett
- Kristen Bell
- Glenne Headly
- Justin Theroux
- Jon Hamm
- Jim O'Heir
- Neil Edmond
- Jeff Harlan
- Brady Smith
- Jason Mantzoukas
- June Diane Raphael
- Paul Scheer
- Lucy Lawless
- Chelsea Peretti
- Christopher Wolfe
- Eric Edelstein
- Rashida Jones
- Benjamin Byron Davis
- Windell Middlebrooks
- David Wells
- Barry Sigismondi
- Seth Morris
- Bonita Friedericy
- Avner Garbi
- Ralph Richeson
- Jordi Vilasuso
- Cooper Thornton
- Jane Morris
- Barbara Niven
- Rob Huebel
- Annalise Basso
- Katie Dippold
- Jamie Denbo
- Chris Gethard
- Julia Silverman
- Wolf Muser
- Jim Meskimen
- Jeffrey Markle
- Paul Schneider
- Dan Castellaneta
- Dax Shepard
- Frank Crim
- Cletus Young
- Gregory White
- Bonnie Bartlett
- Ryan Hartwig
- Anne Bellamy
- Brent Briscoe
- Annabeth Gish
- Eric Pierpoint
- Annie O'Donnell
- Parker Posey
- Michael Daniel Cassady
- Phillip Jordan
- Jonathan Spencer
- Kirk Fox
- Aziz Ansari
- Maliabeth Johnson
- Joe Biden
- Andy Kreiss
- Ira Kaplan
- Danny Vasquez
- Carl Reiner
- Dakin Matthews
- Peter Allen Vogt
- Ian Roberts
- Lennon Wynn
- Murray Gershenz
- Will Forte
- Billy Merritt
- Rod McCary
- Hal Williams
- Robert Pine
- Steve Tom
- Scott Michael Morgan
- Damion Poitier
- Louis C.K.
- Matt Besser
- Greg Levine
- Kulap Vilaysack
- Andy Milder
- Penny L. Moore
- Sam Elliott
- Richard Portnow
- Lila Waters
- Fred Ochs
- Jeris Poindexter
- Patricia Clarkson
- Judith Drake
- Claudia Michelle Wallace
- John Sloman
- Danielle Bisutti
- Sarah Wright
- Paul Rust
- Jason Boegh
- Eric Edwards
- Jill Basey
- Phil Reeves
- Kamala Jones
- Lee de Broux
- Christie Brinkley
- Melinda Y. Cohen
- Pat Crawford Brown
- Jessica St. Clair
- Tim Trobec
- John Ingle
- Bruce Jarchow
- Susan Isaacs
- Biff Yeager
- Carlo Mendez
- Jack Wallace
- Brad Leland
- Stephanie McVay
- Frank Medrano
- Lauren Katz
- Richard Dunn
- Rodney To
- David Weisenberg
- Gil Glasgow
- Monica Smith
- Pamela Reed
- Gary Carlos Cervantes
- Megan Mullally
- John McCain
- Michael Gross
- Jay Johnston
- H. Jon Benjamin
- Brian Stack
- Brian McCann
- Heidi Klum
- Johnny Sneed
- Alex Morris
- Jack Scalia
- Sean Hayes
- Mo Collins
- Nicholas Hormann
- Jeryl Prescott
- Julie Wittner
- Allison Poccia
- Darcy Donavan
- Claudia Choi
- Shulie Cowen
- Sara Van Horn
- Rob Kerkovich
- John Ellison Conlee
- Horatio Sanz
- Cody Klop
- Deirdre Wall
- Christopher Murray
- Josh Pence
- Dan Gilvezan
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Paul Hayes
- Darlene Hunt
- Mike O'Malley
- Brian Huskey
- James M. Connor
- Mel Cowan
- Judith Moreland
- Michael D. Roberts
- Debra Mooney
- Jim Jansen
- Jon Daly
- Rod Britt
- Federico Dordei
- Bruno Alexander
- Jeffrey Hutchinson
- William Charlton
- Galyn Görg
- Shawn Parsons
- Van Epperson
- Tracy Howe
- Gibby Brand
- Frank Kopyc
- Julia Prud'homme
- John Hodgman
- David Stanford
- Samantha Albert
- Roger Eschbacher
- Brittany Oaks
- Terri Hoyos
- Retta
- Kay Hanley
- Alyssa Shafer
- John Balma
- Lillian Adams
- Mitchell Edmonds
- Ron Perkins
- Billy Eichner
- John Storey
- Tahmus Rounds
- Sam Carson
- April Eden
- Deborah Puette
- Dmitri Schuyler-Linch
- Bryce Hurless
- Bonnie Hellman
- Jessica Barth
- Todd Sherry
- Harley Graham
- Kelly Hawthorne
- Ryan Radis
- Sara Sanderson
- Brenda Canela
- Herbert Russell
- Rick Fitts
- Kevin Rock
- Mark Colson
- Stewart Skelton
- Melanie MacQueen
- Bradley Fisher
- Josh Groban
- Ginuwine
- Maribeth Monroe
- Mark Berry
- Marcus Folmar
- Brendan Hunt
- Becky Thyre
- Brendan Ford
- Esther Povitsky
- Rosanna Pansino
- Erinn Hayes
- Frank Noon
- Jack Carter
- Caroline Fogarty
- Tuc Watkins
- Michael Rothhaar
- James Greene
- Gary Kraus
- Patrick Rafferty
- Lyle Kanouse
- Kaliko Kauahi
- Dennis Howard
- Robin Thorsen
- Colton Dunn
- Jelani Quinn
- Michael Eisenstein
- Rappin' Granny
- Darin Toonder
- Bob Bancroft
- John Colella
- Georgia Hubley
- James McNew
- Ervin Ross
- Chris Tallman
- Susan Yeagley
- Jeff Tweedy
- Alison Becker
- Julie Brister
- Tom Beyer
- Minni Jo Mazzola
- Janet Song
- Travis Guba
- Jama Williamson
- Carlos Carrasco
- Duane R. Shepard Sr.
- Leonard Robinson
- Tim Baltz
- Greg Worswick
- Elijah Nelson
- Loretta Fox
- Aubyn Philabaum
- Liz Benoit
- Greta Sesheta
- Ryan Dorsey
- Amy Tolsky
- Kristen Ariza
- Emily Adams
- Guy Stevenson
- Kelly Pendygraft
- Harvey J. Alperin
- John Deignan
- Terrence Beasor
- J. Rene Pena
- Tyler Cook
- Dan Hewitt Owens
- Michael McGreevey
- Nick Toth
- Lilan Bowden
- Timothy Hornor
- Andy Forrest
- Mike Park
- Jeffrey Muller
- Mark Saul
- Brenda Ballard
- Jon Paul Burkhart
- Alex Calloway
- Roy Hibbert
- Gloria Henry
- Abbey DiGregorio
- Patrick Coleman Duncan
- Jim Irsay
- Michael Maccarone
- Allan McLeod
- Audrey Douglass
- Chris Bosh
- Helen Slayton-Hughes
- Richard Voigts
- Michael Strassner
- Jesse Mackey
- Newt Gingrich
- Jacob Bertrand
- Ashley Wigfield
- Jon Barinholtz
- Joseph Buttler
- Hal Havins
- Rebecca Klinger
- John D. LeMay
- Craig Shoemaker
- Donna Silverberg
- Steven Meek
- Joseph Russo
- Yvans Jourdain
- Todd Grinnell
- Jen Oda
- Robert W. Arbogast
- David Hadinger
- Tony Forsmark
- Brian Fortune
- Dominic Dierkes
- Samantha Sloyan
- Teo Briones
- Bayne Gibby
- James Harvey Ward
- Mara Marini
- Aly Mawji
- Alexis Jayde Burnett
- Ana Rey
- Bobby Reed
- Morgan Peter Brown
- Piper Major
- Milton T.J. Taylor
- Kincaid Walker
- Lauren White
- Rogelio Douglas Jr.
- Krystal M. Harris
- Jason E. Kelley
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Tonja Kahlens
- David Diaan
- Dalon J. Holland
- Poonam Basu
- Braden Lynch
- Joe Souza
- Beth Hall
- Carol Avery
- Tahlena Chikami
- Jay Tapaoan
- Carole Gutierrez
- Devin Sidell
- Tina Morasco
- Donnell Turner
- Mike Rylander
- Jeff Holman
- Yolanda Snowball
- Helen Hong
- Nick Bush
- Jessica Hansen
- Ava Capri
- Peter Porte
- Evan O'Brien
- Boo Arnold
- Mary Faber
- Melissa Bailey
- Carrie Wampler
- Rhomeyn Johnson
- Jazmyn Simon
- Danilo Di Julio
- Jozef Fahey
- Virginia Louise Smith
- Todd Stanton
- Joe Mande
- Steven Liu
- Greg Vrotsos
- Jimmy Bellinger
- Liz Femi
- Jonathan Joss
- Audrey P. Scott
- Elizabeth Anweis
- Kelly Washington
- Harrison Thomas Boxley
- Jenny Phagan
- Anne Johnson
- Mike Hanford
- Amber Friendly
- Cole Sand
- Avery Phillips
- Katerina Mikailenko
- Hamilton Mitchell
- Barry Ford
- Neil Campbell
- Will McLaughlin
- Jonathan Palmer
- Ben Begley
- Trian Long Smith
- Angela McEwan
- Kyle R. Robinson
- Michael O'Hara
- Kathleen Coyne
- Nick Holmes
- Robert Machray
- Tom Costello
- August Emerson
- Josh Duvendeck
- Bruce Green
- Augie Isaac
- Jay Jackson
- Sullivan Jones
- Jennifer Hasty
- John Lee Ames
- Marc Raducci
- Brendan Jennings
- Erin Gibson
- Blake Lee
- Jeanne Simpson
- Brandon J. Sornberger
- Maura Soden
- JC Gonzalez
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Bil Dwyer
- Clark Freeman
- Nick Armstrong
- Cecelia Specht
- Mary Garripoli
- Richard Burch
- Mark Rivers
- Eric Isenhower
- Harris Wittels
- Rylan Lee
- Sadie Salazar
- Antonia Raftu
- Sydney Endicott
- Doug Smith
- Adrian Zeigler
- Linda Montana
- Brooke Baumer
- Detlef Schrempf
- Maxwell Weaver
- Barry Ashley
- Andrew Luck
- Reggie Wayne
- Craig Pearman
- Nicole Pettis
- Talia Tabin
- Owen Burke
- Martha Cary
- Reece Kirk
- Pearl Charles
- Kelvin Millhouse
- Jon Carlo
- Josh Breeding
- David C. Scott
- Bonnie Bailey-Reed
- Shel Rasten
- Teresa Reilly
- Tyler Nunes
- Caroline Hall
- Colin Meloy
- Jenny Conlee
- John Moen
- Craig Woolson
- Jaime Moyer
- Gavin Macintosh
- Alanna Boatright
- Jamison Reeves
- Carter Weaver
- Kaitlyn Otey
- Matt Offerman
- Harrison Schick
- Christian Schick
- Chloe Ewing
- Mike Polli
- Chuck Spitler
- Dee Baldus
- Ayla M. Simpkins
- Emily Maya Mills
- Rob Mainord
- Gary Moglovkin
- Eric Braun
- Jennifer Soo
- Ashton Bingham
- Breon Gorman
- Paul Sizemore
- Keith Sellon-Wright
- Denver Smith
- Sean Blodgett
- Tylen Jacob Williams
- Luke Colombero
- Janell Winkler
- James Albert
- Heather Morton
- Kristen Pfeifer
- Dave Matos
- Polly Humphreys
- Bill Coelius
- Kurt A. Long
- Martin Chow
- Nancy Lantis
- J.W. Wolterman
- William Walton
- Marlon John
- Willy Rodriguez
- Sarah Gaboury
- Leslie Thurston
- Donna Lazar
- Lolli Sorenson
- Kate Martin
- Lorenzo de La Rosa
- Lukas Martin
- Ben Zelevansky
- Courtney Cook
- Tyler F. Anderson
- Hailey Sole
- Cameron Krugman
- Mike Anthony Monteleone
- Marlena Poles
- Lara Ingraham
- Eric Flenner
- Andy Anderson
- Linda Lodge
- Derek James Baynham
- Barbara King
- Worth Howe
- Amy E.
- Marc Doten
- Joseph Berardi
- Debbie Tylak
- Judy L. Fisher
- Kate Danley
- Andy S. Allen
- Kelly Holden
- Kathleen M. Darcy
- Josh Ducendeck
- Doug Anthony Jones
- James Ball
- David Gerard Robinson
- Cheryl Texiera
- Ian McKelligan
- Joe Foust
- Zachary Mitchell
- Chris Kodama
- DJ Clark Kent
- Anne Moody
- Christopher Frontiero
- Jake Elliott
- Max Barakat
- Justin Uretz
- Burr Middleton
- Sharon Battle
- Jason Duplissea
- Craig Stepp
- Zoe Belle
- Adam Vinatieri
- Anthony Consolo
- Robert Mathis
- Braeden Baade
- Stacy Allen
- Scott Portlock
- Steven C. Bennett
- Jamie VanDyke
- Kristin Hensley
- Andy J. Forest
- Fred Cross
- Nate Query
- Dave Gibbs
- Greg McKenna
- Carol Lyn Black
- Andrea Hutchman
- William Pawlak
- Serena Westphal
- Rebecca Benson
- Colter Allison
- Courtney Lamb
- Mike Mauloff
- Meg Wolf
- Dave Bushnell
- Bob Bledsoe
- Craig Irwin
- Tara Jayn
- Gary Rubenstein
- Amy Shulman
- Isabel Eggerling
- David Trice
- Karen Forman
- Dan Bridges
- Carter Edwards
- Erame Okojie
- Steve Guilmette
- Jim Hoffmaster
- Rachel Drummond
- Kurt Havlick
- Tim Acres
- Vincent Angelo
- Chris Lusti
- David Henderson
- Frederick Stoverink
- Aimee Parker
- Greg Derelian
- Bob Elliott
- Alan Naggar
- Micah Beals
- Jean Iavelli
- Jeff Sloniker
- Dani Fish
- Anne Gregory
- Jenny Anne Hochberg
- Chris Funk
- Patrick Gilbert
Each actor delivered outstanding performances, bringing their characters to life, and the richness of the cast made the series truly memorable for audiences.
Directors
The directorial team also includes prominent names. Among them:
- Amy Poehler
- Adam Scott
- Nick Offerman
- Jorma Taccone
- Seth Gordon
- Kyle Newacheck
- Paul Feig
- Charles McDougall
- Jason Woliner
- David Rogers
- Ken Kwapis
- Werner Herzog
- Craig Zisk
- Michael McCullers
- Troy Miller
- Dean Holland
- Robert B. Weide
- Nicole Holofcener
- Jeffrey Blitz
- Steve Day
- Beth McCarthy-Miller
- Wendey Stanzler
- Millicent Shelton
- Tucker Gates
- Peter Bonerz
- Alex Hardcastle
- Ken Whittingham
- Jaime Eliezer Karas
- Michael Schur
- Alan Yang
- Randall Einhorn
- Norm Hiscock
- Rob Schrab
- Tristram Shapeero
- Morgan Sackett
- Greg Daniels
- Julie Anne Robinson
- Matt Hinkley
- Gustavo Peña
- Michael Trim
- Daniel J. Goor
- Matt Sohn
- Tom Magill
Amy Poehler's creative vision, in particular, was a crucial factor in transforming the series into a masterpiece.
Screenwriters
The screenplay was crafted by the following accomplished writers:
- Amy Poehler
- Nick Offerman
- Rachna Fruchbom
- Chelsea Peretti
- Katie Dippold
- Greg Levine
- Emily Spivey
- Tucker Cawley
- Brad Hall
- Michael Schur
- Emily Kapnek
- Todd Berger
- Jen Statsky
- Alan Yang
- Norm Hiscock
- Mike Scully
- Sean Clements
- Sam Means
- Megan Amram
- Donick Cary
- Joe Mande
- Greg Daniels
- Chris Regan
- Dave King
- Alexandra Rushfield
- Matt Murray
- Aisha Muharrar
- Kenny Stevenson
- Danny Cho
- Brad Slaight
- Andie Bolt
- David Phillips
- Harris Wittels
- Daniel J. Goor
- Rachel Axler
- Emma Fletcher
- Matt Hubbard
- Brian Rowe
- Emma Fletcher
- Nate DiMeo
The enchanting world created by Amy Poehler was brought to life through the talents of these writers, offering audiences an unforgettable experience.
What Makes the Series Special?
Parks and Recreation is a meticulously crafted production. Its remarkable acting performances, captivating script, and masterful direction elevate the series from mere entertainment to a work of art. Recognized as a cult classic in the world of television, Parks and Recreation successfully appeals to viewers of all ages.
Final Review
Parks and Recreation has successfully established itself as one of the most loved and unforgettable series, both in the past and today. This production remains a favorite among many viewers and continues to inspire the television industry.
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.