Parting ways
NBC’s political comedy ‘Parks and Recreation’ zips through final season
By Jacqui Wiens TV Media
Many critically acclaimed television series fail to capture the audiences — and highly coveted ratings — that their premise might promise. Shows such as Fox’s “Firefly” and NBC’s “Freaks and Geeks” acquired devoted fan bases but failed to get renewed for second seasons. Another NBC fare, “30 Rock,” won six Golden Globes and 16 Primetime Emmys over its sevenseason run, but it never broke the nine million viewer mark. In later seasons, the show averaged fewer than five million viewers.
Another fantastic, hilarious and criminally underrated comedy series on NBC is coming to an end in 2015, and this time it’s the residents of Pawnee, Ind., who are saying goodbye. Tune in for the season premiere of the seventh and final season of “Parks and Recreation” when it casts its final ballots starting Tuesday, Jan. 13, on NBC.
Initially conceptualized as a spinoff of another NBC mockumentary, “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” took on a life of its own once Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”) was cast in the leading role. The show follows Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, as she works in the parks department of the fictional Pawnee as a mid-level bureaucrat who loves her town. The spinoff idea was eventually abandoned, but various relics of the inspiration remain, such as the workplace setting and filming techniques.
In season 1, “Parks and Recreation” suffered from harsh feedback. In particular, critics felt that Leslie missed the energetic and optimistic mark and came off as too ditzy and high strung. This may have been one of the unintentional bits that transferred from “The Office,” as the boss from that series, Michael Scott (Steve Carell, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” 2005), often advanced the plot through his socially oblivious or completely obtuse behavior.
“Parks and Recreation” took the criticism to heart and found its stride in its second season. With a reworked and more intelligent lead, as well as more fleshed out supporting characters, the show won over the critics. Despite its success, audi-
ences weren’t swayed, and average viewership dropped by 1.5 million viewers between the six-episode first season and the 24-episode second season.
The fact that a show with such
television viewing. For “Parks and Recreation” specifically, research indicates that 37 percent of viewers between 18 and 49 (a demographic advertisers are keenly interested in) watched the
methods, which don’t feature into the all-important Nielson ratings. Additionally, Nielson ratings primarily account for audiences watching the show on the first night it airs, but DVRs and digital streams have
doesn’t boost the show’s numbers. The small-town government mockumentary has spawned a sizeable following on the Internet, with Ron Swanson, played by Nick Offerman (“Sin City,” 2005), becoming a phenomenon. The macho, mustachioed libertarian in charge of Pawnee’s park’s department has a “Pyramid of Greatness,” which contains what he considers to be important life aspects and has inspired many “memes” online. (A meme is usually an image that is copied, often with subtle changes, and spread quickly on the Internet.) At the very top is “Honor: if you need it defined, you don’t have it.” Other tidbits include “Crying: Acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon” and “Buffets: Whenever available. Choose quantity over quality.”
The ensemble cast behind “Parks and Recreation” has been one of its greatest strengths. In addition to Poehler and Offerman, the series stars Aziz Ansari (“30 Minutes or Less,” 2011) as Tom Haverford, Aubrey Plaza (“Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever,” 2014) as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” 2014) as Andy Dwyer, and Adam Scott (“Party Down”) as Ben Wyatt.
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Rashida Jones (“I Love You, Man,” 2009) and Rob Lowe (“The West Wing”) also starred as Ann Perkins and Chris Traeger, respectively, before leaving midway through season 6 after their characters married and had a child together. Jones has since been tapped as a writer for the upcoming “Toy Story 4,” with an expected release date some time in 2017.
The upcoming final season of “Parks and Recreation” will be the shortest since season 1, which only had six episodes. NBC experimented with a few different lengths before settling on 22 episodes for the past three seasons, but has only ordered 13 episodes for season 7. The final run will seem even shorter, though, as NBC will be airing two episodes each week beginning Tuesday, Jan. 13, and wrapping up Tuesday, Feb. 24, essentially turning the season into seven hour-long installments.
Whether you’ve been faithfully following Pawnee’s politics or you’ve been giving it a miss, this will be the last chance to see this talented cast bring small-town government to the small screen. Don’t blink, or you might miss the condensed final season of “Parks and Recreation,” premiering Tuesday, Jan. 13, on NBC.
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Championship. From Abu Dhabi Golf Club-- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (5:30)
NBCSN Bass 2 Billfish (0:30)
11:30 a.m. NBCSN Americana Outdoors (0:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Golf Round 1 Latin America Amateur Championship. From Pilar Golf Club-- Buenos Aires, Argentina (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Babe Winkelman (0:30)
12:30 p.m. NBCSN Seasons on the Fly (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
NBCSN Lunkerville (0:30)
1:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN Charlie Moore: No Offense (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
FSN Ice Dreams (1:00)
NBCSN Charlie Moore: No Offense (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN The Game 365 (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)
FSN A Piece of the Game (0:30)
NBCSN Rally Dakar. (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)
FSN UFC Unleashed (1:00)
NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Lesson Tee Live (1:00)
NBCSN Pro Football Talk (Live) (1:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. vs. Buf. From First Niagara Center-- Buffalo, N.Y. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
7:00 p.m. SYFY WWE Smackdown! (2:00)
TNT NBA Basketball Okl. vs. Hou. From Toyota Center-- Houston, Texas (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
9:00 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
9:30 p.m. FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
TNT NBA Basketball Cle. vs. L.A. L. From Staples Center-- Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
NBCSN Mecum Dealmakers (1:00)
10:30 p.m. ESPN2 Snoop & Son: A Dad’s Dream (0:30)
FSN Xterra Adventures (0:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker Caribbean (1:00)
NBCSN Mecum Dealmakers (1:00)
Friday, Jan. 16
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Xterra Adventures (0:30)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)
8:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. vs. Buf. From First Niagara Center-- Buffalo, N.Y. (1:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Outdoor Bound TV With Kurt Walbeck (0:30)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
NBCSN Bill Dance Outdoors (0:30)
11:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Golf Round 2 Latin American Dance Championship. From Pilar Golf Club-- Buenos Aires, Argentina (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. vs. Buf. From First Niagara Center-- Buffalo, N.Y. (1:30)
NBCSN Jimmy Houston Outdoors (0:30)
12:30 p.m. GOLF EPGA Golf Round 2 HSBC Championship. From Abu Dhabi
NBCSN Rally Dakar. (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)
NBCSN Rally Dakar. (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN Pro Football Talk (Live) (1:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Cle. vs. L.A. C. From Staples Center-- Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
NBCSN Volvo Ocean Race (0:30)
10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)
10:30 p.m. FSN Wolves Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts World Series of Fighting. (2:00)
11:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
Saturday, Jan. 17
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (2:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (1:00)
8:30 a.m. (29) WFTC Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)
FSN Musky Hunter Television (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Hockey Day Minnesota (Live) (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN H.S. Hockey Luverne vs. St. Paul Johnson (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Duke vs. L.ville (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Tex.A&M vs. LSU (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Premier League Live Bridge (Live) (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
3:00 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN Sports Saturday (1:00)
(11) KARE USSA Freestyle Skiing Deer Valley, Utah (1:00)
(23) WUCW NCAA Basketball Ga.T. vs. Pit. (Live) (2:00)
DISC Barrett-Jackson (4:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Ken. vs. Ala. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Football NFLPA Bowl. From StubHub Center-- Carson, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
3:15 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Mich. St. vs. Md. (Live) (1:45)
3:30 p.m. FSN Hockey Day Minnesota (Live) (1:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball G. Mas. vs. G.W. (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN Sports Saturday (1:00)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR UFC’s Road to the Octagon (Live) (1:00)
(11) KARE Figure Skating Preview Show. (1:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Hockey Wisc. vs. Min. (Live) (2:30)
5:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Umass-A vs. N.H. (Live) (2:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Ok. St. vs. Okl. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
6:30 p.m. (15) KVRR Ultimate Outdoor Adventure (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN College Gameday (1:00)
7:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Con. vs. Stnf. (Live) (2:00)
Golf Club-- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1:30)
NBCSN The Scott Martin Challenge (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
NBCSN Timmy Horton Outdoors (0:30)
1:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN IFA Redfish Tour (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
NBCSN Charlie Moore: No Offense (0:30)
It Outdoors (0:30) NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NFL Insiders (1:00)
FSN Icons of Coaching (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-- Honolulu, Hawaii (Live) (3:30)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Con. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball G.S. vs. Okl. From Chesapeake Energy Arena-Oklahoma City, Okla. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 E:60 Profile (0:30)
FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 E:60 Profile (0:30)
FSN Wolves Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boxing Card TBA Friday Night Fights. From Turning Stone Casino-- Verona, N.Y. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NBA Basketball Min. vs. Pho. From U.S. Airways Center-- Phoenix, Ariz. (Live) (2:30)
SPIKE Mixed Martial Arts (2:15)
8:45 p.m. HBO Road to Alvarado/ Rios (0:15)
11:30 a.m. (7) KCCO The Tim McCarver Show (0:30)
(11) KARE EPL Soccer Southam. vs. Newc. From St. James’ Park-- Newcastleupon-Tyne, England (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball St. Lou. vs. Dayt. (Live) (2:00)
Noon (5) KSTP Skiing American Classic. (1:00)
FSN Hockey Day Minnesota (Live) (1:30)
12:30 p.m. (23) WUCW NCAA Basketball N.C. St. vs. Fla. S. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF EPGA Golf Round 3 HSBC Championship. From Abu Dhabi Golf Club-- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1:30)
1:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Fla. vs. Ga. (Live) (2:15)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30)
FSN H.S. Hockey Hill-Murray vs. St. Thomas Academy (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball R.I. vs. Mas. (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Ariz. vs. Min. From Xcel Energy Center-- St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts World Series of Fighting. (Live) (2:30)
9:00 p.m. SHOW Boxing Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder Showtime Championship. (Live) (3:30)
9:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
9:45 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:15)
10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball BYU vs. St. M. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Sony Open. From Waialae Country Club-Honolulu, Hawaii (3:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts (2:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN H.S. Hockey Girls Cretin-Derham Hall vs. Duluth Northern Stars (2:00)
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Sometimes,you can have the greatest, the most original and the most exciting business idea in the world. The trick, though, is finding the cold, hard cash to turn that idea into reality.
That’s the premise behind ABC’s huge hit “Shark Tank,” in which small business owners and entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of wealthy investors, hoping to secure enough cash to take their dreams up to the big leagues.
It’s also the premise behind “Restaurant Startup.” Its first season was a refreshing change in the culinary TV landscape, and with its second season premiering Tuesday, Jan. 13, on CNBC, a lot more restaurant entrepreneurs are about to become very happy.
Each episode of “Restaurant Startup” finds two teams pitching their restaurant concepts to a pair of investors, hoping to score the cash to start up their businesses. These investors aren’t just two wealthy guys with money to blow, though; they know the restaurant business inside and out, and they’re sure not going to be giving their moolah to businesses that they don’t believe in.
And just who are these investors?
Well, Joe Bastianich probably won’t need much of an introduction. The successful restaurateur has been a fixture in “MasterChef” and “MasterChef Junior” from the very beginning, and fans of those shows know that he’s a tough critic to please.
At his side in “Restaurant Startup” is Texas chef Tim Love. The owner of several restaurants, he’s no stranger to the TV spotlight, either:
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With a pair of teams each pitching their restaurant concept in each episode, Bastianich and Love need a way to determine which idea is truly worth their investment. What better way to find that out than with a proof of concept? Following their pitch, each business team is handed $7,500 and given 36 hours to launch a pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles. They won’t just be cooking up food during this test period. They’ll need to come up with a full business
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In the end, though, it’s up to the wealthy investors to decide who has the better concept for a restaurant. Like any investors, they’re ultimately in it for profit, which means that only one of the teams will win the cash infusion it needs to make its dream a reality.
Season 2 of “Restaurant Startup” premieres Tuesday, Jan. 13, on CNBC.
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