Parks and Recreation News

According to Hit Fix on May 25, John C. Reilly was offered a chance to play the role that is the leader of the Nova Corps in the Marvel universe, Rhomann Dey .

Rob Lowe thought the script for " Behind the Candelabra " was great and he jumped at the chance to work with stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon , who play Liberace and his lover Scott Thorson in the glitzy, perceptive movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

PARKS AND RECREATION "LESLIE AND BEN" 06/13/2013 : THE CLOCK IS TICKING - Leslie and Ben have two hours to complete a years-long project.

UP OF HIT SCRIPTED SERIES 'BREAKING BAD', 'DEXTER', 'GAME OF THRONES', 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY', 'PARKS AND RECREATION' AND 'NEW GIRL' NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, "The Writers' Room" is set to premiere on Monday, July 29 and will be hosted by Academy Award -winning screenwriter , ... (more)

HBO garnered the lion's share of Critics' Choice Television Awards nominations announced Wednesday by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association .

Live from the YouTube Space office in Los Angeles, Comedy Gives Back rallied top comedians for a livestreamed stand up comedy show on Monday night.

The nominees for the 2013 Critic's Choice Television Awards were released May 22, 2013 and " The Big Bang Theory " earned several nominations.

Our pick of the best shows on the box for Wednesday, May 22 - plus our at a glance soaps round-up This week, it's farm shops - which I think used to be called greengrocers in the days before they were forced out of business when everyone started shopping at supermarkets instead.

On Wednesday, Sheryl, a jewelry designer, hosted a trunk show at the Quinns' home that benefited the Children's National Medical Center.

Mayor Rob Ford returned to late-night TV last night as the crack-video scandal continued to draw attention south of the border.

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Former " Saturday Night Live " cast member Amy Poehler returned to the show - and her old "Weekend Update" desk - to contribute to a segment with her "Update" deskmate Seth Meyers .

Back in the day, Amy Poehler was a necessary and hilarious part of the "Weekend Update" segments on "Saturday Night Live." We got a bittersweet reminder of this during the current season's finale when Poehler joined Seth Meyers for the fake news bit.

PARKS AND RECREATION "MS. KNOPE GOES TO WASHINGTON" 05/23/2013 : LESLIE AND ANDY HEAD TO WASHINGTON D.C.-SENATORS BARBARA BOXER, JOHN MCCAIN AND OLYMPIA SNOWE GUEST STAR-Leslie and Andy visit Ben and April at their new jobs in Washington D.C., and Leslie feels overwhelmed by the city -- especially after meeting two of her idols .

PARKS AND RECREATION "SODA TAX" 05/30/2013 : LESLIE FIGHTS OBESITY IN PAWNEE WITH A NEW SODA TAX-Leslie engages on her first mission as city councilor: passing a city-wide tax on giant sodas.

MUSIC : Findlay Cockrell @ the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall , Troy. The Music @ Noon lunchtime concert series concludes its spring season with the return of the veteran pianist performing selections from his latest album, Findlay in Blue: The 3 American Gs , featuring music by Gershwin, Gottschalk and Gould.

This never gets old. Minooka's Nick Offerman, who will play Ron Swanson in the two-hour finale special of TV's Parks and Recreation at 7 p.m. Thursday on NBC , puts down his chain saw and reads Tweets from famous female celebrities.

Mad Men 's Jon Hamm to help him re-create the opening credits of '80s detective series Simon & Simon .

We hope you didn't get too attached to NBC's new comedies last fall, because the network has cleaned house.

NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt jumped right into the late-night controversy during the network's upfront presentation this morning in NY, announcing a change in the network's late-night plans as he took the stage at Radio City Music Hall.