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You are not logged in. Register now . November 9, 2009 by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 11-09-2009 NBCa TMs hit comedy Parks and Recreation filmed at Noodle Pudding restaurant on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights Monday morning.

We never got to see much of Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live , where she was featured for some seven seasons.

Aziz Ansari and Amy Poehler in "Parks and Recreation." Unlike the big-city cops, doctors and lawyers who crowd their TV screens, most Americans are surrounded by provincial folks who tend to speak about their small-beans pursuits in the most grandiose terms imaginable.

Amy Poehler is best known for her comedic work on SNL . Those who haven't watched SNL in the past decade might be more familiar with her more recent role as the lead character in the funny NBC television show Parks and Recreation.

When you think of Amy Poehler , your mind could veer off into 10 different directions: the star of NBC's Parks and Recreation , Weekend Update anchor, SNL 's Hillary Clinton impersonator, the baby mama from Baby Mama , etc.

The TV season is only six weeks old, but hey, it's never too early to single out its biggest winners and losers, is it? That's what I thought.

NBC has picked up the comedies "Community" and "Parks and Recreation" -- as well as the new drama "Mercy" -- for the rest of the season by adding nine additional episodes to each, it was announced today by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

"Another Harvest Moon" will open this year's Hollywood Film Festival Oct. 23 at the ArcLight Cinemas.

A classic "Saturday Night Live" skit sums up much of what's wrong with the financing part of health care reform and gives a clue how to fix it.

By DAVID MARTINDALE Just in case sitcom stardom on Parks and Recreation doesn't work out in the long term, Amy Poehler has Plan B already mapped.'I'd like to develop software that will make me really rich,' she says, tongue firmly in cheek.

Seth Meyers worked solo on the desk for the entirety of "SNL Weekend Update Thursday" this week for the first time this season, meaning Amy Poehler was seen only in her own sitcom "Parks & Recreation." Unlike the mother show "Saturday Night Live" the half hour Thursday edition doesn't run credits or even say who's part of the ensemble.

They say laughter is the best medicine. But at $20 a ticket plus the two-drink minimum at most Los Angeles area comedy clubs, that prescription can get a little pricey.

Patricia Heaton, left, stars in ABC's "The Middle." For the TV networks, the meat and potatoes of prime time are back on the menu.

There are times I wish I could be like Amy Poehler on "Saturday Night Live's" Weekend Update when she and Seth Meyer do their "Really!?!" routine.

Jenny Slate, one of the new cast members on "Saturday Night Live," let the F-word slip during a sketch on her first show.

The season premiere of Saturday Night Live aired this evening with guest host Megan Fox and musical guest U2.

Gov. David Paterson just isn't getting any love these days. But at least the fake David Paterson still has Jersey to take it out on.

SNL Takes On Republicans In Congress Over Joe Wilson Outburst >> Posted By jovial 3 hours, 39 minutes ago in Humor > "Saturday Night Live" premiered its new spin-off show last night, a half hour version of Weekend Update that joins NBC's Thursday comedy block.

CIVIC DUTY: Mayor Cory Booker attempts to lead struggling Newark, N.J., to better days in the five-part, five-night documentary miniseries 'Brick City,' beginning at 10 tonight on Sundance Channel.

Most of the funniest people I know are women. Subsequently, the people I most admire are usually funny women.