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Parks and Recreation Season 3
Season 3
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJanuary 20, 2011
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The third season of Parks and Recreation will premiere on January 20, 2011 on the NBC television network. The season was produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, and series co-creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur served as executive producers. As of this season, the series will take the 9:30 time slot following The Office as part of NBC's new three-hour comedy block on Thursday nights.[1]

Episodes

See also: List of Parks and Recreation episodes
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
311"Go Big or Go Home"[2]Dean HollandAlan YangJanuary 20, 2011 (2011-01-20)[2]TBA
322"The Flu"[3]UnknownUnknownJanuary 27, 2011 (2011-01-27)[2]TBA
333"Time Capsule"[2]UnknownUnknownFebruary 3, 2011 (2011-02-03)[2]TBA
344"Ron and Tammy II"[2]UnknownUnknownFebruary 10, 2011 (2011-02-10)[2]TBA
355"Media Blitz"[2]UnknownUnknownFebruary 17, 2011 (2011-02-17)[2]TBA
366"Indianapolis"[2]UnknownUnknownFebruary 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)[2]TBA

Production

Toward the end of production on the second season, lead actor Amy Poehler became pregnant and the producers of the show were forced to go into production on season three early and film an additional six episodes to accommodate not only Poehler's pregnancy, but also a projected September 2010 air date.[4] However, NBC eventually opted not to put the show on the fall schedule, and instead delayed the premiere of the third season until the beginning of 2011.[4] This allowed for the network to run its new comedy, Outsourced, in two-hour comedy schedule block rather than Parks and Recreation.[5][6]

The schedule change meant that all sixteen episodes from the third season will have been filmed before any of them is shown.[4] Michael Schur, Parks and Recreation co-creator, said the schedule changes were frustrating, but said: "It sounds a little corny, maybe even a little community theater-ish, but when we got the bad news our thinking was to just put our heads down and keep making the best show we could."[7] In November 2010, it was announced Parks and Recreation would return to a 9:30 p.m. Thursday timeslot effective January 20, 2011, airing between the two popular series The Office and 30 Rock.[6][8]

Cast

With the exception of Paul Schneider,[9] all of the principal cast members from the second season will return for the third season, including Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt. Jim O'Heir and Retta, who made regular appearances as parks employees Jerry Gergich and Donna Meagle during the first two seasons, have now appeared in promotional information as members of the regular cast.[10] Adam Scott, who portrayed state auditor Ben Wyatt in the final two episodes of the second season, became a regular cast member starting in season three,[10][11] and Rob Lowe, who appeared in the same two second season episodes as state auditor Chris Traeger, is also joining the cast in season three.[12]

Nick Offerman's wife Megan Mullally, who previously played Ron Swanson's ex-wife Tammy in the episode "Ron and Tammy", will reprise that role in a guest appearance in the third season. Will Forte, a comedian who previously starred on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live along with Amy Poehler, will guest-star in a third season episode as a Pawnee resident demanding the film Twilight be added to the town's time capsule.[7][13]

References

  1. ^ Adalian, Josef (November 15, 2010). "NBC Pulls the Trigger on Three-Hour Comedy Bloc, Puts Parks and Recreation Back on the Schedule". NY Mag. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Shows A-Z - parks & recreation on nbc". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday January 23, 2011 - Saturday January 29, 2011". NBC Universal Media Village. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Masters, Megan (November 11, 2010). "Why Is Parks and Recreation Still Gone?! Show Boss Talks Delayed Return & When to Expect Season Three". E! Online. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  5. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (May 16, 2010). "NBC's 2010-11 schedule: Still paying the price for 'The Jay Leno Show'". HitFix. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Rice, Lynette (November 15, 2010). "NBC schedules six comedies on Thursdays; debuts 'The Cape' and 'Harry's Law', and brings back 'Parks & Recreation'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  7. ^ a b Martin, Denise (December 9, 2010). "On the Set: Parks and Recreation Plans to "Go Big or Go Home" in Season 3". TV Guide. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  8. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (November 15, 2010). "Why NBC made the right call in putting 'Parks and Recreation' on after 'The Office'". HitFix. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  9. ^ Abrams, Natalie (December 13, 2010). "Producer: Paul Schneider Leaving Parks for Movie Career". TV Guide.
  10. ^ a b "PARKS AND RECREATION Season 3 Cast Photo". Daemon's TV. November 8, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  11. ^ Martin, Denise (March 4, 2010). "'Party Down' star Adam Scott joins the cast of NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'; plus, more details on Rob Lowe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  12. ^ Rice, Lynette (July 30, 3010). "Rob Lowe joins 'Parks and Recreation' as a series regular". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 12, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (December 7, 2010). "'Parks and Recreation': Early thoughts on Season 3". HitFix. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
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