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12 hours agoHow 'Parks and Recreation' Went from Nearly Canceled to Enduring Comedy Classic
NBC chose not to pursue a spinoff of 'The Office' and instead created 'Parks and Recreation' with Amy Poehler.
Starting in 2019, the series has charted a timeline in which the USSR beat the US to the Moon in 1969, and then explored how various dominoes fell after that point. From an alternate 1980s featuring a functional Moonbase to landing on Mars in the 1990s, and now, with Season 5, a full-on Mars rebellion looming, this show is as thought-provoking as it is bold.