Amy Poehler sitcom debuts April 9 on NBC
Amy Poehler
The show from Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, executive producers of “The Office,” still doesn’t have a title, but now it has a premise — it’s a “mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government,” NBC says.
Cameras follow Leslie Knope (Poehler), a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Ind. “In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie takes on what should be a fairly simple project: help local nurse Ann Logan (Rashida Jones) take on defensive bureaucrats, selfish neighbors, real estate developers and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the very democratic process that Leslie loves so much,” NBC explains less than cryptically. Aziz Ansari and Aubrey Plaza also star.
I love Amy Poehler. This could be hysterical, could be a complete dud. I’ll have to wait and see.
Please get Fred Willard a part for this show! He’d be perfect as an incompetent mayor or councilman. His comic timing is impeccable and would be a perfect foil for Poehler.