NBC renews 'Parks and Recreation' for season 5
We'll get another year in Pawnee with Leslie Knope and friends
No need to worry anymore, Andy Dwyer: "Parks and Recreation" will be back on NBC next season.
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NBC has renewed "Parks and Recreation" for a fifth season.
As of now, the order is only for 13 episodes -- which is the same amount that "30 Rock" (definitively entering its final season) and "Community" (long-term future up in the air) got yesterday -- but I'm hearing that "Parks" will be on NBC's fall schedule, which means there's still very much a chance that the show could get a back 9 order, continue, etc.
UPDATE: Scratch all that above. The order is now for the full 22 episodes. Among other things, that'll get the show (which NBC owns) up to 90 episodes total.
Though the renewal came a day later than several of NBC's other decisions, I hadn't worried too much about the future of "Parks" being in doubt. NBC owns the show, and as modest as the numbers have been, it's done better than several other shows, and it's a known quantity in terms of what its floor is. NBC has ordered a lot of new comedies, but it's entirely possible those shows will do worse than Leslie Knope, Ron Effing Swanson and friends.
So rejoice, people of Pawnee. All is right with the world once again.
UPDATE: According to several published reports, NBC has also renewed "Up All Night." So a very good day in the Poehler/Arnett household.
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May 11, 2012 at 2:54PM EST Reply to CommentLast night's episode could've served as an excellent series finale, but I am SO glad we are getting more episodes!!
Lanora This text is worth everyone's attention. When can I find out more?
October 24, 2012 at 10:06PM ESTSwimming Pool Chemicals
StephenH2OMan
May 11, 2012 at 2:58PM EST Reply to CommentDo you think this could be a sign that NBC might want to do shorter seasons like cable channels and maybe have different comedies for each half of a season?
themadlibs I think it's a sign that NBC has no idea how to market effectively.
May 11, 2012 at 9:12PM ESTmrbilliam I know this doesn't apply as much to NBC as more, but Fienberg and Sepinwall remarked in one of their recent podcasts that NBC has realized it can't really air reruns anymore, so it needs to have extra shows to plug in.
May 12, 2012 at 12:10AM ESTeakawie
May 11, 2012 at 3:00PM EST Reply to CommentI wish there were some ratings Sabremetrician who would do the following analysis: over the past 5 years, how many shows have been pulled or cancelled and replaced with a new show that did better in the ratings.
My gut tells me it's at best 1 in 4, maybe as low as 1 in 8.
23553 Sabermetrician is a baseball specific term... sent here by Ken Tremendous?
May 11, 2012 at 3:27PM ESTDEPSexton
May 11, 2012 at 3:02PM EST Reply to CommentIs it wrong that I'm hoping for the majority of NBC's new comedies to fail so that Parks & Rec and Community get back 9 orders?
ChampSkins Hell no its not wrong... you could never be more right.
May 11, 2012 at 3:04PM ESTCaitlyn I think this is how most of us feel. The new shows NBC has picked up don't look too promising anyway.
May 11, 2012 at 3:05PM ESTTammy Is Community even premiering in the fall? Even before the updates, the Parks renewal is being framed somewhat differently than the Community renewal.
May 11, 2012 at 3:45PM ESTBalaji K
May 11, 2012 at 3:03PM EST Reply to CommentGreat news.
On a related note, Up All Night is renewed as well.
KerryB
May 11, 2012 at 3:12PM EST Reply to CommentTREAT. YO. SELF.
amg
May 11, 2012 at 3:13PM EST Reply to CommentGreat news. I didn't have that much hope for UAN, so thats a happy surprise too. Now I can safely look forward to the fall.
tossit
May 11, 2012 at 3:13PM EST Reply to CommentNot that I was much worried, but still....wooohooo
Pete
May 11, 2012 at 3:23PM EST Reply to CommentTVBTN is now reporting a full 22 episode order. (Of course, they're also reporting an Office renewal...)
sepinwall
May 11, 2012 at 3:29PM EST Reply to CommentSee the update. NBC decided that they wanted the full season upfront, so it's now a 22-episode order.
Balaji K
May 11, 2012 at 3:31PM EST Reply to CommentLooks like Happy Endings got renewed too. Amah-zing.
timelord
May 11, 2012 at 3:34PM EST Reply to Commenti'm so glad p&r is getting the full season pick up. community got only 13 which means it'll debut only at midseason. and if parks had also got only 13 it would have been a long and painful wait till they both aired in jan or feb.
Alf An order for 13 doesn't necessarily mean a midseason premiere. Community could show up in the fall and get an order for the back 9 if it does well enough.
May 12, 2012 at 6:21AM ESTRobin
May 11, 2012 at 3:35PM EST Reply to CommentCan there ever be too much Leslie?
Knope!
Happy Dance!!!
Christine
May 11, 2012 at 3:43PM EST Reply to CommentI'm so happy that we get another full season of Parks! I'm also really excited that NBC apparently renewed The Office and Whitney!*
*Only one of the above statements is true. Any guesses?
Intellectual Ninja
May 11, 2012 at 3:47PM EST Reply to CommentBurt Macklin does it again!
He solved the mystery of the pie-thrower, and now he's saved one of TV's best shows.
Macklin, you sonuvabitch!
wallywalters
May 11, 2012 at 4:12PM EST Reply to CommentGlad to see Whitney renewed too, which got much better as the season progressed. Although had it gotten canceled, I'd have been happy to see Whitney Cummings exert a little more creative control over Two Broke Girls, which is pretty much a bunch of gay writers making vadge jokes.
Wylie76
May 11, 2012 at 4:26PM EST Reply to CommentNBC...you son of a bitch.
Matt Moczygemba
May 11, 2012 at 4:29PM EST Reply to CommentSweet! Thank god someone at NBC has a brain.
Brian J
May 11, 2012 at 4:39PM EST Reply to CommentWe'll know soon enough what NBC plans to do, but I hope NBC doesn't feel pressure to put the show on in the fall. It should focus on finding at least one new hit comedy to build a night around and, if need be, work its older comedies in when one of the new ones fails. (On the off chance all of its comedies click, there's absolutely no reason "Parks" can't be worked in in some other way.) The same can be said for "Up All Night."
Why not have "Parks" on another night? Depending on what NBC decides to do with Thursdays, it could easily go on Tuesdays at 9:00 or 9:30, perhaps with "The Voice" as a lead-in.
Whatever the case, I am happy, but I am also slightly scared. I think there's still the potential for the show to grow, if NBC has a little luck, but time is kind of running out. The show isn't that old, but it's not that young. In that respect, "Up All Night" is in a better position.
Now, NBC, can you do whatever it takes to give the show exposure over the summer? I don't care if running episodes at 3:00 AM on a cable station and/or having Greg Daniels and Bob Greenblatt themselves pass our season sets at movie theaters is necessary; just do it. Then don't be surprised if the show gains viewers.
partiallypro
May 11, 2012 at 4:43PM EST Reply to CommentParks and Rec is the best show on NBC.
Nahska
May 11, 2012 at 5:09PM EST Reply to CommentGreat news.
Also, Alan – any insight on what happened to Friday Night Dinner? I was really looking forward to that, seeing as it had Greg Daniels. Everything I'd read said it was a near-lock for pickup.
sepinwall NBC passed.
May 11, 2012 at 5:32PM ESTChris Traeger
May 11, 2012 at 5:10PM EST Reply to CommentThis is LITERALLY the best news I've heard all day.
odessasteps
May 11, 2012 at 5:48PM EST Reply to CommentI hope Ken Tremendous celebrates by doing a 2 hour podcast with Joe Posnanski this weekend.
Ben R.
May 11, 2012 at 6:14PM EST Reply to CommentGreat news I was nervious about oen more seasona nd done with Parks and Recreation, feel they have at least two more seasons in them!
dezbot
May 11, 2012 at 6:17PM EST Reply to CommentTHANK GOD! I can't quit you, Ron Effing Swanson. And neither can NBC.
Daniel
May 11, 2012 at 9:01PM EST Reply to CommentWait i'm a bit confused can someone PLEASE confirm if community is getting 22 episodes now? or is it still at a sorry 13? please help
Daniel
May 11, 2012 at 9:02PM EST Reply to CommentWait i'm a bit confused can someone PLEASE confirm if community is getting 22 episodes now? or is it still at a sorry 13? please help
Daniel
May 11, 2012 at 9:03PM EST Reply to CommentWait i'm a bit confused can someone PLEASE confirm if community is getting 22 episodes now? or is it still at a sorry 13? please help.
Daniel
May 11, 2012 at 9:04PM EST Reply to CommentCan someone please confirm that community is also returning for 22 episodes instead of 13? or is that only for parks and rec =(
Daniel
May 11, 2012 at 9:04PM EST Reply to CommentWrite a comment...Wait i'm a bit confused can someone PLEASE confirm if community is getting 22 episodes now? or is it still at a sorry 13? please help
Caitlyn Its just Parks. Its fully owned by NBC(Which means its cheaper and they make all the profit) and it does better in the ratings. Don't hold your breath for a full season of community.
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