Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler has joked that the beloved sitcom predicted the coronavirus pandemic. NBC announced Thursday that a new episode of “Parks and Recreation,” airing next week, will depict the ways quarantine is affecting life in Knope’s hometown of Pawnee, Indiana. We follow the stories and update you as they develop.

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Pete Davidson Says J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Stance Ruined His. NBC parent NBC Universal, the “Parks and Recreation” team and sponsors State Farm and Subaru of America have pledged to match $500,000 in donations. Sign up for the April 24, 2020 / 4:29 PM “Like a lot of other people, we were looking for ways to help and felt that bringing these characters back for a night could raise some money,” said executive producer Michael Schur. ET.

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Gal Gadot to Embrace Smokey Eyes and Portray Cleopatra. Many are saying it’s the greatest episode of television ever to be filmed in Quarantine. What you’re seeing on a national scale and local scale is governments are where we’re all turning [to]. We need assistance … The government in these moments of crisis becomes the place where people have to turn.”. Production delivered or shipped every actor a small rig with a tripod, an iPhone, a small light, and a microphone so they could be their own camera crews. PARKS AND RECREATION -- "Emergency Response" Episode 512 -- Pictured: (l-r) Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger, Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC) The past and future collapse in a penultimate episode that uses time travel for heartbreak and revelation alike. Shot entirely remotely, the new Parks and Rec episode saw mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) checking in with her friends and colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic. Poehler also noted the prescience of another episode (”Freddie Spaghetti”), saying: “There’s a government shutdown. Our workplace proximity associates, along with our neighbors at @StateFarm, are raising money for @FeedingAmerica. The disaster was, you guessed it, a pandemic. Hulu’s reboot of the Warner Bros. cartoon debuts on November 20. Log in or link your magazine subscription, Jerry Gergich Does Entire Coronavirus PSA Without Having a Fart Attack, Put Kate McKinnon’s Mid-Sketch Mental Breakdown on Your 2020 Mood Board, The 50 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now. Our old ‘Parks and Rec’ team has put together one more 30-minute slice of (quarantined) Pawnee life and we hope everyone enjoys it.

Iconic Parks and Recreation duo Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) reunite in a true Leslie way by adhering to the rules of social distancing. Be in the know.

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Since the actors are all quarantined in their homes across the country and even in London (Aziz Ansari is there), the writers also had to find creative ways to explain why some of the married couples are not seen in the same rooms. Schneider left the series after the second season and was replaced by Adam Scott as Ben … With Patty Jenkins as her director once again. Pratt, who portrays the fictional small town's beloved rock star Andy Dwyer, posted about the reunion on Instagram.

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The cast of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" is reuniting for a single episode next Thursday to raise money for Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund, according to a press release from NBC. Utah’s candy harkens back to an old folk tale. Leslie is running for governor of Indiana. We’ve already filmed the episode! She was a very friendly person. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, NBC decided to create a special Parks and Rec reunion episode featuring the return of the show's core cast.

She put all of her eggs in the basket of the power of friendship, and so it’s really just about her connecting with people and holding the group of characters together through a time when they’re unable to even leave their home.”, But as tricky as working out the story was, logistics became the biggest challenge. Amy Poehler, who played Knope for the show’s full run from 2009 to 2015, will return along with a bevy of the sitcom’s regulars, including Rashida Jones (as Ann Perkins), Aziz Ansari (Tom Haverford), Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson), Aubrey Plaza (April Ludgate), Chris Pratt (Andy Dwyer), Adam Scott (Ben Wyatt), Rob Lowe (Chris Traeger), Jim O’Heir (Garry “Jerry” Gergich) and Retta (Donna Meagle). Ann and Chris (Rob Lowe) are in Michigan, where he works in the University of Michigan admissions department. In an interview with The Guardian, the former Saturday Night Live actor said: “There’s an episode where everybody in town gets the flu and I was thinking: ‘Oh boy, this is a little close to home.’”.

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Parks and Recreation showrunner Mike Schur says he felt “like crying a little bit” when he e-mailed Amy Poehler and the show’s other nine lead actors three weeks ago about participating in a charity reunion episode of the NBC comedy, and they all responded within 45 minutes that they were interested. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The Parks and Recreation reunion special brought the show's cast and characters back for one night, and it was just enough to satisfy viewers who have been missing their favorite characters from the NBC sitcom. Battleground Tracker: Trump and Biden even in Ohio, as Biden leads in PA, With more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election night, Americans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyone, Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts. It was a lot of fun and a lot of hard work, but I don’t think it’s any kind of model for what we’re doing going forward.”, Already a subscriber? Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.

The Simpsons has been credited with predicting the virus as well, because of a nearly 20-year-old episode which saw an infectious disease travel from Asia to the US.

The new ‘Parks and Recreation’ quarantine episode was everything you wanted it to be. Parks and Recreation announced this week it would be reuniting the cast to do a coronavirus themed episode which sent fans of the show into a tailspin of mostly positive emotions. Let’s band together to thank them for the reunion, but to perhaps re-think the coronavirus theme. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices.

“I sent a hopeful email to the cast and they all got back to me within 45 minutes.

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