Out of Service: Amy Poehler Comedy Gets a New Name
Amy Poehler
The "Untitled Amy Poehler Sitcom" is decidedly untitled no more.
Not long after its tentative name, Public Service, was revealed, NBC has decided instead to dub the Office-style mockumentary Parks and Recreation.
Explaining the title switch, NBC entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman told the New York Times, "[You] can't make fun of public service. [We] don't want to seem mean about it."
As revealed at last month's TCA Winter Press Tour, Parks and Recreation (which premieres April 9) finds Poehler playing Leslie Knope, a big dreamer within a small-town's local government. Rashida Jones (aka The Office's Karen) costars as a nurse who brings a grand idea to Leslie's desk, setting up the series' ongoing plot point — the painfully slow, red-tape-riddled conversion of a dangerous construction pit into a city park.
What's your take, fans of The Office and/or Amy Poehler? Is the name Parks and Recreation now en route to your Tivo Wish List?
