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Re: Parks and Recreation

#126 Post by knives » Thu May 10, 2012 7:53 pm

Nothing is doing well on NBC.

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#127 Post by domino harvey » Thu May 10, 2012 8:01 pm

75% percent of its viewers are in the key demo, so I skeptical of this news, but stranger decisions have been made

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#128 Post by Mr Sausage » Thu May 10, 2012 8:32 pm

Five seasons isn't a bad number to go out on, although it would be too bad if they truncated it.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#129 Post by Jeff » Thu May 10, 2012 9:08 pm

Like Community and 30 Rock, the announcement of renewal for a 13 episode season is expected soon.

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#130 Post by domino harvey » Thu May 10, 2012 9:14 pm

I liked the quip someone just posted in the comments section on TVBTN: "Maybe NBC is closing in January"

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#131 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu May 10, 2012 10:10 pm

Frankly, with this show, I think a 13 episode season will be a godsend. I feel like the election plotline has been going on forever, and there have been more than a fair share of dull episodes down the stretch. I think the show will benefit from being able to put more momentum and care into less episodes.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#132 Post by domino harvey » Thu May 10, 2012 10:12 pm

Really? I thought unlike Community, this show's been nonstop hits this year

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#133 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu May 10, 2012 10:16 pm

My wife has the same stance as you, dom, but I find the campaigning and the redundant appearances of the Newport campaign director and Perd and all that to be exhausting. It feels like every episode follows the same basic structure at this point, and it's so bogged down with the storyline to give us standalone gems like the hunting trip episode or the artwork montage episode anymore.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#134 Post by knives » Thu May 10, 2012 10:57 pm

I think it has been more consistent than Community, but hasn't reached the heights of Community's best ultimately besetting something of a tie. I've read a lot of your criticisms elsewhere Mfunk and while I think the 'election has been going on too long' thing is at best exaggerated (eight episodes versus the two years or so in real life). The structure thing though is a bit of a killer if you're interested in the story itself (I find the characters to be far more interesting and just ignore it for the most part). I certainly though think there's a way to ignore it though.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#135 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu May 10, 2012 11:43 pm

What do you mean by elsewhere?

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#136 Post by Mr Sausage » Thu May 10, 2012 11:48 pm

I can think of at least one episode, number six (End of the World), that was absolutely as good as any Community episode. I really thought this season was outstanding.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#137 Post by knives » Fri May 11, 2012 12:02 am

mfunk9786 wrote:What do you mean by elsewhere?
People other than yourself have expressed the same criticism in other places on the Internet.
Mr Sausage wrote:I can think of at least one episode, number six (End of the World), that was absolutely as good as any Community episode. I really thought this season was outstanding.
I didn't start watching regularly until Smallest Park so I missed the one you've cited.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#138 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri May 11, 2012 12:58 am

You should be watching Seasons 2 and 3 yesterday

And the election plotline has been going on all season long. You should go back and watch the rest of the series to at least get a bit of perspective on my opinion. You'll be glad you did.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#139 Post by knives » Fri May 11, 2012 1:07 am

I probably will eventually.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#140 Post by Cold Bishop » Fri May 11, 2012 4:24 am

After tonight's episode, I can kind of see it ending organically next season. Of course, this rumor is dogging all the short-order shows at NBC.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#141 Post by Andre Jurieu » Fri May 11, 2012 10:56 am

Jeff wrote:Like Community and 30 Rock, the announcement of renewal for a 13 episode season is expected soon.
I've never been a fan of the 21-23 episode runs that US networks tend to use for their seasons, but I'm hopeful that there's a circle of hell being reserved right now if the NBC execs are doing this just to make room for more Whitney-style sitcoms.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#142 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri May 11, 2012 3:58 pm

Officially announced as renewed for 22 episodes.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#143 Post by domino harvey » Fri May 11, 2012 5:14 pm

Awesomesauce

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#144 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:51 pm

Season Four DVDs out on, yes, September 4th

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#145 Post by Murdoch » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:34 am


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Re: Parks and Recreation

#146 Post by knives » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:37 am

Great open to the season, huh? Real great use of the characters in separate spaces unlike certain other NBC comedies.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#147 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:33 pm

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#148 Post by domino harvey » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:51 pm

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Re: Parks and Recreation

#149 Post by Andre Jurieu » Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:24 pm

I would have guessed Ron would lead the way, but now that I think about it a little bit it's obvious that Swanson is a man who would stand by solid colors.

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Re: Parks and Recreation

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