After picking up three comedies to series early Thursday, NBC has officially renewed one of its Thursday favorites for an additional season, granting a sixth year to Parks and Recreation.
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The Amy Poehler ensemble will continue on for a sixth season. The comedy about a rag-tag group of government employees was considered NBC's only slam-dunk comedy set to return to the schedule for 2013-14. The Thursday comedy has proven a launching pad for its cast, with co-stars Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones and Chris Pratt all inking deals for films, book deals, comedy tours and more. This season, Parks and the departing The Office were the only returning NBC comedies to earn full-season pickups.
The renewal brings to two the number of series on the air forproducers Mike Schur and Dan Goor, who on Wednesday had their Andy Samberg comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine ordered to series at Fox.
