Michael Schur Accepting the 2011 Peabody Award for Parks and Recreation

In the face of adversity, an obstinate populace, a blissfully incompetent local media, even her own overactive professional drive, Deputy Parks Director Leslie Knope gets things done. Parks and Recreation, set in Pawnee, Indiana, uses its strong slate of characters played by the whip-smart cast of comedic veterans (Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, and Nick Offerman) to make an important and rarely-noted point: With the right people and the right vision, government can work.

Read full winner’s citation here: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/parks-and-recreation

Peabody Conversations: Master of None

It could have been just another TV comedy about a 30-something guy and his buddies in Manhattan. But actor-comedian Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) instead turned his Netflix series Master of None into a treatise on life as a snake person-age child of immigrants in New York, disguising its incisive vision with snappy patter and pop-culture savvy. Working with co-creator Alan Yang, Ansari sets his stories in a New York more diverse than viewers have seen in most sitcoms. And as a bonus, Ansari’s real-life mom and dad, in their acting debuts, offer sidesplitting turns as his character’s parents.

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Parks and Recreation by Peabody Awards Via Flickr: PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Mike Schur accepts the Peabody for "Parks and Recreation." He is joined on stage by Jim O'Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott, Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler 71st Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 21, 2012

Parks and Recreation Interview at the 71st Peabody Awards

Creator Michael Schur, Star Amy Poehler, and the cast of Parks and Recreation gather after the 71st Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony to talk about the making of the politically satiric television show, Parks and Recreation.