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Holly Holladay's headshot next to the cover of her new book.

Why should ‘Parks and Recreation’ be considered a TV milestone?

MSU’s media expert explains in new book.

March 14, 2023 by Strategic Communication

Created by Emmy Award-winning executive producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, “Parks and Recreation” was a TV sitcom. It aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 2009-2015.

The series starred Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana.

In an homage to the show, Dr. Holly Holladay’s new book, “Parks and Recreation” explores how the show evolved as a traditional network sitcom in a post-network era.

Holladay, an associate professor of media, journalism and film at Missouri State University, talks about the book.

  1. Shining a spotlight on a TV sitcom


Read the full transcript

Check out Holladay’s book

Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: faculty, Holly Holladay, Media journalism and film, Missouri State Journal, research, Reynolds College of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities

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