Parks and Recreation (season 3)The third season of Parks and Recreation originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between January 2. May 1. 9, 2. 01. 1. Like the previous seasons, it focused on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her staff at the parks and recreation department of the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee. The season featured 1. Thursdays. All of the members of the original cast returned for the third season except Paul Schneider, who previously played city planner Mark Brendanawicz. Rob Lowe and Adam Scott, who appeared as guest stars in the second season, began season three as regular cast members playing Chris Traeger and Ben Wyatt, respectively. The season also featured guest appearances by Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Parker Posey, among others.

To accommodate Amy Poehler's pregnancy, the first six episodes of the third season were filmed immediately after season two wrapped so they could be saved for a projected September 2. However, after the episodes were finished, NBC postponed the season premiere until January to accommodate their new series, Outsourced.

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The third season consisted of several major story arcs, including a complete shutdown of the Pawnee government for budgetary reasons, inspired by the real- life global financial crisis. Other storylines included the parks department's organization of a harvest festival, a romance between Leslie and Ben, and the dating and eventual marriage of Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) and April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza). As in the previous season, Parks and Recreation was critically acclaimed during its third season, and was declared by several reviewers to be one of the best comedies on television. Entertainment Weekly featured it on its cover in February 2. TV". The episodes "Harvest Festival" and "Li'l Sebastian" received particularly positive reviews, as did Nick Offerman in his role as parks director Ron Swanson. Parks and Recreation received its first nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for its third season, and Poehler received her second nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Nevertheless, Parks and Recreation continued to struggle in the Nielsen ratings and averaged about 4.

Episodes[edit]† denotes an extended episode. Production[edit]Rob Lowe (left) and Adam Scott (right) joined the cast of Parks and Recreation during the last two episodes of the second season. Almost the entire original cast from season two returned for the third season, including Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt. The only permanent cast member not to return was Paul Schneider, who previously played city planner Mark Brendanawicz. Schneider departed from the series at the end of season two.[1.

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Jim O'Heir and Retta, who made regular appearances as parks employees Jerry Gergich and Donna Meagle during the first two seasons, were considered members of the regular cast starting in season three, although they still do not appear in the opening credits.[1. Adam Scott, who portrayed state auditor Ben Wyatt in the final two episodes of the second season, became a regular cast member starting in season three,[1. Rob Lowe, who appeared in the same two second- season episodes as state auditor Chris Traeger, also joined the cast in season three.[1. Lowe was originally meant only to make a string of performances in seasons two and three and then depart the show,[2.

After actor Charlie Sheen was fired from the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men in March 2. Rob Lowe would depart Parks and Recreation and replace Sheen, but they proved unfounded.[2. Nick Offerman's wife Megan Mullally, who previously played Ron Swanson's ex- wife Tammy in the episode "Ron and Tammy", reprised that role in "Ron & Tammy: Part Two",[2. Li'l Sebastian".[2. Will Forte, a comedian who previously starred on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live along with Amy Poehler, guest- starred in "Time Capsule" as a Pawnee resident demanding the Twilight books be added to the town's time capsule.[2.

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Parker Posey, who previously starred with Poehler in the 2. Spring Breakdown, appeared in "Eagleton" as Leslie's former best friend and rival official from a neighboring town. Posey had been in discussions with the Parks and Recreation staff to make a guest appearance since the show debuted, and grew frustrated when it took several months before she received an invitation.[2. Several actors who had appeared in previous seasons of Parks and Recreation continue to appear in the third season, including Ben Schwartz as Tom's cocky and entrepreneurial friend Jean- Ralphio Saperstein; [3. Natalie Morales as bartender and Tom's girlfriend Lucy; [3. Jama Williamson as Wendy, Tom's ex- wife who starts dating Ron; [3.

Pamela Reed as Leslie's mother Marlene Griggs- Knope; [3. Watch Seraphim Falls Youtube on this page. Alison Becker as newspaper reporter Shauna Malwae- Tweep; [3.

Darlene Hunt as conservative activist Marcia Langman; [3. Mo Collins as morning talk show host Joan Callamezzo; [3. Jay Jackson as television newscaster Perd Hapley; [3. Andy Forrest as Andy's frequent shoeshine customer Kyle,[3. Kirk Fox as sleazy sewage department employee Joe.[3. Eric Pierpoint appeared in "Ron & Tammy: Part Two" and "Eagleton" as Hugh Trumple, chief of the Pawnee police department.[2. Comedians Matt Besser and Nick Kroll appeared in "Media Blitz" as "Crazy Ira and The Douche", the hosts of a Pawnee morning zoo- style radio show.

Besser had previously been on the sketch comedy show and troupe Upright Citizens Brigade with Poehler.[4. Detlef Schrempf, a retired Indiana Pacers basketball player who played himself in the second- season episode "Telethon", appeared again in "Li'l Sebastian".[4. Jonathan Joss, who previously voiced John Redcorn in the animated television series King of the Hill — which was co- created by Parks and Recreation co- creator Greg Daniels — guest starred in "Harvest Festival" as the local Native American tribe leader.[3. Filming[edit]. The first six episodes of the third season were filmed early to accommodate the pregnancy of Amy Poehler (pictured). Open Road Movie Watch Online. Toward the end of production on the second season, lead actor Amy Poehler became pregnant and the producers of the show were forced to go into production on season three early and film an additional six episodes to accommodate not only Poehler's pregnancy, but also a projected September 2. Amy Poehler said the cast was "a little fried" by the intense shooting schedule, but that the addition of Adam Scott and Rob Lowe to the cast provided an energy boost.[4.

Since Poehler was six months pregnant at the time of filming the first six episodes, she was often strategically placed behind items to conceal her belly. Although the third episode to be shown, "Time Capsule" was the last of these six episodes to be filmed because the story presented the highest amount of props to place Poehler in front of objects to hide her pregnancy, most notably the time capsule itself.[2. However, NBC eventually opted not to put the show on the fall schedule, and instead delayed the premiere of the third season until the beginning of 2. This allowed for the network to run its new comedy, Outsourced, in two- hour comedy schedule block rather than Parks and Recreation.[4. The schedule change meant that all sixteen episodes from the third season would be filmed before any of them were shown; [4.