At my count, Parks and Recreation (or members of its cast) earned more than 20 shout-outs from some of the nation’s top news outlets (USA Today, LA Times, New York magazine) stating that aspects of the show (or the show itself) were Best of 2009 worthy.
To help you keep track of the positive press, I’ve created a single post with links to the original stories as they appeared online. Enjoy!
- 12/30: Just in time: My best in show in ‘09! (Ausiello Files/Entertainment Weekly)
- 12/28: The Top 10 TV Shows of 2009 (A Second Opinion) (The TV Addict)
- 12/24: HitFix’s Top 20 TV Shows of 2009 (HitFix)
- 12/24: Morrow TV: Top 10 TV series of 2009 (ScrippsNews)
- 12/22: Best of 2009 in TV – Sepinwall on TV (The Star-Ledger)
- 12/22: TV’s Underrated stars of 2009: Zap2it’s Year in Review (Zap2it)
- 12/21: Top 10? No! My Top 20 TV shows of 2009 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 12/21: Killer Dads and Family Comedies: The Best TV of 2009 (New York magazine)
- 12/21: The Best TV of 2009 (Salon.com)
- 12/20: Best and Worst TV of 2009: Allison’s list (TV Squad)
- 12/19: Top 10 good things about TV in 2009 (LA Times)
- 12/19: Best and Worst TV of 2009: Joel’s list (TV Squad)
- 12/18: Top TV Stories of 2009: The return of the sitcom (TV Squad)
- 12/18: Pop Candy’s 100 People of 2009 (USA Today)
- 12/16: 18 Standout TV actors of 2009 (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 12/14: Best of 2009: Comedy Series (IGN.com)
- 12/14: My Favorite TV Characters of 2009 (Zap2it)
- 12/13: The Twelve Days of Festivus: Eleven babes worth watchin’ (TV Squad)
- 12/11: Sitcom of the Year: Parks and Recreation (GQ magazine)
- 12/11: TV’s Most Fascinating People of 2009 (Yahoo! TV)
- 12/8: NBC’s Parks and Recreation is one of TV’s finest comedies in 2009 (Examiner.com)
- 12/8: Top 10 Shows of 2009: The Best, and the Rest (TIME magazine)
Note: If you see more “best of” mentions, please e-mail me and I’ll add it!
