Parks and Recreation edges ahead by 22 points (129 vs. 107). Both are Competent tier; the gap is in degree, not category.
Greg Daniels and Michael Schur's NBC mockumentary whose structural argument, that local-government work is meaningful even when unsuccessful, is more politically pointed than the comic register suggests. Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope is rare…
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A mockumentary about mundane corporate existence where the camera becomes the repository of characters' private shames and aspirations. Michael Scott functions as a study in emotional neediness masked as leadership. The show's exploration…
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