First look at Amy Poehler's 'Parks and Recreation', a new comedy

Here are a few clips from Amy Poehler's new NBC comedy, "Parks and Recreation," which debuts Thursday. The final clip is of Poehler talking about the show.

I'll have a full review of the show in a couple of days. The kindest thing to say about it is that it's a work in progress. I think what you'll be seeing in a lot of reviews this week is the following sentiment: "The Office" took a while to find itself and "30 Rock" was far from a home run in its early going, and that may be the case with this show, which was created by "Office" writer/producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.

That's a diplomatic way of saying that the pilot for "Parks and Recreation" is not terrific. But I'd guess that a lot of people who write about TV will try to be diplomatic in their reviews of the show, because Poehler is unquestionably a very funny person, as evidenced by her career at "Saturday Night Live."

Whether "Parks and Recreation" will be a suitable and appealing use of her talents remains to be seen. But you can get an idea of what the show's like for yourself from the clips below.

Poehler's character, Leslie Knope, talks with Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari).


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