NBC Brings Back Parks and Rec, Adds Extra Hour of Comedy to Thursdays

If a new, free Girl Talk record wasn’t enough good news for you Monday, how about the news that NBC is bringing back Parks and Rec this January as part of a new three hour block of comedy? Works for us! The show will come back January 20 as part of an interesting move by NBC to put half hour comedies into the 10:00 hour, giving their Thursday comedy night six shows. Community will still lead off the night at 8, followed by a new show, Perfect Couples, about three different couples who are at various stages of their relationships. The Office stays at 9:00 and will lead into Parks and Recreation at 9:30, which should benefit from the larger audiences tuning in for Steve Carell’s final episodes as Michael Scott. 30 Rock will move to 10:00 and Outsourced will round out the night. It’s going to be interesting to see how the move plays out, but above all, it’s going to be great to see the folks of Pawnee back on TV.