Parks and Recreation is an American situation comedy created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.

[1] The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an ambitious, mid-level bureaucrat working in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana.

The sitcom features an ensemble cast, including Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Paul Schneider, Jim O'Heir and Retta, among others.

Emmy Awards are given in different ceremonies presented annually; Primetime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding work in American primetime television programming, while the Creative Arts Emmy Awards are presented to honor technical and creative achievements, and include categories recognising work of art directors, lighting and costume designers, cinematographers, casting directors, and other production-based personnel.

The GLAAD Media Award, established in 1990 by the American Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, is given in order to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.

The NAACP Image Award, presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was established 1967 in order to honor people of color for their work in film, television, music, and literature.

The Peabody Award recognizes excellence in various platforms of the media, including film, television, and radio.

The award "spotlight[s] instances of how electronic media can teach, expand our horizons, defend the public interest, or encourage empathy with others".

The award association gave the following description of the show:[48] [...] Parks and Recreation has crafted Pawnee into a diverse and lived-in community at once cartoonish and startlingly real, a great playground for its central cast and ever-expanding roster of peripheral characters.

The Satellite Award is given annually by the International Press Academy (IPA) to honor the best work in the entertainment industry.

First presented in 1949, the Writers Guild of America Award recognizes the work of film, television and radio screenwriters.