'Everwood' alum spruces up 'Parks' - Michael Ausiello, Amy Poehler, Drama

The Casting Couch - Aaron Tveit and Chris Pratt
Tapeworthy — ... arc on Gossip Girl! As I've noted before, the guy is going to be a star (and still rumoured to be the lead in the upcoming Catch Me If You Can musical). Too bad he can't sing on Gossip Girl. His voice is phenomenal. Say what you want about Gossip Girl, but at least it's been pretty good at casting talent from the theatre world. (Word is Matt Doyle's role of Eric's boyfriend will get slightly bigger in an upcoming ep.) AND! Chris Pratt is joining Parks and Recreation! (The new Amy ...

Chris Pratt Books Parks Job Alongside Rashida Jones
BuzzSugar — NBC's oft-renamed Parks and Recreation finally has another cast member! Everwood alum Chris Pratt has joined the show, playing the boyfriend of Rashida Jones's nurse character, Ann. In some ways, Pratt's character is the one who sets the whole show in motion: It's his accident in the big, empty pit in Pawnee, Indiana (you know, the one Poehler's cleaning up in this promo) that brings Ann to the parks committee meeting in the first place. The pilot script didn't have a ton of other details about him — other than ...

Amy Poehler comedy 'Parks and Recreation' adds cast
Show Tracker — ... , Schneider will play Mark, a colleague and unrequited love interest of the clueless Knope. They got together once, and Leslie's never forgotten it. Unfortunately for her, Mark's interested in Leslie's friend Ann (Jones), whose loser musican boyfriend will be played by Pratt. Can we say Jim and Pam redux? Offerman has been cast as Rob, a superior of Knope's."Parks and Recreation" premieres April 9 at 8:30 p.m. on NBC. -- Denise Martin Photo credit: Paul Schneider / MGM; Amy Poehler / AP

EVERWOOD Alum News: Chris Pratt Joins Amy Poehler’s PARKS AND RECREATION
the TV addict — chris pratt parks and recreation With today news that EVERWOOD alum Chris Pratt will be joining the cast of Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated new NBC comedy, it should come as no surprise that this TV Addict is in completely agreement with Michael Ausiello when he says that PARKS AND RECREATION “just went from Must-See TV to Wild-Horses-Couldn’t-Drag-Me-Away TV.” That said, we’re going to have to disagree with Ausiello when it comes to his assertion that, “the only thing that could make this show better is if they hired Cheri Oteri to play Poehler’s wacky assistant.” Because ...

TV News Roundup
Tuned In — ... Going to be out for much of the day shooting a video for time.com. Not, fortunately, a music video. In the meantime, chew on this: * Showtime announced a second season for United States of Tara yesterday. * Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation—for some weird reason my favorite title for a new show in a long time—is staffing up. * And it turns out Project Runway is in production after all. Maybe someday it'll even air again! (h/t tvtattle) ...

'Parks and Recreation': Suck it, focus group
PopWatch — ... -- it seemed derivative and redundant. Over the course of its first season, and particularly through its second, however, the US version really found its own unique voice. It's possible that Parks does feel too much like its progenitor, but that's far from an unsolvable or surprising problem. Complaint: "[A]ll the men in the show were seen as 'sleazy' in one way or another...there are no 'datable' [male characters.]" I guess that means more Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt for me? ( Just kidding, Anna Faris, I hope you guys are really happy togeths.) Sleaze has a way of ...