
4 Shows Like Parks and Recreation (2009) to Watch When You're Done
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, an
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If you loved Parks and Recreation (2009) by Dean Holland, here are 4 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Veep, The Daily Show, Blackadder. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
4 Shows Similar to Parks and Recreation

Veep
2012 · Peter Huyck
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her abo
In common: Comedy

The Daily Show
1996 · James Dixon
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
In common: Comedy

Blackadder
1983
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.
In common: Comedy

Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
In common: Comedy