"Parks & Recreation" succeeded to survive for seven seasons and will begin to say its final goodbyes on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m.
NBC will run the seventh and final season's 13 episodes over seven weeks. The first six weeks will feature back-to-back airings at 8 p.m. leading up to the one-hour series finale on Feb. 24 following "The Voice."
"Mike Schur and Amy Poehler, along with their incredible producers, cast, and crew, have given us one of the great television comedies of all time, and we're inordinately proud of 'Parks and Recreation,'" said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt.
"In an effort to give it the send-off it deserves, we wanted to 'eventize' the final season to maximize the impact of these episodes, which really do take the show to a new level. The highly-anticipated one-hour finale will air behind 'The Voice' in order to lead the largest audience possible into what promises to be a very special hour of television."
"Parks & Recreation" never proved a ratings juggernaut for the already struggling NBC. The show did receive 12 Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe win for Poehler in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Comedy or Musical category.
"Critics, viewers and all of us at NBC fell in love with this endearing, funny, heartfelt show and its authentic cast of characters," added Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment. "After seven amazing seasons, saying goodbye to the folks of Pawnee will be bittersweet, so we want to give the show and its fans the most impactful final season possible."
The seventh season premiere will come two days after Poehler finishes hosting her third consecutive Golden Globe Awards with Tina Fey. The former "Saturday Night Live" co-stars will also reunite on the big screen in the movie "The Nest" later next year.
