‘Parks And Recreation’ was always close to being cancelled, says Rashida Jones

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Parks And Recreation was always close to being cancelled according to Rashida Jones, who starred in the show which ran from 2009-2015.In a new interview with the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, aired on Monday (July 8), Jones revealed that the show “never succeeded” in the ratings and was always close to being cancelled.Jones appeared in the show alongside Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Rob Lowe, and Nick Offerman and revealed that NBC did cancel the show at one point before changing their minds.Speaking to O’Brien, Jones explained: “[Parks and Recreation] is kind of iconic now—It’s like one of those great comedies of that time, which is so awesome…But we didn’t feel that way.”She continued: “Every single season, we were like, this is it.

They’re not gonna want us back,” she continued. “At one point we were cancelled and then the president of NBC got off the plane and changed his mind.

It was like, ‘Eh, don’t cancel it yet, I guess.’ It was not really a thing at all.”When it came to ratings, Jones said “we never succeeded.” She added: “The whole time we were just holding on for dear life, hoping we got to do more…which is probably part of why it was so good—because there was no stardom.

It wasn’t infiltrated by any outside feelings about us. People kind of liked us if they knew who we were.”Reflecting on the show’s success now, Jones added: “I think it was five years ago, we went to the Dolby and we did a 10th anniversary thing where we all came out, the whole cast.