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when it debuted in 2011. As in “24,” Washington politics are secondary to the actions of the individual in the field, in this case CIA officer Carrie Mathison , and presidents exist to aid, thwart or, when the ante needs to be upped a tad, get killed. But her boss, Saul Berenson , assumed a larger role in the series, and the government, serving as a bridge between the realities of the field and the demands of diplomacy; through him we saw one of TV’s best depictions of politics in action.
Retta, left, Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt and Nick Offerman in “Parks and Recreation.”It’s easy to forget, with all the feel-good hilarity, that “Parks and Rec” is a workplace comedy set in local government. Pawnee City Hall may be the nicest seat of governance ever seen on television but its main characters are, for the most part, civil servants, with ambitions high and low .
proved, everyone really did care about the common welfare. Wouldn’t the world be great if we could say the same about Washington?Geena Davis stars as the first female vice president, and then the first female president, in this short-lived ABC series that debuted mere months before “American Idol” shook up broadcast television and in the same time slot as “House.
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