Parks and Recreation, the hit NBC comedy starring Amy Poehler, is returning on Thursday, January 20 from an eight-month hiatus.

The show began it's first season by introducing Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana. Leslie's latest project is turning an abandoned lot (which was looking a bit like a pit) into a new park. By the end of the second season, Leslie had been able to fill in the pit, but was still waiting for government approval to turn it into a park.