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The “Parks and Recreation” cast reuniting for a special coronavirus episode

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Published April 24, 2020 10:08 AM

(CNN) - Get ready to return to Pawnee.

NBC on Thursday announced "A Parks and Recreation Special," a scripted 30-minute episode of the comedy that will reunite the entire original cast to benefit Feeding America.

Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O'Heir, and Retta are all set to participate. NBC also teased appearances by "several guest stars from the Pawnee universe" in a release.

The special will air April 30 at 8:30 p.m EST.In the episode, which comes more than five years after the series went off the air, Poehler's Leslie Knope tries to stay in contact with her friends amid the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing.

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