'Parks and Recreation' Final Season Begins January 13

The final season of Parks and Rec kicks off on January 13.

In one of the first TV events of the new year, NBC is giving its landmark comedy Parks and Recreation a sendoff that will maximize the show's cultural impact. The seventh and final season of this critically-acclaimed and beloved series will begin Tuesday, January 13 with back-to-back episodes (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) and continue with back-to-back episodes each week until the hourlong series finale on Tuesday, February 24 following The Voice.

The return of the series, in fact, will be scheduled to premiere in the afterglow of the January 11 2nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, co-hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.