Amy Poehler to Return to TV in New Comedy Series Dig from Parks and Recreation Creator Mike Schur

Amy Poehler at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Amy Poehler at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025.Credit : JC Olivera/WWD via Getty

Amy Poehler is making her long-awaited return to comedy TV.

On Wednesday, May 7, Peacock announced they’ve picked up a new series from Poehler and Mike Schur, who created Parks and Recreation and went on to find further success with The Good Place and A Man on the Inside.

The new show, called Dig, will be written and executive-produced by Poehler, 53, and Schur, with the actress set to star in the series.

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Per the official logline, the upcoming series finds “four women working at an archeological dig in Greece” who are all at “wildly different crossroads in their lives.”

“When the team uncovers a long-buried secret with the potential to rewrite history, they find themselves at the center of a high-stakes international conspiracy,” the logline continues.

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 16: Actress Amy Poehler (L) and executive prodcuer Mike Schur speak onstage during the 'Parks and Recreation' panel

Amy Poehler and Mike Schur speak during a ‘Parks and Recreation’ panel in 2015.Frederick M. Brown/Getty

Dig marks Poehler’s first foray into TV since the 2015 series finale of Parks and Recreation — and marks the first time she’s worked with Schur since that finale.

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News of the new Peacock comedy series comes just after fans celebrated the 10th anniversary of Parks and Rec‘s conclusion. Though a decade has passed, the cast — which also included Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza — remains close.

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Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Retta as Donna Meagle, Jim O’Heir as Jerry Gergich, Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt in ‘Parks and Recreation’.Jordin Althaus/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty

“We all are on a text chain, and at least once a week we all add to the chain, and it’s great. Everyone’s so great. I really miss them,” Scott, who played the love interest of Poehler’s character Leslie Knope, told PEOPLE last month.

“They’re the best. It was so fun. No one took it for granted. We all had a blast… I know people say that about their shows. It’s annoying, but it really was so fun, and everyone … got that it was special, and no one was sick of going to work.”

Parks and Recreation can be streamed in full on Peacock, and The Good Place and A Man on the Inside are now streaming on Netflix.