Ron Swanson
{{Short description|Parks and Recreation character}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Ron Swanson
| series = Parks and Recreation
| image = RonSwanson.jpg
| caption = Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson
| first_minor = Pilot
| first_major = Parks and Recreation
| first_date = April 9, 2009
| last_minor = A Parks and Recreation Special
| last_date = April 30, 2020
| creator = {{Plainlist|
}}
| portrayer = Nick Offerman
| alias = {{Plainlist|
- Duke Silver
- The Steak Man
- Man
}}
| occupation = {{Plainlist|
- Director of the Pawnee City Department of Parks and Recreation (seasons 1–6)
- Owner and chairman of Very Good Building and Development Company (season 7)
- Part owner of the Lagavulin Distillery (One Last Ride)
- Superintendent of Pawnee National Park (One Last Ride)
}}
| family = Tammy "Zero" Swanson (mother)
Don Swanson (brother)
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- Tammy "One" Swanson (divorced)
- Tammy "Two" Swanson (divorced/annulled each once)
- Diane Lewis
}}
| children = {{Plainlist|
- John Swanson (son)
- Zoey Lewis (step-daughter)
- Ivy Lewis (step-daughter)
}}
| nationality = American
| affiliation = Libertarian{{Cite news|last=Travers|first=Ben|date=March 12, 2017|title=Nick Offerman on Why Ron Swanson Would Never Vote for Donald Trump|work=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/nick-offerman-amy-poehler-how-they-met-ron-swanson-sxsw-donald-trump-1201792815/|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719100034/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/nick-offerman-amy-poehler-how-they-met-ron-swanson-sxsw-donald-trump-1201792815/|url-status=live}}
| alt = Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson
}}
{{Libertarianism US|expanded=culture}}
Ronald Ulysses Swanson is a fictional character portrayed by Nick Offerman in the political satire sitcom Parks and Recreation. The character was created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels with inspiration from a real-life Libertarian elected official. Offerman provided creative input, and aspects of his own personality were folded into the character. Despite the creators' intentions, NBC was initially reluctant to cast Offerman in the role, until the network finally agreed five months later.
Swanson is the director of the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and the immediate superior of the deputy director Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). He has a deadpan personality and actively works to make the government less effective. He despises interacting with the public and claims to not be interested in the lives of those around him, but he is shown to care for his colleagues and has particularly strong respect for Knope. He secretly performs as a saxophonist named Duke Silver and fronts a band called the Duke Silver Trio.
Offerman's portrayal of Swanson has received widespread critical acclaim. The character developed a cult following and is widely considered the breakout character of the series. He was described by some critics as one of the best characters in a comedy television series in decades, and his platonic relationship with Knope has been compared to that of Mary Richards and Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For his performance as Swanson, Offerman won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
Development
Ron Swanson was created by Parks and Recreation creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. While researching for the show in Burbank, Schur met a Libertarian elected official who favored as little government interference as possible, becoming an inspiration for some of Swanson's traits.{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=March 24, 2011 |title=Michael Schur |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/michael-schur-1798224754 |url-status=live |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616185135/https://www.avclub.com/michael-schur-1798224754 |archive-date=June 16, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Denise |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Making bureaucracy work: How NBC's "Parks and Recreation" overcame bad buzz |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2009-11-18/making-bureaucracy-work-how-nbcs-parks-and-recreation-overcame-bad-buzz |url-status=live |access-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123131919/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2009-11-18/making-bureaucracy-work-how-nbcs-parks-and-recreation-overcame-bad-buzz |archive-date=January 23, 2023}} Swanson is also partially inspired by political appointees of former president George W. Bush who were perceived to be opposed to the branch of government they were overseeing.
Nick Offerman had some input into the character's creation,{{cite web |last=Trolio |first=Jen |date=April 29, 2010 |title=A Conversation with Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman |url=http://www.tv.com/a-conversation-with-parks-and-recreations-nick-offerman/story/22749.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706163553/http://www.tv.com/a-conversation-with-parks-and-recreations-nick-offerman/story/22749.html |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |publisher=TV.com}} and many aspects of the character were based on the actor's, such as the character's deadpan personality, which Offerman cultivated when he was a lector.{{cite news |date=December 3, 2009 |title=Q+A with Nick Offerman: Former Altar Boy, Current Carpenter, Ron "F-ing" Swanson |url=https://www.gq.com/story/qa-with-nick-offerman-former-altar-boy-current-carpenter-ron-f-ing-swanson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130738/http://www.gq.com/story/qa-with-nick-offerman-former-altar-boy-current-carpenter-ron-f-ing-swanson |archive-date=2015-12-22 |access-date=January 1, 2010 |work=GQ}} Other aspects included his woodworking abilities and experience in stage combat and kabuki. Like Swanson, Offerman played the saxophone, but the writers were not aware of the fact when developing the character. According to Offerman, NBC was initially reluctant to cast him as the character, despite Schur and Daniels' intentions. After the creators refused to find other actors for the role, the network finally acquiesced five months later.{{cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date=July 18, 2012 |title=Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis |url=https://www.avclub.com/nick-offerman-on-parks-and-recreation-and-his-comically-1798232326 |access-date=September 1, 2012 |work=The A.V. Club |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619102628/https://www.avclub.com/nick-offerman-on-parks-and-recreation-and-his-comically-1798232326 |url-status=live }} Ron became more heavily involved in Parks and Recreation{{'s}} storylines during the second season, and Offerman largely credited Schur with the development of the character.
Ron's second ex-wife, Tammy, was played by Offerman's wife, actress and comedian Megan Mullally. Ron's hatred towards Tammy was established early in the creation of the character, and it was Schur who conceived the idea of casting Mullally, to which Offerman responded positively.
Character role
In the first six seasons of Parks and Recreation, Swanson served as the director of the Pawnee City Department of Parks and Recreation, a role he had for six years when the series began.{{cite web |year=2009 |title=City of Pawnee – Parks and Recreation |url=http://www.pawneeindiana.com/parks-and-recreation/staff.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715054553/http://www.pawneeindiana.com/parks-and-recreation/staff.shtml |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2011 |publisher=NBC}} In the first eleven episodes of the seventh season, in which the show is fast-forwarded to 2017, it is revealed that he had quit his job two years prior and started his own company called the Very Good Building Company. In the last two episodes of the seventh season, which partly takes place in the future, Swanson had resigned from the company, and Knope in turn made him the superintendent of Pawnee National Park.
Offerman appeared in all 125 episodes of the show except for "Beauty Pageant".{{Cite web |last=Gugliersi |first=Antonella |date=January 30, 2022 |title=The Only Parks & Rec Episode Ron Swanson Isn't In |url=https://screenrant.com/parks-recreation-beauty-pageant-ron-nick-offerman-missing/ |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=Screen Rant |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727015044/https://screenrant.com/parks-recreation-beauty-pageant-ron-nick-offerman-missing/ |url-status=live }} He reprised his role in a 2020 special featuring the original cast, titled A Parks and Recreation Special, which served as a fundraiser for Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |date=April 23, 2020 |title='Parks And Recreation' Returns To NBC As Cast Reunites For Benefit Special Amid Pandemic |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/parks-and-recreation-cast-reunites-one-time-nbc-benefit-special-pandemic-1202916556 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430111333/https://deadline.com/2020/04/parks-and-recreation-cast-reunites-one-time-nbc-benefit-special-pandemic-1202916556/ |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en}}
= Personality =
Swanson is known for his deadpan personality and adherence to many stereotypically masculine traits, like supposedly only having cried two times.{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=January 20, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' – 'Go Big or Go Home': People will come, Ron |work=HitFix |url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-go-big-or-go-home-knope-to-the-rescue |url-status=dead |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526072845/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-go-big-or-go-home-knope-to-the-rescue |archive-date=May 26, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Kandell |first=Steve |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation Recap: The Champion of Death |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/05/parks_and_recreation_recap_the_5.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221150954/https://www.vulture.com/2011/05/parks_and_recreation_recap_the_5.html |archive-date=February 21, 2012}} Being an extremely private person, he goes so far as to redact his birthday from government documents to keep others from holding parties for him.{{cite magazine |last=Busis |first=Hillary |date=May 6, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': Come back soon, Parker Posey! |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/05/06/parks-and-recreation-parker-posey/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716004207/https://ew.com/article/2011/05/06/parks-and-recreation-parker-posey/ |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Sundermann |first=Eric |date=May 6, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' Recap: "Eagleton" |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Parks_and_Recreation_Recap_Eagleton/7791059 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510014446/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Parks_and_Recreation_Recap_Eagleton/7791059 |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |work=Hollywood.com}} He enjoys outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, and woodworking,{{cite magazine |last=Busis |first=Hillary |date=March 25, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': Camp Pawnee-wanna, we hold you in our hearts |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/03/25/parks-and-recreation-camping/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716004203/https://ew.com/article/2011/03/25/parks-and-recreation-camping/ |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |access-date=August 2, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=November 19, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Hunting Trip" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-hunting-trip-1798207512 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002740/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-hunting-trip-1798207512 |archive-date=2023-07-16 |access-date=November 22, 2009 |newspaper=The A.V. Club}} as well as eating breakfast foods and red meat.{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=December 4, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "The Fourth Floor" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/12/04/parks-and-recreation-the-fourth-floor-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112022324/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/12/04/parks-and-recreation-the-fourth-floor-review |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=IGN}} He is also able to drink heavily without getting hungover and can chug an entire bottle of alcoholic beverages in one go.{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=May 13, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation: "The Fight"/"Road Trip" |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-fight-road-trip-1798168275 |url-status=live |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616150941/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-fight-road-trip-1798168275 |archive-date=June 16, 2021}} Swanson lacks awareness about popular culture; in "Andy and April's Fancy Party", he only recognizes Julia Roberts as the "toothy gal from Mystic Pizza."{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=April 14, 2011 |title=Review: 'Parks and Recreation' – 'Andy and April's Fancy Party': Impulse power |work=HitFix |url=https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/parks-and-recreation-andy-and-aprils-fancy-party-impulse-power/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129142609/http://uproxx.com/sepinwall/parks-and-recreation-andy-and-aprils-fancy-party-impulse-power/ |archive-date=January 29, 2017}}
= Director of the Parks and Recreation Department =
As director of the Parks and Recreation Department, Swanson puts almost no effort into his job{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=January 14, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: "The Set Up" |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-set-up-1798164170 |url-status=live |access-date=January 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627202233/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-set-up-1798164170 |archive-date=June 27, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=March 26, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation, 'Summer Catalog': Picnic perfect |work=The Star-Ledger |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2010/03/parks_and_recreation_summer_ca.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406214402/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2010/03/parks_and_recreation_summer_ca.html |archive-date=April 6, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Kandell |first=Steve |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation Recap: Shutdown |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/05/parks_and_recreation_recap_shu.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002654/https://www.vulture.com/2010/05/parks_and_recreation_recap_shu.html |archive-date=July 16, 2023}} and purposely hires people who are bad at their jobs, like April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) and Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), so they will slow down the government.{{cite news |last=Sundermann |first=Eric |date=January 28, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' Recap: The Flu |work=Hollywood.com |url=https://www.hollywood.com/tv/parks-and-recreation-recap-the-flu-57242632 |url-status=live |access-date=January 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229231153/http://www.hollywood.com/tv/parks-and-recreation-recap-the-flu-57242632/ |archive-date=February 29, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=February 18, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': Welcome to Pawnee, Ben |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/02/parks-and-recreation-welcome-to-pawnee-ben.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625155459/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/02/parks-and-recreation-welcome-to-pawnee-ben.html |archive-date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=Zap2it}}{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=May 12, 2011 |title=What's Alan Watching Inside Television with Alan Sepinwall Review: 'Parks and Recreation' – 'The Fight/Road Trip': Know ya booze |work=HitFix |url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-the-fight-road-trip-booze-and-banjos |url-status=dead |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616233835/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-the-fight-road-trip-booze-and-banjos |archive-date=June 16, 2011}} He believes that parks should be privatized and run entirely by corporations for profit, and thus originally did not intend to help the deputy director Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) with the park project. He is a strong advocate for small government and believes that the government model should be abolished.{{cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Matthew |date=April 9, 2009 |title=Re-creation through 'Recreation' |work=Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/04/09/re_creation_through_recreation/ |access-date=April 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912235555/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/04/09/re_creation_through_recreation/ |archive-date=September 12, 2009}}{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=April 9, 2009 |title='Parks and Recreation' review – Sepinwall on TV |work=The Star-Ledger |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/04/parks_and_recreation_review_se.html#more |url-status=dead |access-date=April 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605121722/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/04/parks_and_recreation_review_se.html |archive-date=June 5, 2011}}{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |date=April 9, 2009 |title=Next door to 'The Office' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-09-et-parks-and-recreation9-story.html |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924132333/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-09-et-parks-and-recreation9-story.html |url-status=live }} He also despises talking to members of the public,{{cite news |last=Kandell |first=Steve |date=April 30, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: They Got 93 Meetings But Ron Ain't Done |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/04/parks_and_recreation_recap_93.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221143348/http://www.vulture.com/2010/04/parks_and_recreation_recap_93.html |archive-date=2012-02-21 |access-date=May 2, 2010 |work=Vulture}}{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=April 30, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: "94 Meetings" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/04/30/parks-and-recreation-94-meetings-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828044239/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/04/30/parks-and-recreation-94-meetings-review |archive-date=2012-08-28 |access-date=May 2, 2010 |website=IGN}}{{cite magazine |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=January 15, 2010 |title="Parks and Recreation" recap: Will Arnett can see your insides |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/01/15/parks-and-recreation-recap-will-arnett-can-see-your-insides/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309230754/http://www.ew.com/article/2010/01/15/parks-and-recreation-recap-will-arnett-can-see-your-insides |archive-date=2015-03-09 |access-date=January 15, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} choosing to mount a shotgun on his desk to scare people away.{{Cite web |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=April 8, 2009 |title='SNL' star Amy Poehler's "Parks and Recreation" isn't ready for primetime |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/snl-star-amy-poehler-parks-recreation-isn-ready-primetime-article-1.362653 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730054416/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/snl-star-amy-poehler-parks-recreation-isn-ready-primetime-article-1.362653 |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=New York Daily News}}
He occasionally demonstrates himself as a good manager; although he has claimed to not be interested in the lives of those around him, he cares for them more than he does himself. In "The Bubble", after Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) enacts numerous changes to the parks department that Swanson thought did not play to his staff's strengths, he makes a deal for Traeger to undo the changes after he has spent one more week interacting with the public.{{cite news |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=May 20, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' Finale: This One's for the Fans |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/parks-and-recreation-finale-this-ones-for-the-fans/239198/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406104406/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/parks-and-recreation-finale-this-ones-for-the-fans/239198/ |archive-date=April 6, 2023}} Swanson develops an avuncular relationship with Andy Dwyer,{{cite news |last=Richenthal |first=Matt |date=January 28, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation Review: Making Like MJ |publisher=TV Fanatic |url=http://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/01/parks-and-recreation-review-flu-season/ |url-status=dead |access-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193338/http://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/01/parks-and-recreation-review-flu-season/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011}}{{cite magazine |last=Snierson |first=Dan |date=January 27, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' scoop: Amy Poehler and co-creator Mike Schur dish on Leslie's big gamble, romantic possibilities, and tonight's episode 'The Flu' |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/27/parks-and-recreation-amy-poehler-the-flu/ |url-status=dead |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509213853/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/27/parks-and-recreation-amy-poehler-the-flu/ |archive-date=May 9, 2011 |access-date=January 29, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=February 18, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Media Blitz" |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-media-blitz-1798167317 |url-status=live |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002757/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-media-blitz-1798167317 |archive-date=July 16, 2023}} and pays for Dwyer's college course when he cannot afford it in "Smallest Park".{{Cite web |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=November 18, 2011 |title=Parks And Recreation: "Smallest Park" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-smallest-park-1798170529 |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730030301/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-smallest-park-1798170529 |url-status=live }} Despite sharing opposite views, Swanson gets along well with Knope, and the two share a strong mutual respect.{{cite news |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=May 6, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': The Curse of the Celebrity Guest Star |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/parks-and-recreation-the-curse-of-the-celebrity-guest-star/238470/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616213004/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/parks-and-recreation-the-curse-of-the-celebrity-guest-star/238470/ |archive-date=2021-06-16 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |work=The Atlantic}}{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Gail |date=January 20, 2011 |title=Fun time! 'Parks and Rec' returns tonight |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/article_fd86c9d8-24f5-11e0-ae40-0017a4a78c22.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204125609/https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/article_fd86c9d8-24f5-11e0-ae40-0017a4a78c22.html |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2011 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=March 26, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Summer Catalog" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/26/parks-and-recreation-summer-catalog-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111183159/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/26/parks-and-recreation-summer-catalog-review |archive-date=2021-01-11 |access-date=March 26, 2010 |website=IGN}} Swanson has stood up for Knope on multiple occasions,{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=November 20, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation, "Hunting Trip": Who shot Ron Swanson? |work=The Star-Ledger |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/parks_and_recreation_hunting_t.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201194747/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/parks_and_recreation_hunting_t.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021}} such as in "Freddy Spaghetti", where upon learning about the auditors' plan to fire Knope, he refuses and offers her his job instead.{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Freddy Spaghetti" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/21/parks-and-recreation-freddy-spaghetti-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113032710/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/21/parks-and-recreation-freddy-spaghetti-review |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=November 29, 2010 |website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Leonard |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Parks And Recreation: "Freddy Spaghetti" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-freddy-spaghetti-1798165128 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901103237/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-freddy-spaghetti-1798165128 |url-status=live }}
= Personal life =
Before the start of Parks and Recreation, Ron had two ex-wives, both of whom were named Tammy. Ron despises and fears both of his ex-wives, and they are among the few people who can break his usually unwavering stoicism.{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Maureen |date=January 17, 2011 |title=Ron Swanson Week, Part 1: Why the 'Parks and Recreation' Boss Is an American Icon (VIDEO) |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/01/17/ron-swanson-parks-and-recreation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001202350/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/01/17/ron-swanson-parks-and-recreation/ |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2011 |publisher=TV Squad}}{{cite news |last=Weiner |first=Jonah |date=December 2, 2009 |title=You really should be watching NBC's Parks and Recreation |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/you-really-should-be-watching-nbc-s-parks-and-recreation.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604145514/https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/you-really-should-be-watching-nbc-s-parks-and-recreation.html |archive-date=June 4, 2023}} Nevertheless, Ron shares an extremely passionate sexual connection with his second ex-wife (Megan Mullally).{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=November 5, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Ron And Tammy" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-ron-and-tammy-1798207436 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002712/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-ron-and-tammy-1798207436 |archive-date=2023-07-16 |access-date=November 6, 2009 |newspaper=The A.V. Club}}{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=November 5, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation, "Ron and Tammy": Megan Mullally guests |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/parks_and_recreation_ron_and_t.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213005051/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/parks_and_recreation_ron_and_t.html |archive-date=2019-12-13 |access-date=November 6, 2009 |work=The Star-Ledger}}{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=November 6, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Ron and Tammy" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/06/parks-and-recreation-ron-and-tammy-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111210752/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/06/parks-and-recreation-ron-and-tammy-review |archive-date=2021-01-11 |access-date=November 6, 2009 |website=IGN}} In "How a Bill Becomes a Law", Swanson meets Diane Lewis (Lucy Lawless), the vice principal of a middle school.{{Cite web |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=October 5, 2012 |title=Parks And Recreation: "How A Bill Becomes A Law" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-how-a-bill-becomes-a-law-1798174455 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803025042/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-how-a-bill-becomes-a-law-1798174455 |url-status=live }} In the season six series premiere "London", it is revealed that Lewis is pregnant, and the pair gets married.{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Alasdair |date=September 27, 2013 |title=Parks And Recreation: "London, Part 1 & 2" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-london-part-1-2-1798178097 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803025042/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-london-part-1-2-1798178097 |url-status=live }} Lewis subsequently gave birth to a baby boy named John, as revealed in "The Wall".{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Alasdair |date=March 7, 2014 |title=Parks And Recreation: "The Wall" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-wall-1798179701 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803025044/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-wall-1798179701 |url-status=live }}
Swanson secretly performs at out-of-town bars as a saxophonist named Duke Silver, which he keeps secret from his colleagues in Pawnee. He fronts a band called the Duke Silver Trio and has released such albums as Memories of Now, Smooth as Silver, and Hi Ho, Duke.{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=October 8, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: Season 2: Episode 4: "The Practice Date" |work=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-practice-date-1798207177 |url-status=live |access-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002710/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-practice-date-1798207177 |archive-date=July 16, 2023}}{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=October 9, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "The Practice Date" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/09/parks-and-recreation-the-practice-date-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002739/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/09/parks-and-recreation-the-practice-date-review |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=IGN}} His music is especially popular with older women, who find Duke Silver attractive. Eventually, in the two-part season six finale "Moving Up", he publicly reveals his secret identity at the Unity Concert.{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Alasdair |date=April 25, 2014 |title=Parks And Recreation: "Moving Up" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-moving-up-1798180249 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901103237/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-moving-up-1798180249 |url-status=live }}
Reception
The character of Ron Swanson received universal acclaim; he developed a cult following and is widely considered the show's breakout character.{{cite news |last=Egner |first=Jeremy |date=January 20, 2011 |title=Amy Poehler on the Return (Finally) of 'Parks and Recreation' |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/amy-poehler-on-the-return-finally-of-parks-and-recreation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408024805/https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/amy-poehler-on-the-return-finally-of-parks-and-recreation/ |archive-date=2023-04-08 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=February 11, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': Return of the Sex-Crazed Librarian Ex-Wife |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/02/parks-and-recreation-return-of-the-sex-crazed-librarian-ex-wife/71096/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512065913/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/02/parks-and-recreation-return-of-the-sex-crazed-librarian-ex-wife/71096/ |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |work=The Atlantic}} Joel Keller of TV Squad called Swanson "one of the more inspired sitcom characters of the last decade",{{cite news|last=Keller |first=Joel |title='Parks and Recreation' Season 3, Episode 12 Recap |publisher=TV Squad |date=May 6, 2011 |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/05/06/parks-and-recreation-season-3-episode-12-recap |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001201718/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/05/06/parks-and-recreation-season-3-episode-12-recap |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }} and Geoff Berkshire of Variety said that the character would "go down in TV history as one of the all-time comedy greats".{{cite web |last=Berkshire |first=Geoff |date=June 10, 2015 |title=Nick Offerman Talks Amy Poehler Improvs, Adding Drama To 'Parks and Recreation' |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/nick-offerman-amy-poehler-parks-recreation-leslie-ron-1201516447/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611185858/https://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/nick-offerman-amy-poehler-parks-recreation-leslie-ron-1201516447/ |archive-date=2015-06-11 |access-date=June 11, 2015 |work=Variety}} Gail Pennington of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called Nick Offerman "the funniest guy on TV".{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Gail |date=July 14, 2011 |title=Couldn't chat? Here's the transcript |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/couldnt-chat-heres-the-transcript/article_76190e22-ae5a-11e0-a952-001a4bcf6878.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925144904/https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/couldnt-chat-heres-the-transcript/article_76190e22-ae5a-11e0-a952-001a4bcf6878.html |archive-date=September 25, 2023}} During the second season, Alan Sepinwall called Swanson "easily the show's best creation so far",{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=May 8, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation, "The Banquet": Leslie gets a haircut |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/05/parks_and_recreation_the_banqu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112042206/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/05/parks_and_recreation_the_banqu.html |archive-date=2021-01-12 |access-date=May 8, 2009 |work=The Star-Ledger}} and during the third season he wrote, "Swanson being both awesome and hilarious is something Nick Offerman and these writers can do in their sleep by now." Sal Basile of UGO Networks wrote, "How anyone can make Ron Swanson of Parks and Recreation likable is beyond us, but Offerman does it effortlessly. Before we knew it we couldn't wait to see Swanson's reactions to the slightest of problems."{{cite web|last=Basile |first=Sal |title=The Biggest Emmy Nomination Disappointments of 2011 |publisher=UGO Networks |date=July 14, 2011 |url=http://www.ugo.com/tv/emmy-nomination-disappointments-2011 |access-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525102432/https://www.webcitation.org/60BGJ9WJu?url=http://more.stltoday.com/worshipguide |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |url-status=dead }} While initially critical of the character at the start of the show,{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=April 8, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Pilot" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/08/parks-and-recreation-pilot-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126192454/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/08/parks-and-recreation-pilot-review |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |website=IGN}} by the second season, Matt Fowler of IGN thought that the character had improved and became "an absolute stand-out in the series."{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=May 27, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: Season 2 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/27/parks-and-recreation-season-2-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126185332/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/27/parks-and-recreation-season-2-review |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |website=IGN}}
Offerman was particularly praised for his subtle minimalism and facial expressions, particularly the use of his eyebrows.{{cite news |last=Kandell |first=Steve |date=February 11, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation Recap: Kimono My House |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/parks_and_recreation_recap_kim.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002654/https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/parks_and_recreation_recap_kim.html |archive-date=July 16, 2023}}{{cite news |last=St. James |first=Emily |date=May 14, 2010 |title=Parks and Recreation: "The Master Plan" |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-master-plan-1798164981 |url-status=live |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724141910/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-master-plan-1798164981 |archive-date=July 24, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=May 12, 2010 |title=Review: 'Parks and Recreation' welcomes Rob Lowe and Adam Scott |work=HitFix |url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-parks-and-recreation-welcomes-rob-lowe-and-adam-scott |url-status=dead |access-date=November 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305111456/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-parks-and-recreation-welcomes-rob-lowe-and-adam-scott |archive-date=March 5, 2011}} Jonah Weiner of Slate said Swanson "has regularly stolen his scenes" and that Offerman has "a gift for understated physical comedy", and Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club said Offerman was not only funny but capable of expressing a surprising range of emotions. The second-season episode "Ron and Tammy", which predominantly featured Ron and his second ex-wife, is widely considered one of the best Parks and Recreation episodes.{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Parks and Recreation: "Ron & Tammy: Part Two" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-ron-tammy-part-two-1798167248 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801002517/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-ron-tammy-part-two-1798167248 |archive-date=2021-08-01 |access-date=February 10, 2011 |newspaper=The A.V. Club}}{{cite magazine |last=Busis |first=Hillary |date=February 11, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation': Welcome back, you psychotic, library book-peddling, sex-crazed she-devil |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/02/11/parks-and-recreation-ron-tammy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310114028/http://www.ew.com/article/2011/02/11/parks-and-recreation-ron-tammy |archive-date=2015-03-10 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} A quote from Swanson from "The Stakeout": "I was born ready. I'm Ron fucking Swanson," led fans and reviewers to call him "Ron Fucking Swanson."{{cite news |last=Angus |first=Kat |date=November 6, 2009 |title=Friday Casualties: Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl and more |work=Dose |url=http://communities.dose.ca/dose/blogs/tvcasualty/archive/2009/11/06/friday-casualties-parks-and-rec-30-rock-gossip-girl-and-more.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=January 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725145448/http://communities.dose.ca/dose/blogs/tvcasualty/archive/2009/11/06/friday-casualties-parks-and-rec-30-rock-gossip-girl-and-more.aspx |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Heisler |first=Steve |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation: Season 2: Episode 2: "The Stakeout" |url=https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-stakeout-1798207050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716002739/https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-the-stakeout-1798207050 |archive-date=2023-07-16 |access-date=October 16, 2009 |newspaper=The A.V. Club}}{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Matt |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Parks and Recreation's Cast Speaks Out |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/18/parks-and-recreations-cast-speaks-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327045027/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/18/parks-and-recreations-cast-speaks-out |archive-date=2022-03-27 |access-date=January 1, 2010 |website=IGN}} Several reviewers have praised the platonic relationship between Swanson and Knope, which has been compared to that of Mary Richards and Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.{{cite magazine |last=Tucker |first=Ken |date=March 26, 2010 |title='Parks and Recreation' recap: Chewing bacon and eyebrows |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/03/26/parks-and-recreation-recap/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922184057/https://ew.com/article/2010/03/26/parks-and-recreation-recap/ |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=March 25, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' Goes Downhill, For Now |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/03/parks-and-recreation-goes-downhill-for-now/73011/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713113419/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/03/parks-and-recreation-goes-downhill-for-now/73011/ |archive-date=July 13, 2014}} Josh Jackson of Paste ranked him No. 2 in his list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011, saying: "In four seasons, Ron has become the standout in a cast of incredible characters, and already seems poised to join the elite list of TV’s greatest comedic characters."{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Josh |date=December 5, 2011 |title=The 20 Best TV Characters of 2011 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-20-best-tv-characters-of-2011 |access-date=June 30, 2012 |work=Paste |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929132755/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-20-best-tv-characters-of-2011/ |url-status=live }}
Fans created websites based on him, like "Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson",{{cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=February 25, 2011 |title=Nick Offerman Picks His Favorite 'Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson' |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/cats_who_look_like_ron_swanson.html |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511174324/http://www.vulture.com/2011/02/cats_who_look_like_ron_swanson.html |url-status=live }} and after Swanson misunderstood a turkey burger to be "a fried turkey leg inside a grilled hamburger", the food website Eater created and posted a recipe for it.{{cite web |last=Keller |first=Joel |date=May 20, 2011 |title='Parks and Recreation' Boss Mike Schur on the Eventful Finale & Season 4 |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/05/20/mike-schur-interview-parks-and-recreation-season-3-finale/ |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=TV Squad |archive-date=February 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202232305/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/05/20/mike-schur-interview-parks-and-recreation-season-3-finale/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Heisler |first1=Steve |last2=O'Neal |first2=Sean |date=April 27, 2011 |title=UPDATE: Nick Offerman comments on…Ron Swanson's Turkey Burger is no longer just a Parks And Recreation fantasy |newspaper=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/update-nick-offerman-comments-on-ron-swansons-turkey-b-1798225261 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040401/http://www.avclub.com/articles/update-nick-offerman-comments-onron-swansons-turke%2C55066/ |url-status=live }} An image of a fake Ron Swanson-themed Ben & Jerry's ice cream was circulated online, to which the company responded positively.{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Vidya |date=June 24, 2011 |title=What does Ben & Jerry's think of bacon & egg ice cream? |url=http://www.today.com/food/what-does-ben-jerrys-think-bacon-egg-ice-cream-flna1C9005118 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=Today |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803074920/https://www.today.com/food/what-does-ben-jerrys-think-bacon-egg-ice-cream-flna1C9005118 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Satran |first=Joe |date=May 29, 2015 |title=Why Ben & Jerry's Will Never Put Bacon In Its Ice Cream |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-and-jerrys-bacon-ice-cream_n_7464364 |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820134107/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-and-jerrys-bacon-ice-cream_n_7464364 |url-status=live }}
For his performance as Swanson, Nick Offerman received two nominations for a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy in 2010 and 2011, winning the latter with Ty Burrell of Modern Family.{{Cite web |last=Wightman |first=Catriona |date=August 1, 2010 |title=In Full: TCA Awards 2010 - Winners |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a254038/in-full-tca-awards-2010-winners/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820094639/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a254038/in-full-tca-awards-2010-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 7, 2011 |title=2011 TCA AWARDS: 'Friday Night Lights' Wins Program Of The Year, 'Game Of Thrones' Named Best New Show |url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/2011-tca-awards-winners-friday-night-lights-wins-program-of-the-year-game-of-thrones-named-best-new-show-154632/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820094627/https://deadline.com/2011/08/2011-tca-awards-winners-friday-night-lights-wins-program-of-the-year-game-of-thrones-named-best-new-show-154632/ |url-status=live }} Offerman was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy at Entertainment Weekly
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150602012853/http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/about/bio/nick-offerman Nick Offerman biography at official Parks and Recreation site] at NBC.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224203443/http://www.dukesilver.com/ DukeSilver.com]
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