NBC Orders New Show from Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman

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Parks and Recreation vets Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are teaming up again for an unscripted series called The Handmade Project.

NBC on Tuesday ordered a six-episode first season of the show, which will see Poehler and Offerman co-host a competition of artisans creating handmade crafts. 

“I’m thrilled to be celebrating artists who make things by hand," Poehler said in a statement. "And I’m looking forward to finally conquering my fear of paper mache."

Offerman added: “People who make things are my favorite kind of folk. Practical, clever and terrific in a pinch. That makes me tickled pink to have a front row seat at this prodigious display of talent, and admiring and cheering on an amazing crop of American makers. Plus, Amy and I have a strong tradition of tomfoolery, so let’s see if we don’t have some good fun.”

The series will be the first unscripted effort from Poehler's Paper Kite Productions.