Veep

2. Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation"

Deputy Parks Director Leslie Knope is a blindly optimistic liberal at odds with her anti-government supervisor, Nick Offerman's Ron Swanson. Pollyanna-ish to a comedic fault, she's the kind of person who interprets a ... moreconsistent chorus of angry protests during her public forums as "people caring loudly at me." Knopes views her current position as a stepping stone to becoming city manager of Pawnee, Ind., and, very shortly thereafter of course, the first female U.S. president.

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