the first season
... that before the first season of the NBC series Parks and Recreation even aired, critics thought it would fail due to early reports of poor test screenings?
... that before <b id="mwDIw"><a href="./Parks_and_Recreation_(season_1)" id="mwDI0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parks and Recreation (season 1)">the first season</a></b> of the <a href="./NBC" id="mwDI4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NBC">NBC</a> series <i id="mwDI8"><a href="./Parks_and_Recreation" id="mwDJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parks and Recreation">Parks and Recreation</a></i> even aired, critics thought it would fail due to early reports of poor test screenings?