Ok, there isn't enough love for this show, since it doesn't have it's own thread yet. If you haven't been watching this you need to start now. The show started off a little slow but now it's starting to really come into it's own.

I highly suggest anyone that hasn't checked it out yet find it on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/community) or NBC (http://www.nbc.com/community/) and catch up during the holidays, you will not be disappointed.

Make sure you watch till the very end they have some of the best credit reels of any show.

IMO it's funnier than The Office is nowadays (I can barely stand the Office currently) but not quite as good as Big Band Theory.

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The show returns January 14th - 4 weeks.

Agreed. The chemistry between Joel McHale and Chevy Chase is just awesome. Pierce has to be one of the best characters on TV right now.

I started watching it and then bailed after about 4-5 episodes. It was pretty good and had some potential, I just wasn't quite into it.

I totally disagree about it being funnier than The Office nowadays. Maybe funnier than the Office last season or the season before, but this season of The Office has taken the show back to its glory days. The show has really been on the top of its game this season. Awesome, awesome stuff.

Community is good but it ain't no Parks and Recreation.

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Community is good but it ain't no Parks and Recreation.


Get your own thread! ;)

Heh. The Greendale Human Being was brilliant and I love how he shows up every now and then.

I started watching it and then bailed after about 4-5 episodes. It was pretty good and had some potential, I just wasn't quite into it.

I totally disagree about it being funnier than The Office nowadays. Maybe funnier than the Office last season or the season before, but this season of The Office has taken the show back to its glory days. The show has really been on the top of its game this season. Awesome, awesome stuff.
I can't stand Michael Scott. The way they have made his character now is a complete parody of what he was, it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion every time he's on screen.

Agreed. The chemistry between Joel McHale and Chevy Chase is just awesome. Pierce has to be one of the best characters on TV right now.

Chevy Chase has surprised me, I was worried he would be the weak one on the show, but in all actuality the weak one on the show is the girl that plays Britta.

We have every shade imaginable, from Seal to Seal's Teeth.

The girl that plays Annie is cute...

The girl that plays Annie is cute...

+1. The innocent thing works very well with her.

And I agree Britta is the weakest character. She is okay but kind of annoying. I love the Dean though, absolutely hilarious.

I can't stand Michael Scott. The way they have made his character now is a complete parody of what he was, it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion every time he's on screen.

I have heard this before and while I agree that he is annoying and seems to do things that nobody in their right mind would do I would suggest rewatching seasons 1 and 2 and you were realize that he has always been this way. (Especially season 1 where he is off the charts silly)

Not saying that you should like his character at all but I really don't think it has changed all that much.

The most recent "Christmas" episode was good, all the characters practice different religions or none at all!

I have heard this before and while I agree that he is annoying and seems to do things that nobody in their right mind would do I would suggest rewatching seasons 1 and 2 and you were realize that he has always been this way. (Especially season 1 where he is off the charts silly)

Not saying that you should like his character at all but I really don't think it has changed all that much.

The rest of the cast is what makes the show nowadays.

Best new show of the year (I would normally have said "by far", but Modern Family is damned good too). It is absolutely hilarious! McHale (Jeff) is just brilliant as is Chevy Chase (Pierce). I also love Abed and Troy and their interactions.

The rest of the cast is what makes the show nowadays.

The "rest of the cast" is what ALWAYS makes a show great.

For those that don't want to watch the show online, Dec 28th will have 2 hours of Community on NBC.

The "rest of the cast" is what ALWAYS makes a show great.

And lately Michael detracts from it. My wife has basically come to the conclusion that she will just not watch the parts with him in it any more.

FWIW I completely agree. I still watch The Office (though just barely). It's run out of ideas, and Michael is just annoying at this point.

FWIW I completely agree. I still watch The Office (though just barely). It's run out of ideas, and Michael is just annoying at this point.

I think one of the funniest things in the last couple episodes was Jim putting Ryan in his place (the closet).

Meh... the last few episodes of "The Office" have been some of the best of the series (the Christmas one this year was absolutely hilarious).

Different strokes, I suppose. I really don't agree that they've been anywhere near the best in the series. Seemed a lot like something I've seen before.

I started watching this show when it first aired, stuck with it for a few episodes but lost my interest. Maybe I'll check it out, see if it has picked up the pace a bit.

Gotta agree with Dobbs, Parks and Recreation is great.

Different strokes, I suppose. I really don't agree that they've been anywhere near the best in the series. Seemed a lot like something I've seen before.

Exactly.

Scene: Someone is doing something.

Michael: WAAAAA I WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WAAAAAAAAA!

Person: Michael settle down.

Michael: WAAAAAAAAAAA, I WANT MY WAY (Michael does something stupid)

etc etc.

Its funny and good, but its no Office. The Office isn't a pure comedy; its a dramedy, and a damn good one.

Community's quite good...actually the entire sequence of Community-Parks and Rec-The Office-30 Rock cannot be topped. And then during most of this past season I'd flip over to FX to catch Sunny and the League...Solid 3 hours of laughs right there.

Community is good but it ain't no Parks and Recreation.

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I have absolutely no idea what's happening here.

I started watching it and then bailed after about 4-5 episodes. It was pretty good and had some potential, I just wasn't quite into it.

I thought Community was very hit-or-miss until episode 6, when it all of the sudden became my second favorite show on tv - behind 30 Rock, but well ahead of anything The Office has done since season 2.

I have absolutely no idea what's happening here.

Strippers do nothing for me. I like a strong, salt of the Earth, self-possessed woman at the top of her field. Your Steffi Grafs, your Sheryl Swoopses, but I will take a free breakfast buffet anytime, anyplace.

I have absolutely no idea what's happening here.

Same here. :confused: :confused: :confused:

Strippers do nothing for me. I like a strong, salt of the Earth, self-possessed woman at the top of her field. Your Steffi Grafs, your Sheryl Swoopses, but I will take a free breakfast buffet anytime, anyplace.

Sounds like something Michael Scott would have said and done...

I must be missing something with Parks and Recreation, I don't like it at all. The guy with the mustache makes it somewhat watchable but Amy Poehler ruins it for me, I liked her better on SNL.

dola,

But to stay on topic, I really enjoy Community and sadly The Office has moved down several notches although the episode where Andy and Dwight tried to out-thank each other was pretty solid.

Community's quite good...actually the entire sequence of Community-Parks and Rec-The Office-30 Rock cannot be topped.

This!

The best line of Community so far came in an early episode with the Brit teacher. He tried to pick up Annie and said, "You're a seven. And seven is the English ten."

All four NBC shows plus Modern Family and Middle are most of what we watch these days. I'm surprised I like The Middle as much as I do. Brick makes the show. [whisper--makes the show]

Community is fantastic. Chevy Chase has been reborn on the show. Every character is fantastic and gets a chance to shine and go a little deeper on every show.

Thursday has been the highlight for my girlfriend and me...Community, Office and 30 Rock. Parks and Recreation is on, but eh. Just...well, it's good that it realized it should stop trying to be an exact carbon copy of The Office.

Really liked how the season ended, especially with how it was hinted at through most of the season.

The episode with the paintball wars was the best episode of any show I saw on TV this past season, just awesome work.

Hm. I gave up on this show about five episodes deep. Apparently I was wrong eh

In my mind it really picked up here in the final 4-5 episodes, the show gained focus and really hit its stride.

The episode with the paintball wars was the best episode of any show I saw on TV this past season, just awesome work.
Jeff Winger ... you son of a bitch!

My buddy and I were talking about this last night and said the exact same thing. That was the best episode of any show this season.

Still haven't seen the season finale. There was a tornado in the area last night and my DVR was filled with 20 minutes of weather coverage. For some reason it's not appearing on Prime Time On Demand yet even though 30 Rock from last night is. Weird.

Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes.

+1 on the paintball episode. That was magic from beginning to end.

Paintball episode has replaced the episode of Arrested Development, where GOB builds Tinytown to impress the Japanese investors ("Because everyone knows they're squinters") and George Michael gets the jet pack by accident, as my favorite episode of anything ever.

+1 on the paintball episode. That was magic from beginning to end.

+infinity

Just an incredibly hilarious episode. When Senior Chang walks in wearing the suit with the paintball machine gun with the Chinese music in the background, I completely lost it (thankfully I could pause my DVR)

I dumped this show after about the 3rd episode. I liked it well enough, but ended up not watching it and it was just eating up space on my DVR.

I did catch the finale and thought it was pretty funny. I will likely circle back to it over the summer.

After seeing the love for the show in this thread, maybe I'll have to check it out. I saw the pilot and didn't find it funny, but maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance or maybe I watched it on a bad day. Will try it again I suppose, while recovering from my surgery.

/tk

This and Glee are the only new shows I've been watching this season, I enjoy it quite a bit.

I highly suggest anyone that hasn't checked it out yet find it on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/community) or NBC (http://www.nbc.com/community/) and catch up during the holidays, you will not be disappointed.The entire season's up on Hulu right now for those wanting to check it out/catch up/bored. Also, Donald Glover (Troy)'s comedy troupe (Bro Rape, etc) is finally getting its movie Mystery Team released soon.

The entire season's up on Hulu right now for those wanting to check it out/catch up/bored. Also, Donald Glover (Troy)'s comedy troupe (Bro Rape, etc) is finally getting its movie Mystery Team released soon.

And here's some Donald Glover standup.

Donald Glover: Standup Comedy on The Sound of Young America | Maximum Fun (http://www.maximumfun.org/sound-young-america/donald-glover-standup-comedy-sound-young-america)

After seeing the love for the show in this thread, maybe I'll have to check it out. I saw the pilot and didn't find it funny, but maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance or maybe I watched it on a bad day. Will try it again I suppose, while recovering from my surgery.

/tk

I think it took them a good while to find their flow. Plus, they were trying the Britta/Jeff thing when there wasn't much chemistry.

Ironically, the show ends up becoming very meta with many pop culture references, and it becomes quite self-referential at times - even poking fun at the slow start it had.

Ironically, the show ends up becoming very meta with many pop culture references, and it becomes quite self-referential at times - even poking fun at the slow start it had.

This is why Abed is the greatest character ever. He's the narrator within the story (which is fairly unique).

i also loved the paintball episode, but I also thought the chicken finger mafia was freaking fantastic.

dola, the episode with high school kids that came to visit was equally as great.

The entire season's up on Hulu right now for those wanting to check it out/catch up/bored. Also, Donald Glover (Troy)'s comedy troupe (Bro Rape, etc) is finally getting its movie Mystery Team released soon.

Really? I don't see them on Hulu now. Sucks...I wanted to watch the first season again.

I have heard stories of sites out there *cough cough Ninja Video* that have them all hosted on their site, but i would never use such a site to watch TV shows so i really cant say *cough cough go to Ninja Video*

Really? I don't see them on Hulu now. Sucks...I wanted to watch the first season again.I guess they're down to the last 5 aired now on both. Maybe someone like Blade can point you to a different site.

I stopped watching about halfway through due to the fact that my DVR was packed on Thursday's... just caught up on the rest of the season. The Goodfellas/Chicken Nuggets episode was freaking brilliant, but the Paintball episode ranks up there with the best single half hour of TV I've seen in years. The racism episode of Better Off Ted and the Slap Bet from How I Met Your Mother are the only things I can think of in recent memory that are on the same level that I've seen.

Love this show! Also thanks Blade for the tip ;)

Ok this bitch needs resurrected. This is one of the consistently funniest shows on TV.

Really looking forward to this weeks Christmas episode with claymation.

So awesome!

It is going to be so freaking awesome!

The greatest comedy on TV is back tonight on NBC!

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Ok this bitch needs Chang-ed. This is one of the consistently funniest shows on TV.
Fixed.

This and Modern Family are without a doubt the two best comedies on TV right now. For a show with so many cheap jokes, it's hard to make the argument that it's too smart for TV. But that's the only thing that explains the ratings. This show is hysterical.

"Nice sweater."
"Thanks, my dad got it for me."

Awesome.

I think its the best comedy on TV these days (well, maybe Archer comes close). :D

"Nice sweater."
"Thanks, my dad got it for me."

Awesome.

I started dying laughing and it took my wife a minute to get it.

One of the funniest lines in a comedy show in years.

I think its the best comedy on TV these days (well, maybe Archer comes close). :D

Louie and Archer are the only comedies I'd say are better right now (and The IT Crowd if we're counting shows not being broadcast in the US).

I can at least understand why Archer doesn't have a wider fanbase... why Community doesn't I'll never know. I just hope it survives the cut when NBC (presumably) drops the comedy block back to 2 hours next fall.

"Ain't no party without drugs"
"I love you drugs"

WE LOVE DRUGS! WE LOVE DRUGS! WE LOVE DRUGS!

"I can't hear you over the sound of me rubbing my balls with the sword."

Holy crap that was an amazing episode. The best one since Paintball imo.

That was a pretty great episode.

:popcorn: :lol:

That was some seriously funny stuff!

This scene was awesome!

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Long live Hector the Well Endowed!

"I can't hear you over the sound of me rubbing my balls with the sword."
(Abed rolls the dice)

"You have ... successfully rubbed your balls on the sword."

just checked tvbythenumbers.com and im glad to see Community up to .95 on the renew\cancel index. i was worried that this was going to get cut.

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Another great community episode this week. Everything with LeVar Burton and Troy was amazing.


I read an interesting review of this episode: Review: Community - Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking: Pierce the puppet-master - HitFix.com (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/community-intermediate-documentary-filmmaking-pierce-the-puppet-master)

To sum it up:


Pierce was even more evil here than he was in the D&D episode, or the trampoline episode, or at pretty much any time in the life of the series. What he did to the group in general and Jeff in particular was pretty unforgivable, and it was done without the aid of pain pills. This was an unclouded Pierce doing this, and if we're supposed to take the emotions of the study group seriously - which this series, and this episode in particular, asks us to do - then this would lead to a permanent shunning.


Pierce really has gone from a simple disparaging antagonist to a really mean hateful guy. Its made for some great performances and really hilarious moments in the last couple episodes, but it seems like a bad thing for the cast long term unless Pierce settles down via some sort of resolution of the whole painkiller thing pretty soon.

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Set Phasers to Love Me!

The Levar Burton references kept getting better and better, topping with "Well...more fish for Kunta." And Troy staring back with the look of Geordie LaForge with his visor off was incredible.

We can only hope the writers know where they are going with Pierce. Dan Ackroyd in a guest shot (since the real Belushi brother is long dead) would work wonders.

Troy may be my favorite character. The bro-mance between him and Abed is JD and Turk levels of awesome.

NBC has renewed Community for a third season (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-renews-office-parks-rec-168879).

Thank God. Best comedy on TV.

Good to hear. I enjoy this show.

Woo hoo!

Very happy!

Lost star Josh Holloway is set to star in the two-part season finale, a followup of sorts to last season's "Modern Warfare" episode.
Renewal, Sawyer from "Lost" and a sequel to the Modern Warfare episode ... that's a trifecta!

Renewal, Sawyer from "Lost" and a sequel to the Modern Warfare episode ... that's a trifecta!

I didn't watch lost so no comment there, but I am extremely skeptical about a sequal to the paintball episode. That episode was a masterpiece. Revisiting it in any way should simply not be done IMO. Maybe they'll prove me wrong, but the chances of them living up to the standards set in that episode has to be nearly 0.

I didn't watch lost so no comment there, but I am extremely skeptical about a sequal to the paintball episode. That episode was a masterpiece. Revisiting it in any way should simply not be done IMO. Maybe they'll prove me wrong, but the chances of them living up to the standards set in that episode has to be nearly 0.

I think it will be a play on the fact that sequels never live up to the original...

I think it will be a play on the fact that sequels never live up to the original...

I could see them doing something like that for sure

Troy: "It said market price!! What market are you shopping at!"

Very enjoyable episode. Not at all what I expected when I saw the pulp fiction previews, but it was really good.

Wow comments have dropped off. I thought this weeks episode which was pretty much the Anti-Clip-Show was awesome, so much stuff crammed into one episode.

If anyone is interested Dan Harmon (creator of Community) has done an Ask Me Anything on Reddit! IamA creator of the TV show "Community" AMA : community (http://www.reddit.com/r/community/comments/gvcaj/iama_creator_of_the_tv_show_community_ama/)

Danny Pudi did one a couple weeks ago IAmA Actor named Danny Pudi from Community on NBC, AMA : reddit.com (http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/gq52j/iama_actor_named_danny_pudi_from_community_on_nbc/)

And so did DonGlover IAMA Donald Glover : reddit.com (http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/giicn/iama_donald_glover/)

Awesome episode.

Once again, pure genius. If you don't think this show is the funniest thing on TV, I'm not sure your opinion of humor can be trusted. It simply works on too many levels.

It seems like there has been another program that did a clip show with all new clips, but this was truly imaginative. Love the new scenes from past episodes, especially the scenes from the Christmas episode. The "shipper" videos of Jeff/Annie and Abed/Pierce were pure gold.

Love Abed's fascination of The Cape throughout the scenes of the episode.

Britta: There's rioting in Tunisia!
Abed: But The Cape is premiering.
Britta: Humanity is premiering, you jags!

Six seasons and a movie!

The "clip show" was brilliant. Best comedy on TV right now, I think. The occasional miss of an episode, but that happens when you're trying something different.

The "clip show" was brilliant. Best comedy on TV right now, I think. The occasional miss of an episode, but that happens when you're trying something different.


completely agree. I don't mind the misses much b/c they miss by taking wild creative shots at doing something completely different, and when they hit its funnier than anything out there, and the average episode in between is awesome.

I just caught up on the who's the boss episode and the clip show episode last night, I loved both, loved the pierce/abed music montage thingy, loved Chang and the monkey, loved all the clips that never happened, just great stuff.

Holy crap, Holy crap, Holy crap!

COMMUNITY First Look: A Fistful of Paintballs | the TV addict (http://www.thetvaddict.com/2011/04/28/community-first-look-a-fistful-of-paintballs/)

I'm all for the Modern Warfare sequel ... I'm not worried about it not living up to last year's episode. Looks and sounds like it has great potential.

Regardless, I'm tuning in to see Annie in that outfit. Holy crap indeed.

I don't want the first thing my baby sees to be StarBurns!


Also, in the last commercial break there was a very very brief shot of Annie in that outfit running in slow motion. Yumm.

I don't want the first thing my baby sees to be StarBurns!


Also, in the last commercial break there was a very very brief shot of Annie in that outfit running in slow motion. Yumm.

"That's not something a Christian woman uses her baby's head for."

Also, in the last commercial break there was a very very brief shot of Annie in that outfit running in slow motion. Yumm.

Interview/Preview here - Exclusive Video Preview: Community's Paintball War, Starring 'Sawyer' and Annie's (Real) Boobs - TVLine (http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/video-community-finale-preview-fistful-paintballs/)

If you want to see the slow motion shot mentioned above, it is 3 minutes into the video. :)

I take it all back. Everything I said about how they shouldn't try to revisit paintball. I take it all back. Dear lord what a start.

I don't watch all of the comedies out there right now, but my instant reaction to this one is that Allison Brie should win an Emmy for her performance in this first half hour. So, so good.

Modern Warfare 2 will go down as pure amazingness. The only thing that sucks about last nights Community is that we have to wait a week for Part 2!!!

That's up there with the best episodes ever...I think, for me, they are (so far):

1) Dungeons & Dragons (nothing's even close for me...the hilarity, the humanity, the emotions that pulled at me...best episode of anything ever)
2) Chicken Mafia
3) Modern Warfare
4) Eleven Herbs of Space
5) Phys Ed (pool): Very underrated episode, and perhaps Danny Pudi's best work yet

I'm sure this two-parter will work its way in there somewhere.

In all honesty, there's only one weak episode in this show's history for me, that being the episode with the high schoolers (couldn't stand them). I have become a true mark for this show, so that is likely why.

By the way, I was bored last night and decided to transcribe this. Enjoy.

Look, we've known each other for almost two years now, and yeah, in that time, I've given a lot of speeches. But they all have one thing in common. They're all different. These drug runners aren't going to execute Pierece because he's racist; it's a locomotive that runs on us, and the only sharks in that water are the emotion ghosts that I like to call: Fear, anchovies, fear, and the dangers of ingesting mercury. Because the real bugs aren't the ones in those beds. And there's no such thing as a free ceasar salad, and even if there were, The Cape might still find a second life on cable, and I'll tell you why: El corazón del agua es la verdad. That water is a lie! Harrison Ford is radiating our testicles with microwave satellite transmissions! So maybe we are caught in an endless cycle of screw-ups and hurt feelings, but I choose to believe it's just the universe's way of molding us into some kind of super group.
-Jeff Winger (fake clip show)

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oh thank you. :devil:

In all honesty, there's only one weak episode in this show's history for me, that being the episode with the high schoolers (couldn't stand them). I have become a true mark for this show, so that is likely why.


I'm in the crowd that finds a few episodes to just miss badly, but I'm perfectly ok with that because they are very ambitious and all over the place as far as what they try to do with each episode. So when they miss, I'm still intrigued that "holy crap did they just do a random claymation holiday episode??" even though I didn't really care for it, kudos for going all in on whatever they try to do.

The original paintball episode is up there with the best half hour of TV I've ever seen, its easily at the top of my Community list(the only thing that immediately comes to mind for me is the Scott Tenorman episode of south park).

#2 Community for me is probably the one where Pierce was in the hospital (the levar burton episode), dungeons and dragons and chicken mafia are up there as well.

Absolutely loved the finale. Leonard with 3 or 4 spectacular lines, Annie is just as hot Orange, and more seriously, I loved how they handled Pierce. Is it possible that Chevy Chase won't be back? I don't generally closely follow what actors are or are not signed on for the next year, etc.

I take it all back. Everything I said about how they shouldn't try to revisit paintball. I take it all back. Dear lord what a start.

I just saw it (thanks DVR) and echo these statements. Community is an amazing show. They can do anything.

As I said, best comedy on TV. :D

PS, Allison Brie. PPS, Allison Brie.

Something I never would have noticed, saw it mentioned in a review I was reading:


* First, I feel great shame for not recognizing that Troy was wearing Cleavon Little's outfit from "Blazing Saddles" last week. Bad Alan! He started off this one having already removed the top (in the shift from the Western motif to "Star Wars"), and as a result there was never a good opportunity for him to say "Where are the white women at?"

Wow... missed that as well. Just an amazing show. It can be so meta it hurts (so good) [I'm not sure where I'm going with this].

Anyone catch the quick cut to 2 cast members from Cougar Town during the celebration scene? Terrific.

I have the weirdest boner.

I have the weirdest boner.
Is it orange?

Jeff: But there is a place where we will all see each other again, and that place is Denny's.
Leonard: Which Denny's?
Jeff: We'll figure it out later, Leonard.
Leonard: The one near the 15 exit? I'm banned from there.
Jeff: We'll then I guess I'll see you in hell.
Leonard: Then let's kick some taint.

I think part 1 was better than part 2, but there were still some great moments and lines.

that was set up in part by my favorite exchange earlier in the episode

Jeff: We need to hit them where it hurts
Leonard: In the balls?
Jeff: No not in the balls, leonard.
Leonard: Below the balls then?
..
Leonard: I believe they call that the taint!

also agree that part one was better, and its not even close to the original Modern Warfare episode, but they did it well enough and in a way that I don't care at all and was able to thoroughly enjoy it all.

Is it orange?

Jeff: But there is a place where we will all see each other again, and that place is Denny's.
Leonard: Which Denny's?
Jeff: We'll figure it out later, Leonard.
Leonard: The one near the 15 exit? I'm banned from there.
Jeff: We'll then I guess I'll see you in hell.
Leonard: Then let's kick some taint.

I think part 1 was better than part 2, but there were still some great moments and lines.

Right with you on that, part 1 was better, as most part 1s are, but the sequel held up. It's meta meta, the first paintball was better, but the second held up, just like the 1st part and second part... META META!

Annie drenched in orange was like seeing your cousin naked. You know WHY you have a boner but you don't know WHY you have a boner.

Something I never would have noticed, saw it mentioned in a review I was reading:

Thanks for that. Missed it, too.

The Meta, Innovative Genius of 'Community' - Hampton Stevens - Entertainment - The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/the-meta-innovative-genius-of-community/238740/)

Excessively long article, but I heartily agree with nearly all of the points. We'll probably see in 8-10 years that this show was ahead of its time and the next show that comes along flaunting the conventional sitcom will succeed on levels Community hasn't yet.

Obviously next season is a make-or-break season. I do agree with the conclusion that if Community is to build its audience, it does have to continue developing the character relationships. I think in season two, the writers went out of their way to make almost everyone unlikeable.

I disagree about everyone being unlikable. Actually, everyone had their ups and downs...but it seemed like everyone finished the year on the upswing. Even Pierce, who was a huge dick for most of the season, ended up redeeming himself a bit heading into Season 3.

I'll be very interested to see where they go with Chang, Abed and Annie (if Annie would pursue him...something I hope doesn't happen, as I feel Abed is the best character in TV history), and how they get Jeff back on track towards graduating. I love the show so much...it's really only the third show I've ever been all-in with (Arrested Development and Office through Season 4 being the others)...I hope they get four seasons out of it, so they could do everyone's storyline (college careers) justice. I get the feeling like they might get it, due to the critical acclaim, the fact that they're still around despite sagging ratings, and the fact that NBC Universal doesn't produce it; if NBC made the show, it'd be gone by now. The fact that Sony's footing the (rather expensive, from what I read) bill on things is keeping it around.

Of course, from what I gather, the fact that NBC doesn't produce it is also why they don't promote it over shows like Outsourced. Perhaps, if NBC got behind the show a little bit, the ratings would start to take off and the show could get some more momentum.

It's metamazing!

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It's metamazing!

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The season finale of Community had Cougar Town people in it too. I guess Dan Harmon and David Lawrence are buds.

Yeah, I figured Community fans knew about CT on the season finale. This isn't the first time CT has given Community love, from my understanding...but to have Danny Pudi on as Abed is just magical.

That's awesome.

I love the scene where Abed talks about being on Cougar Town in My Dinner With Andre With Abed.

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There's a moment, right after he discusses the character's name as Chad, where he smiles. And it's entirely genuine. I wonder so much if that moment was scripted or improvised.

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The Meta, Innovative Genius of 'Community' - Hampton Stevens - Entertainment - The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/the-meta-innovative-genius-of-community/238740/)

Excessively long article, but I heartily agree with nearly all of the points. We'll probably see in 8-10 years that this show was ahead of its time and the next show that comes along flaunting the conventional sitcom will succeed on levels Community hasn't yet.

Obviously next season is a make-or-break season. I do agree with the conclusion that if Community is to build its audience, it does have to continue developing the character relationships. I think in season two, the writers went out of their way to make almost everyone unlikeable.

An amazing article and definitely details why Community is such an amazing show, it's a parody and deconstruction of sitcoms. But, people like to connect with the characters in shows and not just archtypes of sitcom stereotypes.

They aren't necessarily unlikeable as... well, realistic. They have their good and bad sides like the rest of us.

In general i think character development on the show is pretty much non-existant (because they "fake" development so often only to have them end up being the same as ever) and i don´t find it funny all the time (normally it´d have to be at least one of those 2 for me) yet i for some weird reason still love the show a lot.

I think that the character of Abed as well as how he is portrayed is pretty much the greatest thing ever on TV.

I think that sadly Pierce/Chevy Chase has become entirely abundant in season 2 when it seemed like the authors were trying too hard to make him more than just a guy that´s funny because he´s old, hope they pair him with Ken Jeong next season now that he apears to be out of the group.

I love both the Dean and Duncan.

In general i think character development on the show is pretty much non-existant (because they "fake" development so often only to have them end up being the same as ever) and i don´t find it funny all the time (normally it´d have to be at least one of those 2 for me) yet i for some weird reason still love the show a lot.


My impression is that they don't really advance the characters very far but they do all have legit personalities that come through often enough that its easy to care for them, and I think that's enough to feel a sense of attachment in a sitcom like this.

As far as not funny all the time, a couple TV critics whose podcast I listen to described it as such (paraphrased): "Community is great because they're willing to try anything any week. When you have the lofty goals that these guys do, you're going to miss sometimes, but when you hit, its great" ... and "Community isn't the best comedy on TV week to week because of the creative direction that they've gone and all the risks that they take, but the episodes where Community hits a home run are better than the best episodes of any other comedy and its not even close"

That sounds pretty much spot on to me.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/dan-harmon-walks-us-through-communitys-second-seas,57085/

A HUGE 4 part breakdown of season 2 with the show's creator. I haven't read it all yet, bookmarked though.

Was watching the KFC/Spaceship episode last night, and the part where they discover the Dean's map of local rest areas was especially hilarious.

"Why does this one have three thumbs up next to it?"
Dean asides quietly, "Those aren't thumbs."

Made me laugh so hard.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/dan-harmon-walks-us-through-communitys-second-seas,57085/

A HUGE 4 part breakdown of season 2 with the show's creator. I haven't read it all yet, bookmarked though.

Thanks for the link, I've skimmed through it stopping at episodes I was curious about. I think reading the Dungeons and Dragons piece is worthwhile for any fan of the show. Nice to see the creator feels that strongly.

So we're going back and watching the first season. We just finished the 7th episode and we're wondering why the buzz for this show? I chuckle here and there but I'm not really thinking it's anywhere close to The Office or Parks and Rec.

Give it more time or by episode 7, if I don't like it, it's not going to happen?

Some of my favorite episodes are from the mid-point of that season on. They hit their stride probably with the eighth episode (I'm not saying that to coax you into more episodes). The episode with Anthony Michael Hall is brilliant (episode 12).

So we're going back and watching the first season. We just finished the 7th episode and we're wondering why the buzz for this show? I chuckle here and there but I'm not really thinking it's anywhere close to The Office or Parks and Rec.

Give it more time or by episode 7, if I don't like it, it's not going to happen?

For me the first season really didnt hit its stride until the 2nd half of the year, and the 2nd season upped the game further. So yes, the first half of the first season is typical stuff, but it gets better every episode

So we're going back and watching the first season. We just finished the 7th episode and we're wondering why the buzz for this show? I chuckle here and there but I'm not really thinking it's anywhere close to The Office or Parks and Rec.

Give it more time or by episode 7, if I don't like it, it's not going to happen?
Debate 109 is the ninth episode, and if you don't like that episode, give up. It's not your cup of tea.

I realize comedy is subjective. I'm told by people I trust that Parks and Rec is better than it it was in the first couple of seasons. But I simply can't understand anyone who doesn't think Community is at minimum one of the three best comedies on TV right now.

Debate 109 is the ninth episode, and if you don't like that episode, give up. It's not your cup of tea.

I realize comedy is subjective. I'm told by people I trust that Parks and Rec is better than it it was in the first couple of seasons. But I simply can't understand anyone who doesn't think Community is at minimum one of the three best comedies on TV right now.

""". Archer is the only one that comes close to me.

The show got me in the first episode, when I realized Abed was quoting The Breakfast Club. I was thinking at first "ok so he's a calm guy that snaps at times." And then when I realized he was quoting Bender... I lost it.

""". Archer is the only one that comes close to me.

I'd put Community in my top 3, but could understand if some people didn't. For me the comedies I'd put along side Community are Louie, Archer, The League, Futurama, The IT Crowd and Always Sunny. I do need to watch the more recent episodes of Parks and Rec though, didn't enjoy the first few episodes of it but have heard it's gotten much better.

Its amazing how much better Parks and Rec got in season 3. The additions of Rob Lowe and Adam Scott made it what it is now, IMO. I'm glad they get at least one more season. Oh, and then theres Jerry, too.

Finished season 1 and have been watching reruns this summer of season 2. There definitely was a change in this show about halfway through season 1. I will definitely continue to keep watching although I wouldn't say it's in my top five comedies right now.

Casting news for series 3


Omar comin: Community casts Michael Kenneth Williams - HitFix.com (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/exclusive-omar-comin-community-casts-michael-kenneth-williams)

That's fucking fantastic!

I like "Community". I find it pretty funny. Currently, I would rank it second in terms of NBC's Thursday night line-up. Parks & Rec has been the best over the last two years, hands down. Great comedy, great heart.

Comic-Con 2011: Community blows the roof off again - HitFix.com (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/comic-con-2011-community-blows-the-roof-off-again)

On his favorite moment(s) of the last season:


• Pudi enjoyed the Dungeons & Dragons episode from a group standpoint, and Abed and Jeff in "My Dinner with Andre" as a personal highlight. ("I got to give a speech, two pages of dialogue, about pooping my pants on the set of 'Cougar Town,' and I can't believe I got to do that.")

<3 Abed.

Casting news for series 3


Omar comin: Community casts Michael Kenneth Williams - HitFix.com (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/exclusive-omar-comin-community-casts-michael-kenneth-williams)

This is awesome news.

Just watched the D&D episode. Loved it.

If I wanted to run a monkey hotel I'd install a banana buffet.

Welcome Back Community!

So, so happy it's back. I am home sick, and will probably spend any waking hours watching Season 2 (which I bought the season 2 DVD off Amazon earlier this week).

So, Omar is playing Omar (ya feel me?), the opener gave us a breaking bad reference, Chang is a cop, and Pierce gets to be the good guy by being the bad guy. I love it.

And we got an ever-so-brief glimpse at Annie's panties.

But, oddly enough, no shot of Annie's Boobs.

Not too keen on John Goodman being added, it was an ok episode but not up to par to what it should have been for the first of the season...

I thought Goodman was *fantastic*. The role he has is perfect for someone of his presence. He's the perfect foil for Jim Rash.

I thought the episode was great, and has steered us towards what to expect for the season. I can't wait.

Two great articles...

How Dan Harmon Drives Himself Crazy Making Community | Magazine (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/mf_harmon/)

http://www.avclub.com/articles/biology-101,62013/ (Does have spoilers)

dola--

Just rewatched the episode. I know Annie reigns as show hot chick, and that's rightly deserved...but during the end segment, Britta looked FINE. I think it was the shirt. But holy crap.

There are pics of her out there, sans top, for the record. Looks pretty good.

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There are pics of her out there, sans top, for the record. Looks pretty good.

While you are searching, you might also want to type "alison brie gillian jacobs gq" into google...

Just don't look for videos of Alison Brie in the movie born, unless you want to have nightmares...

Loved the premiere, thought both it and The Office hit the perfect notes.

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Nice.

I just watched this week's episode. Easily my favorite one this year so far and only the paintball and D&D episodes immediately stand out as better.

I didn't laugh a ton, but I thought the execution of the episode was completely brilliant. Is Troy the glue that holds everyone together? There's conflict in all the other timelines except the Jeff one, but when troy leaves everything *really* goes bad. Jeff holds back all the fun, get him out of the way and there's no conflict, everyone lets go and enjoys themselves.

I loved seeing Troy's different reactions to the troll, the wildly varying Brita behavior in each timeline, the rare times when Pierce softens and doesn't give Troy the gift that he's terrified of. The ending based on the "dark timeline" was hilarious, the goatees for everyone to become evil, just spectacular.

I'm sure I missed a ton here but that was the stuff that stood out to me. This was just a wonderful episode that allowed everyone to have a huge number of interactions with other members of the group, so so good.

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I was laughing uncontrollably at Troy's timeline

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and Evil Jeff Winger

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I just started watching this show this season and I'm really enjoying it. Are the first (two?) seasons just as good or should I only watch the previous season? I know that Parks and Rec really struggled in its first season but the second season was fantastic.

I just started watching this show this season and I'm really enjoying it. Are the first (two?) seasons just as good or should I only watch the previous season? I know that Parks and Rec really struggled in its first season but the second season was fantastic.

I have loved it since the start. If you end up not going back and watching the entire series you still want to go back towards the end of season one and find the episode entitled "Modern Warfare" (s1 e23 according to wiki). I assume if you polled everyone here about 80% of us would point to that as the show's best episode. But really, the entire first two seasons were really really good. They do a lot of off the wall stuff so every once in awhile an episode just misses completely, but the good episodes are *so* good that its all worth it in the end in a big way.

I just started watching this show this season and I'm really enjoying it. Are the first (two?) seasons just as good or should I only watch the previous season? I know that Parks and Rec really struggled in its first season but the second season was fantastic.

It really picked up about three quarters through the first season for me, you cant miss the first season paintball episode

I have loved it since the start. If you end up not going back and watching the entire series you still want to go back towards the end of season one and find the episode entitled "Modern Warfare" (s1 e23 according to wiki). I assume if you polled everyone here about 80% of us would point to that as the show's best episode. But really, the entire first two seasons were really really good. They do a lot of off the wall stuff so every once in awhile an episode just misses completely, but the good episodes are *so* good that its all worth it in the end in a big way.

It really picked up about three quarters through the first season for me, you cant miss the first season paintball episode

Thanks for the recommendations, guys. I'll check out both seasons.

This was just a wonderful episode that allowed everyone to have a huge number of interactions with other members of the group, so so good.+1, although that is also why I find it hard to get new people into the show (or why I recommend Samifan watches both seasons). So many of the jokes and enjoyment come from the interaction between fleshed-out characters, instead of being throw-away jokes like most sitcoms.

+1, although that is also why I find it hard to get new people into the show (or why I recommend Samifan watches both seasons). So many of the jokes and enjoyment come from the interaction between fleshed-out characters, instead of being throw-away jokes like most sitcoms.

Another week like this, a different take on Halloween compared to the last two years, but again wonderfully done IMO. Like Bishop mentioned, not for someone who isn't already a big fan of the show and characters.

-- Solid amounts of Annie cleavage this week, A++

-- "You just ruined a Britta party, that's like.... letting poop spoil"

-- As always Abed and Troy's stories/takes/views of the world are always my favorite.

-- Love the ending where they show who took each test.

Another week like this, a different take on Halloween compared to the last two years, but again wonderfully done IMO. Like Bishop mentioned, not for someone who isn't already a big fan of the show and characters.
I'm still a huge fan of the show but this season has been disjointed. They sent up the premise for the story arcs with John Good man and Michael Williams and now those are nowhere to be found.

The last few episodes have been fun and creative, but they also almost certainly guarantee the show's cancellation. The show seems resigned that this is the end of the run and is going balls to the wall. I guess that's the best strategy, but I'm just afraid it's not going to end as well as when they were concentrating on telling great stories and not just trying to conduct and exercise in what they can get away with on network TV.

I'm still a huge fan of the show but this season has been disjointed. They sent up the premise for the story arcs with John Good man and Michael Williams and now those are nowhere to be found.

The last few episodes have been fun and creative, but they also almost certainly guarantee the show's cancellation. The show seems resigned that this is the end of the run and is going balls to the wall. I guess that's the best strategy, but I'm just afraid it's not going to end as well as when they were concentrating on telling great stories and not just trying to conduct and exercise in what they can get away with on network TV.

Last episode was Troy and Abed moving in together which was a major plot of the 1st episode, this week is the Halloween episode. It's not really that far out of reach IMO.

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I'm still a huge fan of the show but this season has been disjointed. They sent up the premise for the story arcs with John Good man and Michael Williams and now those are nowhere to be found.

The last few episodes have been fun and creative, but they also almost certainly guarantee the show's cancellation. The show seems resigned that this is the end of the run and is going balls to the wall. I guess that's the best strategy, but I'm just afraid it's not going to end as well as when they were concentrating on telling great stories and not just trying to conduct and exercise in what they can get away with on network TV.

I'd rather they do the amazing stuff they're doing, instead of crap like Whitney or Two and a Half Idiots. Go down swinging, as it were.

I'd rather they do the amazing stuff they're doing, instead of crap like Whitney or Two and a Half Idiots. Go down swinging, as it were.


This. It was never a show that was made to last 8 seasons or something. I think they'd all be happy with having fun this last season, and cashing out on syndication.

This. It was never a show that was made to last 8 seasons or something. I think they'd all be happy with having fun this last season, and cashing out on syndication.

Except I thought 100 episodes was the magic number for syndication.

Except I thought 100 episodes was the magic number for syndication.

88 episodes seems to be the magic number these days.

Community will be less than a full season from 88 after this season.

I'm going to eat Spaceman Paninis with Black Hitler and there's nothing you can do about it!

Community is on fire right now imo. Some of their best episodes ever the last few weeks. Loved the Pierce story, John Goodman is spectacular and the Troy plot was awesome.

Hopefully a video of Pierce pronouncing Wikipedia is up on youtube soon.

This is the Room Temperature Room.

Loved Britta diagnosing Jeff's Edible Complex.

Secret handshake was great. It's just Troy and Abed's regular cool handshake but whispering outloud "secret" after doing it.

My wife and I both picked up on Pierce's dad having the white rabbit cane from Life on Mars (American version, never saw the Brit one).

"Stop putting gay things in my mouth."

Almost constant laughter for me, one of the best episodes ever. Chevy Chase and John Goodman were near perfect in this one, and the writers were on the top of their game.

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Pulled from the mid-season schedule.

Pulled from the mid-season schedule.

Every time i see this thread come to the top, i brace for this announcement (or that it is cancelled). Sucks. TV these days just sucks.

NYT:

"Community" is definitely NOT cancelled, NYT's Bill Carter says, two cubicles over. NBC says it'll be off the air for only a brief time.

Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/brianstelter/status/136218962139688960)

No one from the show has chimed it on Twitter yet...

My understanding was Sony was willing to front or cut production costs in order to keep in on the air long enough for syndication.

Every time i see this thread come to the top, i brace for this announcement (or that it is cancelled). Sucks. TV these days just sucks.

No it doesn't, but if a very good show can't get people to watch it, it can't stay on the air.


This is arguably the best period in television history, regardless of the reality TV that's on way too much.

Are they going to do half seasons of Community/30 Rock for the foreseeable future (since 30 Rock has become almost a permanent midseason replacement)? We can only hope :(

#6seasonsandamovie

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Another wonderful, hilarious episode last night. The first two seasons there were a number of episodes that completely whiffed for me, but this season every single one has been amazing, totally knocked out of the park.

This was a good episode, but I can understand why they are not attracting enough new fans. Without being familiar with this show, Apocalypse Now, and possibly Hearts of Darkness, this would be an awfully bizarre episode.

Jeff playing the dean was awesome.

The whole show is awesome. Its just operating at a different level from most of what's out there, and I for one intend to enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts.

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GAH I wish one of the streaming services had Community. I feel like I should give it a shot but I don't want to get discs...

/tk

GAH I wish one of the streaming services had Community. I feel like I should give it a shot but I don't want to get discs...

/tk

Community - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online - Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/community)

Interesting. I was looking at Hulu+'s online offerings the other day explicitly looking for Community and didn't see it.

Edit: Ah, I see that they can only do it on the computer. I was looking for Roku or Kindle Fire. And they only have the current season, not the back seasons.... that explains it on many levels. I think I was actually searching on my Fire.

/tk

This was a good episode, but I can understand why they are not attracting enough new fans. Without being familiar with this show, Apocalypse Now, and possibly Hearts of Darkness, this would be an awfully bizarre episode.

I've never seen "Hearts of Darkness" so maybe that's why this past episode wasn't as good as the rest of the season to me.

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What?!?! No talk about Big Cheddar and Twinkle-Town?!?!?

I just saw it... was awesome! The flashback and the anime battle. Just brilliant this show is!

The Pop Pop Guy reminds me of Pumpy.

I thought the anime stuff was meh, personally. Abed as Batman was the best part.

I thought the anime stuff was meh, personally. Abed as Batman was the best part.

Agree with you on the anime, felt like I was being forced to watch Dragonball Z or something like that.

Save Greendale (with the cast of Community) - CollegeHumor Video (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6664700/save-greendale-with-the-cast-of-community)

The dean is starting to steal the spotlight, which is also making the show even funnier.

Save Greendale (with the cast of Community) - CollegeHumor Video (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6664700/save-greendale-with-the-cast-of-community)

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Fantastic episode, as usual

I got to the TV in the middle of Annie's song to Jeff in the Christmas outfit. Holy cow.

I got to the TV in the middle of Annie's song to Jeff in the Christmas outfit. Holy cow.

Awful song, but that outfit was worth a wow.

Boop e doop e boop bop sex.

What an amazing show. The universe isn't fair when it allows Whitney to continue while this show gets put on hiatus.

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Annie was fantastic but I need some love for Brittas bodysuit cause that thing was poppppin. Pop Pop!!

OH MY GOD dat troy and abed rap. Also if I were to die tomorrow I'd want that animated gif of annie to be the last thing I see.

uhh also where is the animated gif of annie crawling across the floor.

Annie was fantastic but I need some love for Brittas bodysuit cause that thing was poppppin. Pop Pop!!

Agreed.

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OH MY GOD dat troy and abed rap. Also if I were to die tomorrow I'd want that animated gif of annie to be the last thing I see.I guess I just like liking things
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There was a post on another site which had a number of clips from the Christmas stuff, but I don't see it. Not really good to here the show was down 12% in the 18-49 demographic.

. Not really good to here the show was down 12% in the 18-49 demographic.

Off the top of my head I don't know if I'd worry about that too much. 'Tis the season & all that. Best I can tell there's a lot of people in that demo that are simply too busy right now to be in front of the TV. A lot of young parents spent this week at their kid's first school Christmas pageant & what not. I haven't looked but I suspect 18-49 totals are down for the week.

There was a post on another site which had a number of clips from the Christmas stuff, but I don't see it.This site - hxxp://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/12/a-collection-of-community-christmas-gifs#page/1 - should have them covered.

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Hells yeah.

Off the top of my head I don't know if I'd worry about that too much. 'Tis the season & all that. Best I can tell there's a lot of people in that demo that are simply too busy right now to be in front of the TV. A lot of young parents spent this week at their kid's first school Christmas pageant & what not. I haven't looked but I suspect 18-49 totals are down for the week.

Park and Rec was only down 6%. Whitney was also down while The Office kind of held steady. Even if ratings were down, Community was hit much worse than the shows around it.

Park and Rec was only down 6%. Whitney was also down while The Office kind of held steady. Even if ratings were down, Community was hit much worse than the shows around it.

I just looked at this week's & last week's number, total audience 18-49 was actually up, not down as I speculated.

Just week to week comparisons, appears that NBC may have gotten Big Banged this week. Last week's repeat ep did a 3.1/9 share, this week's new ep did a 4.7/14 share. Even though Bang was down from its last original episode, that may have been enough to cause the shift for Community week to week, I didn't notice anything seismic in cable that would seem likely to account for it. (I haven't dug more deeply to see if this is an on-going trend or something more serious)

Whatever it was, it was definitely 18-49. Down noticeably there, but down only a tiny bit (3.740 million to 3.616 million) in total viewers. Heck, they may have actually gained audience in the older demos this week.

Donald Glover (Troy) is on the most recent WTFPod with Mark Maron

I would recommend "Mystery Team" to any fans of Donald Glover.

It's on Netflix Streaming.

It's about a team of child detectives - think Encyclopedia Brown - who are all teenagers now, but never really grew up and still think and act like child detectives. They get caught up in a actual murder case and hilarity ensues.

If NBC advertised Community like this it would be the most watched show on TV.

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Here is another one for good measure.

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Different person did it.

Good news, even if a bit vague:

New NBC chief says 'Community' coming back | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120106/ENT10/201060421/1361/New-NBC-chief-says--Community--coming-back)

New NBC chief says 'Community' coming back

By DAVID BAUDER<!-- Closing .ody-hgroup -->Pasadena, Calif.— After acknowledging that NBC had a "really bad fall," the network's entertainment chief moved swiftly Friday to assure viewers that "Community" and "Law & Order: SVU" aren't leaving.

Although the Thursday night comedy "Community" was taken off the midseason schedule, entertainment president Bob Greenblatt said he wanted to "dispel any notion that it is quietly disappearing." He didn't say, however, when it would be back.

At a news conference, Greenblatt also aired a video clip of star Mariska Hargitay saying she's committed to "Law & Order: SVU" through next year. She'll even get a love interest: Harry Connick Jr. has signed on for several episodes later this season.

For NBC, keeping any audience it still has is important. The fourth-place network has continued its slow decline this fall, with Sunday night football keeping its heart beating. Viewership was off 5 percent from last season, the Nielsen ratings company said.

"We had a really bad fall, worse than I had hoped for but about what I expected," Greenblatt said.
Still, he hopes new shows like "The Voice," "Up All Night" and "Whitney" can provide building blocks for the future, even if they are only modest successes now.

NBC has been outspending its rivals in series development recently, following many years when the network kept such spending down. Greenblatt said NBC's new corporate owners, Comcast Corp., have shown a willingness to invest money and patience in rebuilding the network.

NBC has high hopes for the midseason series "Smash," about the competitive world of Broadway musicals. It debuts Feb. 6. Greenblatt seemingly tried to dampen expectations, given how hard it is to develop hits in network television these days.

"In this day and age, you need four or five shows to help things turn around," he said. "'Smash' could be one of those. I hope it is one of those. If it isn't, we're not going to go into receivership."
Greenblatt did not address reports that NBC is interested in Ryan Seacrest as a potential replacement for Matt Lauer on the "Today" show, whose contract ends this year.

"All of that is premature," he said. "It is our hope and belief that Matt will stay on the show beyond the length of his contract."

Comcast is talking with Seacrest, who plays a big role on the company's E! Entertainment cable network, about different things he could do. One idea NBC would be interested in is a network interview show, much like Barbara Walters has done on ABC.
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There are other rumors out there that Community is likely to be renewed as well... Things are looking up for Greendale.

It figures. I finally start watching this show and now I'm hooked. ANd now I see it is in trouble. Only able to see season 3 episodes online though. ANyone know a place I can find the others?

Hey Jeff, DId you know that when it snows
My EEEEEEYES BECOME LARGE AND
The light that you shine can be seeeeeeeeeeen.
BAAAAAAAAAABY,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh,



HE TWEETED IT!

There are other rumors out there that Community is likely to be renewed as well... Things are looking up for Greendale.

Six seasons and a movie.

Six seasons and a movie.

Exactly!

I liked space horse 2000 *sniff*

I liked Cougerton Abbey.

Something has got to chang, I need my Community fix!

Did someone Chang?

http://politicaljesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/chang.jpg

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:D