Community fans won’t have to stage an uprising. (Well, maybe just a small mutiny over the size of the order.) The cult NBC/Sony Pictures TV comedy series has been renewed for next season with a 13-episode order. The short pickup is not a surprising. As we reported, NBC had been eying abbreviated orders for most or all of its returning comedies, which freed up money to pick up more freshmen. With the renewal secured, the question Community faces heading into its fourth season is whether it will return with both creator/showrunner Dan Harmon and co-star Chevy Chase on board. There has been a well documented feud between the two, raising speculation whether they could continue to work together or one would step down. I hear it is unclear as of now if Harmon will continue as showrunner. That is a possibility, with other scenarios also explored. Leaving Community are longtime executive producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan who just signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV.





6 seasons and a movie!!!!!
Cool. Cool. Cool cool cool!
Best. News. This. Week.
Excellent news. My prediction is that if a few of the freshmen shows bomb that then they’ll extend Community’s order. Here’s hoping we hear news about Parks & Recreation next. Sure, the show isn’t as funny as it was in season 2 & 3 but here’s hoping its a hiccup in what has been an excellent run so far.
Really glad NBC did the right thing and renewed it to meet the number of episodes for syndication… oh wait.
I wonder if Chevy Chase will be back?
They can replace Chevy with Tim Kazarinsky – he’s doing those promos for ME-TV so he’s not going to cost a fortune.
NBC was streets ahead with this decision.
With who running it? Rumor has it many writers have jumped ship and run for their lives.
Troy and Abed are the worst characters to happen to television since its creation.
Troy and Abed will be the spinoff
Is that meta? It seemed meta.
The correct way to say it is “Britta is the worst!”.
Worst characters ever from TV history
1. Vickie the Robot from Small Wonder
2. Allison from Designing Women
3. Jason Seaver from Growing Pains
4. Sam from Diff’rent Strokes
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1,000,000. Troy & Abed from Community
As happy as I am that they are getting a Season 4, this makes it sound like if their mid-season replacement is successful, they wouldn’t be coming back. It’s sort of like what they did with Chuck. Appease the fans, and then stuff it.
I hope that is not the case, but either way, I’m thankful for at least some sort of closure. I was pissed with Heroes just ending. I did not want Chuck to end, and I don’t want Community to end. But I appreciate any efforts toward bringing some sort of closure to the fans.
Very happy this got picked up.
I see the reasoning, both financial and scheduling-wise, for the abbreviated seasons… but does this mean that those 13-ep season shows won’t get picked up beyond that? Either extend the seasons or go for a S5 in this case? Or is the implication to the short order that they’re wrapping up the show (a la FRINGE)?
Or will we just have to wait and see?
It looks like NBC is going for more of a cable style programming. Less reruns & more shows may improve there fortunes. Now what is the fate for Harry’s Law ?
I’m glad the show is back, I enjoy it, but I’m sorry for all the ugliness. Both Chevy and Harmon seem to be seriously disturbed and unpleasant people. Shouldn’t be so tough to make good TV. I hope this next season will tell real stories and stop doing easy spoofs.
Yeah, isn’t it horrible when real world ugliness gets in the way of the stories of the show? Sometimes, it’s just better for everyone to keep their mouths shut and deal with their issues behind closed doors! Look at that mess with Glee last summer, that nastiness really tainted the show for a lot of people.
YES! But it deserves WAY more than 13 episodes!
Ugh I don’t care. I want Parks & Rec news!
Yeeeeeea! Cool co cool!
I hope Opposing Views ends up eating crow for their report.
Huzzah! Is that right?
Deantastic!
This is very good news, and I understand the shorter order. Makes sense, and I’ll take it over cancellation of course.
But is Chevy that big a star or that big a show that he could possibly bump Dan Harmon off his own show? Given it’s different style, I would imagine he’s more integral to the show than Chevy??
Thank Goodness they brought Bob Greenblatt in
He is bringing all those skills that made him so successful
Everyone realizes this probably means Community won’t even be looked at for more seasons after this. NBC is essentially cancelling the show and throwing the fans cheap meaningless hope to cling to. They’re stringing us along and frankly I’m not gonna take it. If people think the campaign for community is over, they are dead wrong.
Oh, and I’d take Dan Harmon over Chevy Chase any day. Chase has been unprofessional and awful for years. And if, evidenced by his Huffington Post and Vulture interviews, he thinks the show is so God awful without his bland form of physical humor than he can GTFO. Good riddance.
I hate this show and I’m proud to say I’ve never been able to watch more than one minute of it. I prefer Big Bang Theory. Community is obnoxious and annoying it’s painful to watch.
Lol, so you prefer mediocrity.
Funny, that’s exactly what I think of TBBT. Hate broad comedies.
The masses usually do go with the lowest common denominator. And TBBT certainly fits THAT bill.
“Obnoxious” = my brain hurts when I use it
This coming from the expert who hasn’t been able to watch a more than a minute of it. At least your well informed. :-/
This is amazing news. Community is streets ahead, the best comedy on TV (alongside Parks and Rec).
I’m a bit disappointed by the reduced order though. The show has been sold in syndication to Comedy Central, which means it would be better for everyone (Sony, NBC and Comedy Central) if the show got at least 88 episodes. By ordering only 13 episodes, that brings Community’s total to 84 episodes. Not enough.
If many new NBC sitcoms fail, I think NBC will extend Community’s order to 22-24 episodes. I will be rooting for that, because if next season (the Senior Year) is the final one (it would make sense, creatively speaking), I want it to have a regular amount of episodes. I’m talking 22 to 25 episodes, not 13.
And I hope both Chevy and Dan Harmon can put their differences aside and work together again on this wonderfully creative and funny series.
Not likely. Harmon just called Chevy a prick on his twitter page.
F*ck yes!
Oh, my God, does this mean there really is some justice in the world? I’ll have to adjust my entire world view.