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Question: Should they just have canceled Community? NBC's decision to fire Dan Harmon from Community baffles me. Replacing the showrunner on a show with a narrative voice as unique and distinctive as Harmon's seems bound to alienate its cult audience.
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Dan Harmon
Sounds like a bad simulation in the dreamatorium.
Community creator Dan Harmon was ousted as showrunner of the NBC series Friday night, replaced by Happy Endings' alums Moses Port and David Guarascio — except, no one bothered to tell Harmon.
New showrunners to replace Dan Harmon on Community
NBC renewed the critically adored comedy for a 13-episode fourth season last week, though Harmon had yet to sign a new deal keeping him with the series. "I expect Dan's voice to be a part of this show somehow," NBC Entertainment Chief Bob Greenblatt told reporters Sunday. "I'm just not sure if that means him running it day-to-day or him consulting on it."
Harmon took to his blog late Friday night after news of his ouster had broken online...
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Community
Greendale Community College has a new pair of headmasters...
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Dan Harmon and the cast of Community
Community will be back on NBC next season, but will its creator, Dan Harmon, be back with it? That remains to be seen as Harmon has yet to sign a new deal to produce more episodes of the series.
On a conference call with reporters about the new fall schedule, NBC Entertainment Chief Bob Greenblatt said, "I think those conversation are happening as we speak."
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However, things don't look good for the outspoken showrunner, who has...
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Community
NBC has renewed Community for a fourth season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The community college comedy, starring Joel McHale, will return for an abbreviated 13-episode season. Earlier Thursday, NBC granted a...
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Chevy Chase
Another Chevy Chase voicemail has leaked, and this time he's telling Community creator Dan Harmon that his show is simply not funny.
"It's just a f---ing mediocre sitcom!" Chase, who plays plays Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC series, yells in the audio obtained by Celebuzz. "I want people to laugh and this isn't funny."
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Dan Harmon and Chevy Chase
Community boss Dan Harmon is apologizing for releasing Chevy Chase's expletive-laden voicemail, calling it "a dumb, unclassy, inconsiderate move."
Last month, Chase, who plays Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC series, reportedly walked off the set without filming what was supposed to be the final shot of the season...
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Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase is embroiled in a nasty war of words with Community creator Dan Harmon, according to Deadline.
Community back with animated Webisodes, "confident" about Season 4 renewal
Last month, Chase, who plays Pierce Hawthorne, the heir to a moist towelette forturne, reportedly walked off the set without filming what was supposed to be the final shot of the season, according to the report. Later at the show's wrap party, Harmon reportedly roasted the actor in front of his family, instructing the crew to say, "F--- you, Chevy."
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Community
"We're feeling pretty confident," executive producer Russ Krasnoff said Saturday at the PaleyFest panel for Community about a possible fourth-season renewal for the NBC comedy. "Look, it's because of the people who love our show and the fact that they were so upset when it went away... [Also,] the people at NBC love the show."
Love doesn't necessarily translate to airtime, however. The cult-favorite sitcom went on an indefinite hiatus in early December, a move that did not bode well for the show's future. Only last month did NBC announce that Community would return on Thursday, March 15 at 8/7c to continue its third season.
With so many shows on the bubble, can smart comedies survive?
When moderator Alan Sepinwall of HitFix.com asked star Gillian Jacobs how she liked having her character Britta become synonymous for being the worst at everything, she joked, "It's so great because I feel that sort of hit right before the show got pulled. So NBC 'Britta'd' it. We gave our fans such a great...
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Joel McHale
When it comes to comedy, the networks have some tough decisions to make in the next few months. Do they stick with low-rated but critically adored shows with rabid fan bases, like NBC's Community? Or do they attempt to emulate the success of sitcoms with broad appeal but little acclaim, like the CBS hit 2 Broke Girls?
A handful of shows — including Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory — manage to pull off the rare feat of landing big accolades and big ...
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