Does Anyone Else Watch COMMUNITY?

[strummergirl]

NBC sometimes does not really know what guest-star they should promote for this show so if Fillion is on the show, I could see how it went under their radar (and the fact they cannot really promote it properly until it is back on the schedule). I don't remember Josh Holloway's appearance in the paintball finale (and a Lost-Community fan cross-over is pretty significant) getting heavily promoted but Drew Carey as Jeff's old associate did get promoted by NBC.

That said, it is really not unusual for even TV stars to visit the sets of other shows, even on different networks.

[MotorTink]

Nathan & Joel are pretty good friends I think. they are tweeting back and forth and about each others shows all the time, so coulda just been a set visit. But who knows.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Dan Harmon Sucks

[Jordan Catalano]

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

[The Josh]

Pop pop!

[yodamarie78]

Six seasons and a movie!

[strummergirl]

Yes! I knew things were going up when they were making a bunch of guest-star announcements. Giancarlo Esposito aka Gus from Breaking Bad is going to appear in an episode!

[Plum]

There were rumors about the 3/15 return date on the IMDB boards, of all places, a few days ago, and it's awesome that they've actually turned out to be true. SHOW. I MISS YOU.

[picturetaker9211]

Thank god!

THe only downside is that Parks & Recreation is gone til April 19 when Community comes back. Why isn't Whitney cancelled yet so they can move Community or another comedy to Wednesday night so I can get all my shows back at the same time?

[MotorTink]

yay yay yay yay.... If you were going to take P&R away from me for a month, at least you give me the best replacement ever!!!!!

Now get everyone you know to watch the returning episodes so we can get a S4!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Frankly, I'd rather 30 Rock go away again, since this season has been its worst. But I'm still happy my Community is coming back!

[strummergirl]

30 Rock has been up and down this year. Not as bad as Season 4 but a real decline from Season 5 which I think does not get enough respect. For me last season was more in line with the brilliance of Season 2 and 3.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I thought it reached its zenith with season three. Four and five were okay, but god, this season has been execrable.

[Plum]

For purposes of this thread, the important thing about 30 Rock is that given Community's timeslot, it's been getting equally bad ratings - sometimes even worse. Which shows that it's the timeslot that's the problem at least as much as the show, which will hopefully help Community get renewed if Sony makes financial concessions.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

That's a good point. I really hope we can get at least one more season (I mean, I'd like ten more, but I know what we're up against here). We have to see the gang graduate!

[Jordan Catalano]

Why do they have to graduate? They could go to Greendale for ten years and finally one day ask why the hell they're still there.

[strummergirl]

I think out of most of the group Annie seems most determined to graduate. Abed and Troy will have their tents up in Greendale forever... in my mind.

[Plum]

Jordan, Dan Harmon has explicitly said that he's not going to extend the story by coming up with stupid reasons to delay graduation. Anyway, I find it wildly unlikely that the show will get more than four seasons anyway.

[Jordan Catalano]

WEll why does one season have to be one full school year?

[strummergirl]

It's not like they are full-time students. Some had legit reasons to start/continue their education and others are just there for the fun of it or are doing to maintain their (in)sanity.

[Plum]

*shrug* Again, I'm just going by Harmon's interviews here. He said that if they get past graduation he'll find other stories to tell.

And honestly, I think I'd be okay with a four-season run that tells a contained story rather than extending the show until it jumps the shark, stingray, and moray eel.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Yeah, if the plan had been to stretch the school years over more than one season from the beginning that would be one thing, but at this point, we'll be lucky if we get a fourth season at all, so I'd imagine if they do get it, Harmon will want to wrap it up with them graduating.

I also always assumed everyone but Pierce was a full-time student.

[MotorTink]

http://www.tvline.com/2012/03/community-season-3-finale-spoilers-video/

2 1/2 minute preview of rest of season as shown on The Soup last night.


1 Week!!!!

[Plum]

I've watched that trailer an embarrassing number of times. And I was at the Paley event in NYC, too, so I saw next week's episode and it's really nice! Not "all-time masterpiece" great or anything, but a fun return to the show, with great Shirley and Britta material.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I just can't bring myself to watch the trailer yet. Part of me doesn't want to be spoiled for this half of the season. But I'm sure I'll cave before Thursday.