Community, the tv show

ratings stayed the same (i.e. abysmal).

boo.

At least they didn't get worse? I was worried about Big Bang Theory taking away a part of the audience.

I'm going to be so sad when this show gets cancelled.

I think if Community were to get canned by NBC (which, who knows...they'd be dumb enough to do it), it's got the kind of fanbase that would get it picked up by Comedy Central or TBS.

I hope so, but I have my doubts. It's probably going to be like Arrested Development all over again.

Too expensive for cable, I'll bet. Either way, with Outsourced doing very well it looks like Community is first in line to get the chop to make way for Parks and Rec. It's all so cruel.

I wonder how much that has to do with NBC promoing the shit out of Outsourced all summer. Here's hoping the ratings for that show nosedive in the coming weeks.

IT DID WELL? xp

NBC probably loves backlash at this point, so they'd probably keep it on the air just to spite people who don't like it (Outsourced, that is).

Community had about 5 million viewers, Outsourced had a 8 million.

Also, Shit My Dad Says gave 30 Rock a hell of a beating.

Ugh.

Yeah, but Shit My Dad Says got pretty universally panned by critics beforehand and by tv watchers on twitter after its premiere. I bet the second week numbers are considerably less.

I didn't see it, so I don't know how bad it actually is.

Its only the first week, I'm not going to worry about those numbers too much just yet. Lets see what October brings.

Outsourced had the benefit of The Office being a lead-in. Where are the numbers for how many of those 8 million people tuned out before the half hour was up?

good ep. I really wanted to see Aison Brie's post-punch reaction play out more just coz I imagine it being insanely great

GRATE ep.

this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season

oh Mordy, you just blackened my heart right there

Really really really hate The League

from what i can tell via twitter, community folx were pleased with the ratings -- everyone was expecting a big drop due to Big Bang Theory, but in reality they were slightly higher than the ratings they were getting last season at 8:00. it's folly to compare community/30 rock ratings to the office/outsourced ratings, because people are still watching the office in large numbers for some reason.

also people were worried about My Generation potentially being big competition, but i heard it did pretty badly.

lol The League is kinda a joy for me but maybe only bc I'm into fantasy football.

Community numbers were level with last season, so yeah, the lack of drop-off is a good sign. Still, it was a bit of a shock that it was renewed in the first place, so with no improvements I worry how they'll handle it. I don't know what effect Zucker's exit will have.

I'm sure I'm not the only one, and I think the show is great on its own merits, but half the reason I love it so much is because all the cast members are on twitter all day long acting just like friends I have in real life. I've even had Donald and Gillian respond to things I've written to them directly, which seems inconceivable for any other show/cast currently on tv. c0rNy, sure, but when Thursday rolls around, I feel extra motivated while watching.

The League is the TV they show you in Hell

never in my life do I want to see Nick Kroll's face again

the league is so, so bad

co-sign on that

pssst i think you want 2010 Fall TV Premieres: What's good and what's not so good?

sorry. I love Community and I am not at all sick of Senor Chang even though I know in my rational mind that I should be and Donald Glover in the Spidey pjs made my heart hurt because he would have been great casting

xp There was some previous discussion of The League upthread.

this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season

― Mordy, Friday, September 24, 2010 7:54 PM

my bad

These chloroform gags are killin it.

maura tweted something about glover channeling gene wilder when he's hopping around the janitor and I thought that was pretty OTM and awesome

All I heard was "suck."

Animated prank at end credits knocked me out of my chair

http://i53.tinypic.com/2m76zb7.gif

"Shirley, don't sue a stripper. Life already sued her, and she lost."

I think this has pretty clearly zoomed past even 30 Rock now. I had to pause several times last night to catch my breath.

this show is killin it

funnier than 30 rock or himym right now

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/alison_brie_on_mad_men_communi.html?mid=twitter_vulture

o_o

We’ve heard about a Claymation Christmas episode. Will that be the topper to last season’s paintball episode?

I think just in terms of the whole outlook in the season, the ante has been upped. It’s not just about having huge fantastical episodes, which there are, but in general I think the whole nature of the show and how silly we can get is being pushed more and more. The Apollo 13 episode — where we kind of go to space, so to speak — that’s going to be one of the more ambitious episodes that we’re all sort of hoping will have a similar if not better feel to the paintball episode. And the Halloween episode, which we just finished, is scaled up. It’s definitely a full-on horror-movie episode and really well done.

I think I prefer the less out-there episodes. I was disappointed to read that interview with the creator guy where he said they were going to try to make more paintball and chicken fingers type episodes. Chicken fingers was by far my least favorite episode from season 1. I don't think it's possible to ever, ever get good comedy out of mafia spoofs (esp. Goodfellas) again!

In fact, the fewer genre spoofs of any kind the better

would rather have stunt genre episodes than stunt guest stars/casting

Rob corddry was pretty good! But yeah, not looking forward to all the Betty White we're presumably going to be exposed to this season.

Did her character get fired or something, and all the students got automatic A's?

She was suspended, I think. I don't think there's any guarantee she's coming back, so I don't think she's going to show up in many episodes.

Yeah. She was just stunt casting for the premiere.

Drew Carey's hole in the hand just amazed me, like, where does that even come from. Comedy-wise, I mean. I love this show.

I think John Oliver's character is coming back to fill in as the Anthropology prof.