Community, the tv show

It might pay for itself but NBC really needs hits to up revenue. DVD sales and online figures are fine, but nothing compared to the revenue stream of the first run of a primetime hit.

Can't see the affiliates being too happy either.

I love the show, but there's really no reason it should go beyond a second season. It's a community college! I'm just glad they're getting a full second season.

NBC could do itself a lot of favors by looking at cable (their USA shows do incredibly well and, in most cases, really aren't that bad). If they go edgy like FX or (of late) AMC, they may earn a new reputation as the network which will deliver excellent television at the risk of upsetting the FCC. (I mean, obviously they can't go as far as FX or AMC, but they can push it.)

There's limited value in attempting a gritty and/or edgy cable drama on network TV though. AMC/FX/USA numbers are so far below where networks need them to be. Lone Star is an example. Human Target is probably the closest to a USA show on networks, and it's hardly thriving.

I guess you're right. They need to shake it up in one way or another, though, because they've got NOTHING.

When you only have one show (The Office) that can offer you a lead in to build a new series, you're in trouble, yeah. Still, it works out for the fans of Community. and 30 Rock. and Friday Night Lights.

The networks definitely have their own personalities. I mean, if I'm watching Grey's Anatomy (for example...I actually haven't watched it in years), I know right away I'm watching an ABC show. NCIS is unmistakably CBS. I can't even imagine either of those shows on alternate networks, and especially not on NBC. NBC dramas over the last decade just seem to have some kind of cheap sheen on them. Friday Night Lights and Southland were the most surprising exceptions, and neither of them translated in that setting.

<3 this show

is that Hillary Duff?

y

This episode is really great so far.

Damn you Pierce!

:D

That one was brought by the letter "S" as in "SNAP"

It's going to be a maze

would happily have chang just floating around making comments like that for the rest of the season xpost

Gary with the check on the weather just made me lol so hard. "IT'S STILL SUNNY"

ugh I really hate this Abed-as-Robocop stuff. lol at "it's going to be a maze," though.

just watched the zombie ep... if you guys really think that 1/ that was a billionth as good as paintball and 2/ the season hasnt pretty much been a complete fiasco then i don't really know what to say. perpetua otm.

Abed-as-Robocop was, sure, gimmicky, but totally worth it for Britta's "rowboat-cop" line.

It's not so much that it was gimmicky, it's that it was a reductive, cheap way to portray his Asperger's, which was handled a little more deftly last season iirc

Good point, but it could also be argued (not necessarily by me, I'm just playing devil's advocate) that this is the manifestation of Abed's Asperger's, as seen through Abed's eyes -- a bittersweet gaze into his psyche.

Or something.

totally lost my shit at the secret garden/alice in wonderland-type music they played when troy found the trampoline.

the last third of the zombie episode was basically a donald glover showcase, idk how people could watch it and think "oh THIS isn't what i watch community for."

totally predictable genre cliche "jeff, you've been up there for an hour" had me on the floor.

Loved Chang with the ice cream watching from outside the room the most.

I love how these Community keeps repping for other shows Dan Harmon likes:

@vdoozer Cougartown got a shout out by @danharmon on Community tonight. http://i51.tinypic.com/ic7n15.jpg (bottom right hand corner of pic)

http://i51.tinypic.com/ic7n15.jpg

http://f.cl.ly/items/457af9a84af6f4e004cc/Screen%20shot%202010-11-05%20at%202.23.17%20AM.png

lol

Projected Cycles! OMG!

Also Garry's weather report!

The trampoline!

Britta looking even hotter with every episode!

Boob bump!

This episode was perfect. I hope they use more different places like they did in the cold open - they can leave the library and classroom occasionally.

just watched the zombie ep... if you guys really think that 1/ that was a billionth as good as paintball and 2/ the season hasnt pretty much been a complete fiasco then i don't really know what to say. perpetua otm.

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no way zombies was as good as paintball but... complete fiasco... u trippin homie

Ugh, people who keep expecting another paintball episode don't really get this show and, tbh, should probably not even be watching it. This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing. Great use of Matt Walsh. My favorite lines:

"They're like walking in dreams."
"Eventually its going to be a maze."

Also, great Andy Dick cameo.

pierce flying through the air and crashing into the dumpster made me fart.

just thinking about "IT'S STILL SUNNY" makes me lol

andy dick was in it?

He was the little tiny pilot in Pierce's remote controlled plane thing.

huh just assumed that was the dean

That was kind of magical.

thought it was the dean until credits as well.

anyone hating on this show is insane

its just a big network comedy, and for that its pretty great

I can't tell if this is completely serious or just a piece of high-art sarcasm, but it's worth reading: http://diversityawareness.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/nbcs-community-needs-a-mexican-character/

NBC’s Community needs a Mexican character
Posted on November 5, 2010 by Macon Trisdale

NBC’s COMMUNITY NEEDS A MEXICAN CHARACTER. I applaud NBC for their effort in bringing in a diverse cast of characters to a television show. The mediocre comedy entitled Community has several minorities represented… They have a muslim, two black characters, an Asian, several women, a gay dean, and a senior citizen. It would seem that they have all of there bases covered.

But there is one minority that they have completely and unconscionably ignored. That’s right. Our friends to the south… THE MEXICANS. How could they have ignored such a culturally rich and prominent culture? Mexicans are plentiful in community colleges, so why have the Latinos been excluded from the show? My studies show that Mexicans make up a whopping 19% of all community college attendees. And don’t forget all the janitors and maintenance men that are Mexican. America’s community colleges are basically brimming with Mexicans. So why are they being ignored?

I have a few theories as to why Mexicans have been so vociferously excluded:

* Dan Harmon (Community creator) is ignorant
* Dan Harmon is fearful of low ratings due to white people’s hate of Mexicans
* NBC does not allow too many minorities in it’s comedies

Maybe not all of these are true; but if even one of them is true, then it is a despicable situation. Why aren’t more people clamoring about this issue? Don’t people care about inclusiveness, tolerance, and love? Why is the main character a white man? WHAT CAN WE DO?

I’ll tell you what we can do. We can email Joel McHale and Chevy Chaese and Dan Harmon and inform them of this issue. We can start a petition and send it to NBC. We can talk to our neighbors and co-workers about this issue. We need to create a meaningful dialogue about this issue. Our Mexican brothers and sisters are entitled to have the same equality as the other minorities represented in Community.

Love how surreal and absurd this season is. Big improvement over the last season.

u mad

This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing.

u mad

this was ok ('it's going to be a maze' = hilare), and last week's was ok, but show has fallen off and im not just comparing it with the paintball ep

its fallen off i guess? not as hard as himym or 30r imo

I am enjoying it as much as ever.

Loved the Wilhelm Scream in the zombie episode

I didn't catch that, but I'm not surprised at all.

im not surprised you didnt catch it either

Brought to u by the letter S as in "Snap!"