Community Cancelled by NBC
Darkest timeline indeed.
The dream of Six Seasons and a Movie looks dashed, as NBC have cancelled Community, per TVLine's Michael Ausiello.
The perpetually on-the-bubble series seemed to have a much better chance of renewal this season and when I spoke to creator Dan Harmon and the cast a few weeks back they mostly sounded optimistic. But with the show never having had impressive ratings and a ton of new comedy pilots, NBC decided to pass on another season.
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NBC Cancels Community - Is Netflix an Option?
The question then becomes, is this really it for Community? Sony, who produce the series, could try shopping it to another outlet for one more season. The entire "Six Seasons and a Movie" campaign and the cult around Community make it a viable property, but with a relatively small audience, it would no doubt come down to cost. But one only needs to look at the existence of the Veronica Mars movie for proof of how a project of this sort can make a surprising return. For now though, we've got five seasons of Greendale to look back on.
Community cast members have begun tweeting about the cancellation.
#darkesttimeline
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) May 9, 2014
Thanks Community fans for being the greatest that have ever walked the earth & Thanks @danharmon for letting me be on the coolest show ever.
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) May 9, 2014
Dean an honor. Thank YOU fans. U got us 2 five. & thank you @danharmon @cpmckenna Envious & humbled by ur creative minds. Best job ever.
— Jim Rash (@RashisTVUgly) May 9, 2014
Thank you for the love, best fans in the world. Thank you @danharmon for the best job of my life. #ePluribusAnus
— Gillian Jacobs (@GillianJacobs) May 9, 2014
A most heartfelt THANK YOU to all the Community fans. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. My life is so blessed because you're all in it. Chang The World.
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 9, 2014
Thank you @DanHarmon
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 9, 2014
Thank you @JoelMcHale @GillianJacobs @YNB @DannyPudi @RashisTVUgly @AlisonBrie @DonaldGlover @ChevyChaseToGo #JonathanBanks
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 9, 2014
Thank you @JoelMcHale @GillianJacobs @YNB @DannyPudi @RashisTVUgly @AlisonBrie @DonaldGlover @ChevyChaseToGo #JonathanBanks
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 9, 2014
Welp, the time has come. #Community has been cancelled. Still, FIVE seasons for a bubble show is MIRACULOUS! Much love to you all!
xoxo
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) May 9, 2014
You guys are so awesome! Thanks for all the kind tweets. See, we're okay guys! We all still have each other! #HumanBeingsForLife!
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) May 9, 2014
Twitter isn't big enough to hold my condolences and more importantly my gratitude to the best fans, cast and crew in TV history. Excelsior.
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) May 9, 2014
Thank you, Community fans, for 5 seasons of incredible, heartwarming support. So deeply proud to have been a part of this. #darkesttimeline
— Alison Brie (@alisonbrie) May 10, 2014
Update: EW are saying that Sony will indeed try to find a new home for Community, either on cable or a streaming service. As EW notes, the show airs in syndication on Comedy Central, while Hulu owns the digital rights, making those two obvious potential outlets.