Community

Community is an American situation comedy series. It was created by Dan Harmon and originally aired on NBC beginning in 2009. The series was broadcast for five seasons, then cancelled, but was picked up for a sixth season on Yahoo! Screen. Dan Harmon was fired from the show after season three, allegedly due to difficulties with actor Chevy Chase, as well as other creative issues. Fan outrage was extensive and Harmon returned to the program as showrunner for season five. In his absence, Community was executive produced by David Guarascio and Moses Port. In 2015, it was rumored that Harmon and his wacky cast might make the jump to the big screen with a Community feature film. The series was produced by Krasnoff Foster Productions, Harmonius Claptrap, and Russo Brothers in association with Sony Pictures Television.

The setting of the show is the fictional Greendale Community College, which boasts an eccentric and off-beat staff of teachers including Dean Craig Pelton and Asian Spanish teacher Senor Chang. The main cast of students consisted of Joel McHale as Jeff Winger, Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry, Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir, Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett, Alison Brie as Annie Edison, Donald Glover as Troy Barnes and Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne. Chase left the series after season four, though he did appear in two guest appearances to finish out the character's story. Donald Glover left early in season five, and Yvette Nicole Brown left after season five as well. Actor Jim Rash, who plays the Dean, was a guest star in the first two seasons, but was bumped up to main cast member with season three.