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After a lot of behind-the-scenes turmoil that resulted in the departures of creator/executive producer Dan Harmon and co-star Chevy Chase since Community ended its third season, the quirky comedy is finally returning on the air on Feb. 7 to kick off its 13-episode fourth season in its old Thursday 8 PM slot. Despite all the changes, “I think you’ll see relatively the same show that you did before, maybe with a little bit more heart built into it. But we didn’t fundamentally change it,” NBC boss Bob Greenblatt said after the NBC executive session at TCA. The abbreviated fourth season is not perceived as the show’s swan song. “We’re absolutely hopeful it will lead to a fifth season,” Greenblatt said. “I’d love nothing more than to see it continue.”
Ray Richmond contributed to this report.
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Community Season 4 will have “more heart”? But Season 3 had the most “heart” of any show on television, to the point where people were complaining it was too sickly saccahrine sweet and overreliant on “hugging and learning”. I don’t think he’s ever actually watched the show.
Meanwhile, shows like The Big Bang Theory and Family Guy are megahits despite entirely lacking any “heart” whatsoever.
You seriously just made all of that up…..
“comedy is finally returning on the air on Feb. 7 to kick off its 13-episode fifth season”
Six seasons and a movie!
“More heart”? Maudlin heart moments are what ruined this show. It started out as irreverent, mean and hilarious, then got completely saccharine as Jeff became a “better man.” Who the fuck wants to see that? I can watch that crap on Friends 1, Friends 2, Friends 3 (Happy Endings; New Girl; How I Met Your Mother)
The show always had “maudlin heart moments” and was never “mean”, even from the outset. Lest you forget, the ending of the pilot was saccharine sweet, and the third episode even more so.
The show was deliberately intended to be a return to the warmth of classic sitcoms in a post-Seinfeld world. The “moral” of the show was about broken people coming together and being accepted despite their flaws.
Hope #1: It stays good, even without Harmon
Hope #2: If Hope #1 stays true, ratings are sufficient to bring about season 5.
If Chevy’s gone, I’ll try watching again.
Wow, I remember this show. Thought it was cancelled, it’s been so long.
The best episodes are the ones that focus on conflict and satire. “Heart” isn’t funny.