Community (TV series)

Community
Genre	Sitcom Surreal humor[1] Satire[2]
Created by	Dan Harmon
Showrunners	Dan Harmon (seasons 1–3, 5–6) David Guarascio (season 4) Moses Port (season 4)
Starring	Joel McHale Gillian Jacobs Danny Pudi Yvette Nicole Brown Alison Brie Donald Glover Ken Jeong Chevy Chase Jim Rash
Opening theme	"At Least It Was Here" by The 88
Composer	Ludwig Göransson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	110 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Anthony Russo Joe Russo Dan Harmon Gary Foster Russ Krasnoff Neil Goldman Garrett Donovan David Guarascio Moses Port Tristram Shapeero Chris McKenna Rob Schrab Patrick Kienlen
Production locations	Los Angeles City College Paramount Studios CBS Studio Center Los Angeles
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes (seasons 1–5) 24–30 minutes (season 6)
Production companies	Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment Russo Brothers Films (seasons 1–3) Harmonious Claptrap[a] Universal Television[b] Sony Pictures Television Yahoo! Studios (season 6)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17) – April 17, 2014 (2014-04-17)
Network	Yahoo! Screen
Release	March 17 (2015-03-17) – June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)
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Community is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The series ran for 110 episodes over six seasons, with its first five seasons airing on NBC from September 17, 2009, to April 17, 2014, and its final season airing on Yahoo! Screen from March 17 to June 2, 2015. Set at a community college in the fictional Colorado town of Greendale, the series stars an ensemble cast including Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, and Jim Rash. It makes use of meta-humor and pop culture references, paying homage to film and television clichés and tropes.

Harmon based Community on his experiences attending Glendale Community College. Each episode was written in accordance with Harmon's "story circle" template, a method designed to create effective and structured storytelling. Harmon was the showrunner for the first three seasons but was fired before the fourth and replaced by David Guarascio and Moses Port. After weaker reviews, Harmon was rehired for the fifth season, after which NBC canceled the series. Yahoo! Screen revived the show for Community's sixth and final season.

Despite struggling in the ratings, Community developed a cult following and received acclaim for its acting, direction, writing, and meta-humor. It won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 2012, among other accolades. In September 2022, after several years of speculation and development, a feature-length Community film was announced for NBC's streaming service Peacock.^[3]

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