NBC Cancels Community

[Ghadente]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WHY!? WHY?! WHY?!
say its not true, it can't be true..... Woe is me... woe is all...

 

[dyre]

That's rough, but the recent mediocre seasons have taken the sting out of the announcement. The Firefly and Veronica Mars cancellations were much more tragic!

I can't say I'm too surprised; Season 3 was a little uneven, Season 4 was just plain terrible, and Season 5 was a lot better but still not really up to scratch. I don't feel like the show had much left in it.

This is pretty much my opinion of it too. The show had two fantastic seasons, so I'm just going to pretend that they graduated after the second season (you know, since most community colleges are two year ordeals)

 

[Nghtgnt]

Why is BBT always mentioned, and in a negative way? I love them both ^^

I like to think of it as BBT is the kind of show that a bunch of studio executives think nerds and geeks would like, while Community is the kind of show that nerds and geeks actually like. This got even worse when, somewhat early on, BBT switched from "laughing with" to "laughing at" nerds and geeks.

And that f**king laugh track. If I need a cue as to when I should laugh that means even the writers know their jokes suck.

 

[00slash00]

I can't believe it...that this show was still on the air, I mean. I thought it ended years ago. Kinda sad that the first time I've heard anyone talk about the show in the past 3 years or so, was to announce that it was cancelled

 

[sumanoskae]

Dear NBC...
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So, hey Hulu and Netflix, you guys feel like taking advantage of another TV networks stupidity? I would have cut some throats by now were I not so sure that someone will start a Kickstarter or something; Community is well loved, NBC were fools to cancel it.

Well, I'm off to kidnap the families of some executives.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

By the way, I looked up the ratings for Community. After all, reviews are one thing, but shows don't survive based on good reviews, just as movies don't make money from good reviews.

Season 1 had an average of 5 million viewers throughout the season, ranking #97 out of 140 overall with 2.1 in the 18-49 age market. Season 2 averaged 4.44 million viewers, ranking #138 of 268 overall with 2.0 in the 18-49 age market. Season 3 had an average of 4.03 million viewers, ranking #144 out of 195, with a 1.9 ranking in the 18-49 age group. For comparison, it was beaten by Allen Gregory in the 18-45 age group at this point, a rather horrid cartoon that lasted 6 episodes. Season 4 averaged 3.58 million viewers throughout the season, ranking #133 out of 187, with a 1.7 rating in the 18-49 age group. Numbers aren't in yet for Season 5, but the premiere, which always gets the most views, had fewer than the average from Season 4.


In the end, the show just wasn't getting a lot of people watching it. Enough to renew a few seasons, but it was steadily losing viewers. Even for NBC, they had 18 shows beating them in the 18-49 age group, and a whopping 34 shows beating Community in ratings overall after Season 4. Those are not good numbers. Reality shows can survive ratings like this, because they are cheaper to produce. But a sitcom needs a lot of viewers to justify the expense, and Community just wasn't getting them.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

And that f**king laugh track. If I need a cue as to when I should laugh that means even the writers know their jokes suck.

Uh... Big Bang Theory does not have a laugh track, it has a live studio audience. Those are people that are actually laughing at the jokes. That's why the actors sometimes pause when the laughter is particularly loud (so that their lines aren't drowned out).

I don't particularly like the show myself, but let's not make up reasons to criticize it.

 

[Vrach]

Welp, I'm not surprised, NBC seems to be unable to recognize how to let a good thing 'finish' properly. Like how they didn't keep Scrubs for its final season, an awesome and well written show, while the last season (What's Scrubs Med School?) ended up on ABC and did a very solid job wrapping everything up neat and tight.

Wait, are you saying Scrubs Med School is good or did they cancel it a season before that? Med School sucked, it was tolerable at best, but mostly was just annoying.

OT: I thought the series ended when Jeff got his diploma? With the whole timeline thing? That looked like an ending to me and an alright one at that, especially considering how the show was slowly becoming less and less fun to watch. Some great episodes came out of the series, but it wasn't always consistently funny, particularly later on.

 

[Kyogissun]

Welp, I'm not surprised, NBC seems to be unable to recognize how to let a good thing 'finish' properly. Like how they didn't keep Scrubs for its final season, an awesome and well written show, while the last season (What's Scrubs Med School?) ended up on ABC and did a very solid job wrapping everything up neat and tight.

Wait, are you saying Scrubs Med School is good or did they cancel it a season before that? Med School sucked, it was tolerable at best, but mostly was just annoying.

OT: I thought the series ended when Jeff got his diploma? With the whole timeline thing? That looked like an ending to me and an alright one at that, especially considering how the show was slowly becoming less and less fun to watch. Some great episodes came out of the series, but it wasn't always consistently funny, particularly later on.

The implication is that I don't consider Med School to be part of the show and its existence is NON-existent similar to say, the Umineko anime adaptation or Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean or anything on Supernatural past season 5. Some of those are because the production was GENUINELY bad (Astral Ocean's botched latter half, Scrubs Med School) or I just don't care because there's no hope of it going the way I want it to (Umineko and Supernatural, the second should have just ENDED when Eric Kripke left the show).

In general, Med School HAD potential but didn't develop their characters properly AND it made the transition from old cast into new 'way' too harsh. Honestly, the whole problem for me was the show just not giving me a chance to adjust to the new situation... Oh and I would have suggested they brought more characters introduced in Season 8 INTO season 9 besides just Eliza Coupe's character and the brief one episode cameo by Sunny. Med School school COULD have worked but... They just dropped the ball. =/

 

[bluepotatosack]

So what does NBC have left? Parks and Rec? I frigging love that show but it's declined a bit recently and even at it's best it's not a lot of good comedy output. NBC have totally Britta-ed it (never had to type that, looks bloody weird). This definitely is the Darkest Timeline

Hate be the bearer of bad news, but Parks and Rec looks pretty.... finished. On the plus side, the last episode is pretty epic.

Actually, Parks and Rec is gearing up for another season.

Spoiler

They basically did a time jump because they wanted to avoid having to do cliche sitcom jokes about raising kids.

[Source!] [http://io9.com/parks-and-recreations-next-season-will-be-very-gently-1568332560]

 

[weirdee]

It's basically all NBC's fault for firing Harmon in the first place. We demand justice!

the royal we also do not consider the fourth season to be any reflection of the show at all since that is like accusing somebody of a crime that their evil twin was responsible for.

 

[McMarbles]

I was promised six seasons and a movie. Dammit, NBC.

And next year we're losing Parks & Rec. That was the last interesting thing on the channel.

Maybe Constantine. If they don't mess it up.

 

[K12]

Damn I guess that means that all of human civilization will be destroyed by an asteroid!

 

[Atmos Duality]

But the Big Bang Theory is not cancelled, thus proving that mainstream audiences suck and the opinion of the masses doesn't mean diddly squat.

Well, decorum dictates that I'm supposed to wag my finger at your comment, using words like "hipster, snob, condescending" to uphold the unwritten "moral high ground"...but fuck that.

I'm with you 100% on this, and find it hideous that the geek culture show with an actual sense of humor is getting shitcanned well ahead of the mindless caricature that thinks it's funny.

At least it was great while it lasted.

 

[DirgeNovak]

And that f**king laugh track. If I need a cue as to when I should laugh that means even the writers know their jokes suck.

Uh... Big Bang Theory does not have a laugh track, it has a live studio audience. Those are people that are actually laughing at the jokes. That's why the actors sometimes pause when the laughter is particularly loud (so that their lines aren't drowned out).

I don't particularly like the show myself, but let's not make up reasons to criticize it.

Ugh, not that fucking argument again. An audience who is told when to laugh is no better than a laugh track.
Have you ever been to a sitcom shooting? I have. They take 5-10 takes for every scene because the actors mess up their lines. Trust me, no matter how funny a joke is, it's no longer funny on the tenth take. Buy they tell you to laugh it anyway. Ditto for the oooohs when characters kiss and the aaawwws when a kitten comes out of a hat or whatever.

Hence, laugh track. Get over it.