Marg: Watch Community

In 5 days, on March 15th, NBC's Community returns from its mid-season hiatus. Unlike some breaks in a series, this one felt stressful and forced and horrible and we didn't know when (or if, even!) Community would come back. It was horrible, and when a return date was announced, I was overwhelmed with joy.

Community is one of those amazing sitcoms that always seems on the verge of cancellation due to the fact that it is SO innovative, clever, strange, and hilarious. If that seems counter intuitive to you, perhaps you will be shocked to learn that Nielson's latest numbers available (for the week of February 27th, 2012) still name Two and a Half Men as the highest rated network comedy. Two and a Half Men, people! In 2012!




Now, Nielson's rating system is far from perfect statistically, but the fact remains, audiences in general don't seem like watching innovative, clever, strange, or even hilarious comedies.


But you, you're not a general audience member, are you? You can't be, I refuse to believe it. And so, if you for some reason have not watched an episode of Community, please stop the insanity and just watch it! Try it! If you have a soul, you'll like it! You do have a soul, don't you?

Annie and Chang aren't sure you do.

Community is going into the 2nd half of its third season, and while you do have time before Thursday night to watch the 59 already-aired episodes (I'm not great at math, but that's like 22 hours of Community if we estimate that each episode is a standard 22 minutes), I suppose you might find that unrealistic if you have a job or a cat or something - you do have time to watch a few episodes at least, and you certainly have time to bone up on what Community is!


Know this: Community is a single cam sitcom going into its third season, created by Dan Harmon (who is neat, and probably too smart for TV, and just the sort of show runner that I suspect narrow minded networks just loathe). It airs on NBC at 8pm Eastern Time, and makes for an awesome TV night with the other comedies in the block. You can also watch it on NBC.com or in Canada on CityTV.com, if you don't have a TV.  Also, here is some krumping:

And also know this: Community is an ensemble cast. It stars Joel McHale (you like The Soup? Watch Community), Gillian Jacobs (She's in that new Steve Carrel move Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, watch Community first!), Chevy Chase (He's Chevy Chase! Watch Community!), Donald Glover (He is Childish Gambino and wrote for 30 Rock, so how about you watch Community, already?), Yvette Nicole Brown (it freaks me out when she doesn't speak in her Shirley voice, so you pretty much need to watch Community), Ken Jeong (The Hangover! Watch Community! He's a doctor!), Alison Brie (Trudie Campbell on Mad Men, you'll see she's even cuter when you watch Community!), Jim Rash (He won a damn Oscar, the least you can do is watch Community), and Danny Pudi (If you have never seen the character of Abed, you owe it to yourself to just... watch Community). 


Don't let Community get cancelled only to discover the show on DVD after it has gone out of production. It happened to Arrested Development, and countless others before and since. Stand up for quality, stand up for the rejection of stale jokes and a lack of diversity, and watch Community.


-Marg, who will be wearing her Greendale Community College sweatshirt on Thursday night. @acuteinsomnia 




Share your thoughts on Community below, and if you're already a fan, don't forget to spread the word about the show's return on March 15th on NBC. Tell everyone you know, and if you feel like it, share this post on Facebook or Twitter to help convince them. Six Seasons and a Movie!