Community-Season-5Six seasons and a movie (or perhaps better written as #6SeasonsAndAMovie) was the hope filled line that Community character, Abed Nadir, once gave for how long he hoped the NBC TV series, The Cape, would last on television. The Cape lasted 10 episodes, less than one full season or even 3 months. Still, that line of “six seasons and a movie” continued on as a sign of hope, not for The Cape but for NBC’s other TV series where the line originated, for Community. It was first uttered in season 2 of the series, and the statement got louder with each season as fans crossed their fingers and hoped NBC wouldn’t cancel one of their favorite shows. NBC came close several times, pushing back the release of the show, firing the Showrunner, and shortening the number of episodes in several seasons. But Community never-the-less prevailed so far with 5 seasons, even hiring back the original Showrunner Dan Harmon. It had a good run, but unfortunately NBC wants to cancel it before its time.

There is indeed sad news today for Community fans, as NBC has determined that Community will not get its sixth season or that desired movie, instead ending the show with just 5 seasons. 5 seasons is of course putting it nicely, with the last 2 seasons worth of episodes totaling just barely more than one normal season from the shows beginnings. While this cancellation shouldn’t come as a huge shock, considering dropping viewership of the show over the past few seasons (averaging around 3 million viewers per episode over the past 3 seasons), many can argue this drop might have been NBC’s fault in poor scheduling. These same fans will also likely hope for another channel or streaming service to pick up the show for a final season and film. Whether this will happen or not is hard to say just yet, but it is certainly a dark day for the students and faculty of Greendale Community College. Thankfully for fans of Donald Glover you can follow him over to his new show, Atlanta, on FX while continuing to watch The Soup on E! for Joel McHale. Here’s hoping the other great actors, actresses, and crew of Community find new projects we can all enjoy soon.