Quite a bit has been made on the eBays lately about NBC or somebody with authority not renewing Dan Harmon’s contract as executive producer and/or “showrunner” of Community. I’m a big fan of the show, and I haven’t missed an episode for probably two and a half seasons. I think it’s neat, but I’m not sure I’d put the BEST SHOW EVAR label on it.

Anyway, people need to chill about the would-be apocalyptic effect Harmon’s firing, as it were, will have on the show next season. I disagree for reasons. One, the show’s being moved to Friday nights, which means NBC just barely give shit about it in the first place. This means that maybe it wouldn’t have mattered who ran the show anyway, it probably was going to get cancelled after season four, or just hang on long enough before everyone stopped caring. Two, I know Harmon was/is a unique individual, but to say that the new execs can’t somehow harness the vision/theme of the show and continue to develop its characters is kind of unfair. And, let’s be honest, people have been complaining about where the hell characters like Pierce and Chang were going for about a season and a half anyway. Three, you’re probably still going to watch the show. What if it gets better? The nice thing about Community is that it does things on TV that no other show does. Execs with any creativity at all, and most have that, would probably love the chance to do things like an 8bit Atari episode, and they’ll have the freedom to do stuff like that now.

TL;DR: I think people need to chill and see what happens. The show might be better without Harmon, even if it was his baby. #sixseasonsandamovie