# Community not in NBC's Mid-Season Schedule **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951 "2011-11-14T23:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/41 "2011-11-16T21:29:16Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > \*Community \*reminds me of NBC’s late, lamented \*Outsourced \*in that, for me, the leads (Ben Rappaport and Joel McHale) are the weak links. It’s the great supporting casts and their chemistry that keeps me tuning in. I agree with that to an extent, but a) both actors are/were basically playing the “straight-man” surrounded by a bunch of more colorful characters. b) and Joel McHale is way, way better than Rappaport was. I thought McHale was great in the latest episode during his “date” with the dean. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/42 "2011-11-17T00:36:43Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > b) and Joel McHale is way, way better than Rappaport was. I thought McHale was great in the latest episode during his “date” with the dean. I just don’t really care for Jeff (is that his name?) as a character, or Joel McHale either on- or offscreen. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/43 "2011-11-17T01:12:10Z")
He’s best when he’s shirtless and not talking. I just got into community. I do not like this plan, NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/44 "2011-11-17T02:12:09Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > He’s best when he’s shirtless and not talking. Really, the same can be said of _so many_ performers. OK, maybe not Kathy Bates or Ed Asner . . . ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/45 "2011-11-17T05:10:23Z")
(Wait, someone lamented _Outsourced_? I did not know such a thing was possible.) I’m not hugely worried. _Parks and Rec_ survived being pulled from the Fall schedule last year and its third season began in January, and was picked up for season four. Also, it was awesome. (And before anyone brings this up: no, this was _not_ due to Amy Poehler’s pregnancy. P&R had purposely shot several third season episodes immediately after wrapping the second season, so they had a buffer and wouldn’t need a break. Then NBC yanked them anyway, the bastards. So P&R’s smart thinking-ahead plan was for nothin’.) The thing that worries me about _Community_ is that I find myself liking these characters less and less as time goes on. I wish they’d do fewer episodes where someone does something absoutely awful either to another member of the study group, or to the rest of the study group as a whole. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind misanthropy or horrible people as characters (hello, _Arrested Development_ and _Archer_), but mixing misanthropy _and_ attempts at being heartwarming (e.g. the Christmas episode) just makes the show seem a bit split personality-ish. I watch it every week and continue to enjoy it in fits and starts, but I just… I don’t know. I’m doing so despite my dislike for the characters, rather than because I enjoy them. I do feel some loyalty to the show (which is a weird concept, really; why should one feel loyalty to a piece of entertainment? And yet I do!). But increasingly, whenever I watch it, I’m psyched for it to be awesome yet end up somewhat disappointed. The same thing happened to me with _30 Rock_ and _The Office_. Anyway all that said, I really hope it returns. Smart TV is good to have around, even if this particular show doesn’t always deliver what I want it to. It reaches high, and sometimes that means falling flat on its face – but sometimes the result is sublime. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/46 "2011-11-17T13:35:08Z")
I, too, was sorry to see the demise of _Outsourced_. It didn’t start out well, but NBC gave it a little time and it was markedly improved after about half a season. By the time it got cancelled, it was a pretty good little show with a lot of fun quirks, and could have gotten even better. Many will recall that _Parks & Recreation_ sucked it its first season and then a miracle happened and it was allowed to find its feet. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/47 "2011-11-17T15:01:56Z")
to Alley Dweller - no, everyone does not have a DVR or VCR for taping. The scheduling of the show does matter, and some scheduling decisions are just inane ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/48 "2011-11-17T18:05:36Z")
Here’s something they can put in that time slot – NBC has ordered a pilot of a [Munsters](http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/16/munsters-pilot/) remake. Shoot me. Shoot me now. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/49 "2011-11-17T18:45:59Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Shoot me. Shoot me now. Sorry. NBC [canned](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Shoot_Me!) that too. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/50 "2011-11-17T22:45:23Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > to Alley Dweller - no, everyone does not have a DVR or VCR for taping. The scheduling of the show does matter, and some scheduling decisions are just inane Luckily, NBC’s not a little bitch like Fox and is still throwing shows up on Hulu the day after they air instead of 8 days later and thus coincidentally just after the latest episode making it so that a more type A personality is never able to catch up if they miss an episode. Jerkasses. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951/51 "2011-11-17T23:10:40Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Here’s something they can put in that time slot – NBC has ordered a pilot of a [Munsters](http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/16/munsters-pilot/) remake. Maybe it’s going to be a more mature retelling, like American Horror Story. Some people see beautiful Marilyn Monroe, others see the zombie of Bea Arthur. (All agree it’s the best sex they’ve ever had.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-not-in-nbcs-mid-season-schedule/602951.md?page=2)