Yes, despite the fact that so far I've only done movie reviews, this was originally designed to be a movie/TV blog.
So here's pretty-late breaking TV news: Community, after being axed this season, was saved by Yahoo. I am not sure how I feel about this. While Community is generally clever and funny, Season 4 made me think that the show's quality was flickering and it was ready to move on to the Big Channel in the Sky. I'm watching Season 5 now and you can see the difference that Dan Harmon as showrunner makes (due to disputes, he was out for Season 4). The show came back in fighting form, and Season 5's third episode (Basic Intergluteal Numismatics) is one of the highlights of the entire show, spoofing moody crime dramas like The Killing.
But Season 5 also saw the departures of Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne and Donald Glover as Troy Barnes. Pierce I didn't really mind losing, but Troy is the heart of the study group - a kind goofball who wasn't occasionally abrasive like the other group members.
Will I watch Season 6? Of course. Hopefully it will be better than the revived Arrested Development. Would I have mourned the show if Yahoo hadn't stepped in? No. Five seasons is a good run, and I'd be happy rewatching my DVDs.
And if you're wondering why Yahoo would pump money into saving Community, Vulture has an excellent article answering this question.
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