Community (TV series)

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Television series
German title Community
Original title Community
Community 2009 logo.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2009-2015
Production
company		 Universal Television
Sony Pictures Television
Krasnoff Foster Productions
Harmonius Claptrap
Russo Brothers Films
length S1–5 : 22 minutes,
S6 : 28–30 minutes
Episodes 110 in 6 seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
Theme music At Least It Was Here - The 88
idea Dan Harmon
production Dan Harmon
Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Gary Foster
music Ludwig Göransson
First broadcast September 17, 2009 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 April 28, 2012 on ProSieben
occupation
synchronization

Community is an American comedy series developed by Dan Harmon . At the center of the action is a study group of students at the fictional Greendale Community College , all of whom have the goal of graduating. The series was initially broadcast for five seasons from September 17, 2009 to April 17, 2014 on the US broadcaster NBC , then discontinued by NBC and then extended by Yahoo for another season. The sixth and last was published weekly on Yahoo from March 17 to June 2, 2015. In Germany, the series was first broadcast from 2012 to 2015. The series received mostly good reviews. The series is best known for its humor and character-centered structure as well as for subversion of film and television clichés, parodies and references to pop culture.

action

After Jeff Winger lost his bar license because his degree was faked, he was forced to catch up with his diploma. Therefore he attends a community college in Greendale, Colorado. The series focuses on a learning group that he founded there to get closer to Britta Perry, whom he has had an eye on. Initially reluctant, Jeff closes soon friendship with the members of the group, which soon (to a community English community ) grow together.

characters

The main characters of the series are the members of the study group founded by Jeff Winger: Jeff, eloquent former lawyer; Britta Perry, former anarchist trying to get her life back on track; Pierce Hawthorne, an aged industrialist and millionaire who visits Greendale for solitude; Abed Nadir, pop culture geek and film student who struggles to socialize; Shirley Bennett, newly divorced mother who seeks independence and is a staunch Christian; Troy Barnes, former high school quarterback who lost his football scholarship to an alleged injury and then moved to Greendale; and Annie Edison, pedantic ambitious who wants to get close to her ambitious career goals after becoming addicted to Adderall and having a nervous breakdown in community college.

In addition, the following figures appear regularly: Ben "Señor" Chang, who initially works as a Spanish teacher, later also as a student, security chief of the college, "Changnesia" patient and finally appears again as a teacher, the British psychology professor Ian Duncan and the Dean Craig Pelton, who is struggling to make his college appear like a real university and trying almost obsessively to be politically correct. In the fifth season, Buzz Hickey, professor of criminology, joins the circle of regular characters.

Cast and dubbing

Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie and Joel McHale at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

The German synchronization was created by the Dialog Books by Peter Woratz, Kathrin Simon and Sabine Sebastian under the dialogue director Peter Woratz by the synchronous company Scala Media GmbH in Munich . While the German dubbing of the first two seasons was ready at the end of 2011, the broadcast only began in mid-2012.

main actor

Role name Actress Main role
(episodes) 		Supporting role
(episodes) 		Voice actor
Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger Joel McHale 1.01-6.13 Manou Lubowski
Britta Perry Gillian Jacobs 1.01-6.13 Kathrin Gaube
Abed Nadir Danny Pudi 1.01-6.13 Patrick Schröder
Annie Edison Alison Brie 1.01-6.13 Farina Brock
Shirley Bennett Yvette Nicole Brown 1.01-5.13 6.01, 6.13 Sandra Schwittau
Troy Barnes Donald Glover 1.01-5.05 6.05 1 Benedikt Gutjan
Pierce Hawthorne Chevy Chase 1.01-4.13 5.01 Michael Brennicke
Benjamin "Ben" Chang Ken Jeong 1.02-6.13 Gerd Meyer
Craig Pelton Jim Rash 3.01-6.13 1.01–2.24 2 Christian Weygand
1Cameo; played by an unknown double
2 Irregular appearances

supporting cast

Role name Actress Episodes Voice actor
Dr. Ian Duncan John Oliver 1.01, 1.04–1.05, 1.25, 2.03–2.05, 2.11–2.12, 2.15, 2.21–2.22, 5.03–5.07, 5.11–5.13 Claus-Peter Damitz
Leonard Briggs Richard Erdman 1.02–1.07, 1.10, 1.13–2.02, 2.05–2.07, 2.15–2.17, 2.22–2.24, 3.01, 3.08–3.10, 3.13–3.14, 3.17–3.18, 3.22, 5.03–5.05, 5.08, 5.12–5.12, 6.01, 6.05-6.09, 6.13 Gerhard Jilka
Alex “star cheek” Osbourne Dino Stamatopoulos 1.02–1.07, 1.10, 1.13, 1.15–1.16, 1.18–2.01, 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 2.15–2.17, 2.22–2.24, 3.01, 3.08, 3.10, 3.13–3.14, 3.17–3.18, 3.22, 5.03, 5.05, 5.08, 5.12-5.13, 6.01, 6.11 Paul Sedlmeir
Garrett Lambert Erik Charles Nielsen 1.04–1.05, 1.10, 1.21, 1.23, 1.25, 2.02, 2.06–2.07, 2.13–2.17, 2.20, 2.23–2.24, 3.02, 3.08–3.09, 3.13–3.14, 3.17–3.19, 3.22, 4.04, 4.06–4.07, 4.09, 4.13, 5.02-5.08, 6.01, 6.05-6.13 Stefan Günther (1.04–1.05)
Torben Liebrecht (from 1.23)
Vaughn Miller Eric Christian Olsen 1.04, 1.08, 1.15, 1.25 Manuel Straube
Michelle Slater Lauren Stamile 1.07, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.25 Kathrin Simon
Jerry Jerry Minor 1.24, 2.24, 3.06, 3.17, 4.11, 5.06 Philipp Brammer
Fat Neill Charley Koontz 2.12, 2.14, 2.22-2.23, 3.08, 3.14, 3.17, 4.01, 4.07, 4.13, 5.02-5.06, 5.10, 6.06 Manuel Straube
Andre Bennett Malcolm-Jamal Warner 2.12, 2.18, 2.22, 3.11 Ole Pfennig
Magnitude Luke Youngblood 2.15, 2.17, 2.24, 3.03, 3.08, 3.10, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 4.07, 4.12, 4.13, 5.02, 5.05, 6.08 Tim Schwarzmaier
Vicki Jenkins Danielle Kaplowitz 2.17, 2.20-2.24, 3.02, 3.03, 3.10, 3.17-3.19, 4.01, 4.04, 4.07, 4.13, 5.03, 5.05, 5.08, 6.01, 6.03, 6.07, 6.11, 6.13 Maren Rainer
Black Rider Josh Holloway 2.23 Matthias Klie
Robert Laybourne John Goodman 3.01, 3.06, 3.13, 3.15, 3.21-3.22 Hartmut Neugebauer
Prof. Marshall Kane Michael K. Williams 3.01, 3.03, 3.17 Tobias Lelle
Todd Jacobson David Neher 3.04, 3.17, 4.04, 4.13, 6.01, 6.07, 6.11-6.13 Roman Wolko
Rachel Brie Larson 4.08, 5.06, 5.09 Laura Maire
Buzz Hickey Jonathan Banks 5.02-5.13 Ekkehardt Belle
Francesca "Frankie" darts Paget Brewster 6.01-6.13 Claudia Urbschat-Mingues
Elroy Patashnik Keith David 6.02-6.13 Thomas Rauscher

background

Community colleges in the United States are local institutions that offer two years of college and / or professional training so that a junior (3rd year of college) can begin at a four-year college or university. This route is recommended if your high school grades are poor or if you can't pay college college tuition fees.

Production and broadcast

Season consequences United States
NBC 		Germany
ProSieben , ProSieben Fun , Comedy Central
premiere final premiere final
1 25th 17th September 2009 May 20, 2010 April 28, 2012 July 21, 2012
2 24 September 23, 2010 May 12, 2011 January 25, 2013 February 12, 2013
3 22nd September 22, 2011 17th May 2012 February 12, 2013 February 27, 2013
4th 13 February 7, 2013 May 9, 2013 August 6, 2013 August 13, 2013
5 13 2nd January 2014 17th April 2014 October 26, 2014 4th January 2015
6th 13 17th March 2015 2nd June 2015 2nd August 2015 October 11, 2015
United States

The series began on September 17, 2009 on the US broadcaster NBC as a co-production of Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television . The pilot episode , which ran after the season premiere of Das Büro , reached around 7.89 million viewers and a rating of 3.8 in the advertising-relevant target group of 18-49 year olds. Although the ratings fell in the following weeks, NBC ordered a full season with 22 episodes at the end of October 2009, and another three more the following January, so that the first season comes to a total of 25 episodes. Overall, the first season was watched by an average of 4.99 million people, making it 97th among all series broadcast that season. This resulted in the extension for a second season announced on March 5, 2010.

This season began broadcasting on NBC on September 23, 2010. While the season premiere was still seen by just under five million, the audience numbers fell to just under three million towards the end of the season. On average, the second season was watched by 4.48 million Americans and thus reached rank 115.

Although the ratings continued to fall, NBC announced in mid-March 2011 the order for a third season, which began broadcasting on September 22, 2011 on American television. In November 2011, NBC finally announced that Community would be phased out after the Christmas break and replaced with 30 Rock . The broadcast of the remaining twelve episodes of the third season began on March 15, 2012. For the finale of the third season on May 17, 2012 three episodes were shown in a row. As in the previous season, Community lost some viewers and reached an average of 4.03 million viewers and a rank of 128 in the 2011–2012 season.

In May 2012, NBC extended the series to include a thirteen-part fourth season. At the same time, the production company Sony Pictures Television fired series creator Dan Harmon from his position as showrunner . The fourth season began broadcasting on NBC on February 7, 2013. After the series had started with 3.9 million viewers, the ratings fell to a series low of 2.3 million viewers. With the end of the season on May 9, 2013, the ratings increased again slightly. On average, the fourth season was seen by 2.9 million viewers. Critics and viewers criticized a qualitative drop in the fourth season due to Harmon's departure. With the end of the season, Chevy Chase also left the series. This had already come into the press before because he had conflicts with the makers of the series.

Despite the low ratings, the extension of the series by a 13-part fifth season was announced on May 10, 2013. Dan Harmon returned as a showrunner for this season. Chevy Chase returned for a guest appearance on the first episode of season five. Donald Glover only appeared in the first five episodes of season five and then left the series to pursue other projects. The fifth season kicked off on January 2, 2014 on NBC. The fifth season finale ran on April 17, 2014. Three weeks later, on May 9, 2014, NBC announced the discontinuation of the series.

On June 30, 2014, Yahoo announced a 13-part sixth and final season for its streaming service Yahoo! Screen in order. Yvette Nicole Brown left the series after the first episode of the sixth season due to family problems. She returned to the series for the series finale. The sixth season was released weekly on Yahoo Screen starting March 17, 2015. The last episode appeared on June 2, 2015.

Germany

The ProSiebenSat.1 Group owns the broadcasting rights to the series in Germany . The station ProSieben broadcast the first season from April 28 to July 21, 2012 in double episodes in the Saturday afternoon program.

From January 25 to February 12, 2013, the beaming Pay TV transmitter ProSieben Fun the second season Monday to Friday from double episodes, immediately after, from 12 to 27 February 2013 was followed by the third season. The fourth season was broadcast on ProSieben Fun from 6 to 13 August 2013.

In free TV beamed Comedy Central from March to July 2013, the first three seasons of the show from. The fourth season followed from October 20, 2013 to January 5, 2014. The fifth season was shown for the first time from October 26, 2014 to January 4, 2015. The sixth season aired from August 2, 2015.

DVD release

United States

  • Season 1 was released on September 21, 2010
  • Season 2 was released on September 6, 2011
  • Season 3 was released on August 14, 2012
  • Season 4 was released on August 6, 2013
  • Season 5 was released on August 5, 2014
  • Season 6 was released on March 8, 2016

United Kingdom

  • Season 1 was released on November 14, 2011
  • Season 2 was released on September 24, 2012
  • Season 3 was released on September 2, 2013
  • Season 4 was released on October 28, 2013
  • Season 5 was released on October 13, 2014
  • Season 6 was released on March 21, 2016

Germany

  • Season 1 was released on July 26, 2012
  • Season 2 was released on September 10, 2015
  • Season 3 was released on October 8, 2015
  • Season 4 was released on November 5, 2015
  • Season 5 was released on December 3, 2015
  • Season 6 was released on October 6, 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

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