COMMUNITY Sets Return Date, Could Go Longer Than Six Seasons

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One of the pieces of media I'm most excited about consuming in 2015 is season six of Community. Dan Harmon's brilliant sitcom was cancelled by NBC but miraculously saved at the last second by Yahoo Screen (of all places), where it will debut this year. Now, thanks to info from EW, we know exactly when we'll be able to return to Greendale Community College: March 17th, 2015. The first two episodes will be available on that date, and then a new episode will be released each Tuesday until the 13-episode season is finished.

Some brief tidbits about what we can expect moving forward:

Harmon confirms we won't have to pay to watch the show on Yahoo Screen - it's advertising-supported.
Despite being freed from traditional network restrictions, we shouldn't expect the show to change too much. “Three-act stories are what work for me,” Harmon said. There also won't be any profanity or nudity.
The first episode will address the departure of Yvette Nicole Brown's Shirley Bennett character, but it sounds like Harmon would be happy to work her and former co-star Donald Glover back in whenever they can drop by.
Harmon doesn't plan on ending the show after this season.
“I’m definitely not writing [this season] as if it’s the end,” he said. “Only when people stop watching would I ever stop wanting to make the product. I have to continue writing the show as if it’s going to last for 20 seasons. I do have a naive feeling that we've demonstrated that Greendale itself is an environment, is a character. One of the things that we've learned how to do is make sure the cast fluctuations don’t destroy the show immediately.”

Community is one of my favorite shows of all time, and I can't wait to see what Harmon and his team have cooked up for us on their new platform.