The fifth season of the television comedy series Community is scheduled to debut midseason during the 2013–14 television season on NBC.[1] The season will contain 13 episodes, and features the return of series creator Dan Harmon as showrunner.
| Community season 5 | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Season chronology | |
Cast
Starring
- Joel McHale as Jeff Winger
- Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry
- Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett
- Alison Brie as Annie Edison
- Donald Glover as Troy Barnes (5 episodes)
- Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton
- Ken Jeong as Ben Chang
Episodes
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Tristram Shapeero[2] | Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna[2] | TBA | 501 | TBD |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Dino Stamatopoulos[3] | TBA | TBA | TBD |
Production
On May 10, 2013, NBC announced it had renewed the series for a fifth season, to consist of 13 episodes.[4] The season does not feature original cast member Chevy Chase, who left the series near the end of the fourth season by mutual agreement between the actor and network.[5] Donald Glover, who portrays Troy Barnes, will only appear in five of the thirteen episodes.[6]
The fifth season sees the return of series creator Dan Harmon as showrunner and executive producer after he was fired from the show after the end of the third season. Also returning is former writer-producer Chris McKenna, who is also now an executive producer. Season 4 showrunners Moses Port and David Guarascio are not returning for season 5, as they just had a one-year deal.[7] The only other returning writers are Andy Bobrow and Tim Saccardo, as Annie Mebane, Steve Basilone, Maggie Bandur, and Ben Wexler all departed to join The Michael J. Fox Show, while Megan Ganz joined Modern Family.[8][9] Joining the writing staff for the fifth season include Parker Deay and Jordan Blum (American Dad!), Alex Rubens (Key & Peele), Ryan Ridley (who is a part of Harmon's upcoming Adult Swim series, Rick & Morty), Dan Guterman (The Colbert Report), and Matt Roller (Funny or Die).[10]
References
- ^ Hibberd, James (May 12, 2013). "NBC fall schedule reveals big moves". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ a b https://twitter.com/danharmon/status/368544520083746817/photo/1
- ^ https://twitter.com/DinosThirdTwitt/status/368798490509328384
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (May 10, 2013). "School's Not Out: NBC Renews Community". TVLine. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 21, 2012). "Chevy Chase Leaving NBC's 'Community'". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (July 8, 2013). "Community Season 5: Donald Glover Not Returning Full Time — Who's Gonna Tell Abed?". TVLine. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ Snierson, Dan (June 10, 2013). "'Community': Dan Harmon officially returning for season 5". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ Bobrow, Andy (June 10, 2013). "Yes it's finally official. Dan is back. Chris McKenna is back. I'm in too, as well as Tim Saccardo. Gonna make us some Community this year". Twitter. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ Zakarin, Jordan (January 3, 2013). "'Community' Writer Megan Ganz Heads to 'Modern Family'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "NBC's 'Community' season 5: Who's joining Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna on staff?". CarterMatt.com. June 21, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.