Thursdays starting September 17th, NBC will begin showing "Community" starring The Soup's Joel McHale and Chevy Chase.

Joel McHale is a lawyer who could be disbarred so he has to take classes at the local community college.

The pilot can be found on Facebook for the next three days. Definitely one of the best pilots I have seen in a long time, and seems like it could be a great paring with The Office.

Now that I am watching The Office on DVD and enjoying it, I may watch it, meaning I may watch this too. Or at least Tivo it and watch it if I get bored.

I have this nagging feeling the show will be the greatest thing since sliced bread, or be so overthought that it will die a quick but miserable death. Then again, there's lots of crap that keeps getting renewed.

I was going to start this thread, but then I discovered it here.

I. Love. This. Show. It is genius. To me, it's the most hilarious new comedy of the year--or at least on an equal level with the also amazing Modern Family.

Community's pilot alone was the first time in ages that I watched a TV show and could hardly breathe.

And I'm glad to see NBC supporting it. (What other fucking choice do they have these days? Their four sitcoms are all they've got going for them.) I think it has major growth potential, and lately has been expanding on good subplots.

Abed has got to be one of the greatest characters of modern television.

Bonus in-jokes: Generally, once per episode, someone makes a pointed reference to American Idol--usually punning Joel McHale for looking like .

I like this show. Doesn't hurt that I find Joel McHale really hot in it

^ Like in the cowboy costume during the Halloween episode? I agree, yum.

I love Abed. I love his stupid scenes with Troy that end each episode.

I like this show a lot.

I really like when they throw in a joke about Seacrest or E! I believe they've only done it a couple of times, but I like humor like that.

Oh, and one thing still stands out in my head...the song that Piers (Chevy Chase) sang with Brita's ex-bf. "She's a GDB". Still cracks me up.

^Yeah, that was great. I think that episode (#8) is one of the best so far, especially with Jeff being Abed's roommate. There's a great AI joke in about half the episodes--my favorite being Abed's father:

"YOU go host American Idol!"

And I agree about Joel McHale being really hott. Although when he was shirtless in that episode, I immediately thought "ORANGE...SEACREST".

Best line so far:

"...What's going on? Am I deaf?! Can anybody hear me??"

OMG, I love this show! There aren't that many shows I have to watch every week, but Community is one of them.

My personal favorite is the episode when Chevy Chase (Peirs) writes the school song.

That was great .

The debate episode (from a few weeks ago) was one of the best since the pilot; I'd rather see Annie's and Jeff's attraction come to fruition than either one with Britta or Troy, respectively--particularly because Troy's facial expressions annoy me.

This past week: Reverse Porky's .

I hope this show gets a Golden Globe nod next week. It means little, except a great series earning recognition it deserves.

Donald Glover, the guy who plays Troy, was featured as one of the top nine new comedians of 2009 on Comedy Central's "Hot List."

I had no idea that he was a comedian, but I found out he used to write for "30 Rock", and left the show to work on "Community."

The Moar You Know, I guess.

Good for him . Some of the episodes he contributed to are faves of mine.

This week's episode was fantastic. Anthony Michael Hall was a welcome surprise. Britta's constant gay theory was especially hilarious. See, she's got a personality.

*THAT* was Anthony Michael Hall?!?!?!

GTFO

Sup? Sup?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dorSqi9JCTs

I kid you not. Shirts off, boys!

Love the use of the Florence + The Machine song, "Kiss with a Fist", too.

SHIRLEY: "So, I didn't know you were a...Jew."

ANNIE: "Maybe we should say the whole word from now on."

Later...

PIERS: "So, how long have you been a Jew?"

ANNIE: "Please just say the whole word!

PIERS: "Okay, Jewie."

^

New episode is on now, and Jack Black is on. I hate Jack Black. But so do all the characters, so it's all kosher.

Did anyone hear that Tits McPhee is gonna guest star though...?

I hope Britta catfights her!

AI has to ruin everything. Even things that air nowhere near their timeslot.

She had better be brunette on the show to make any love interest with Jeff even remotely believable.

Pleeeeeaaasssseee be a good show.

I still haven't seen this week's episode with Tits McPhee, BUT I have some news to report:

SO ecstatic. Also, for a cute little behind-the-scenes psych out on the cast by creator Dan Harmon, here's a little video of him breaking the news in the guise of a faux cancellation in their makeup trailer.

I watched the show online & I don't recall seeing Katharine on Thursday night's show.

Either way, I'm glad it's been picked up for a 2nd season. I enjoy this show.

Was she on this week? She was on The Soup awards and Joel said she was going to be on it...I took it as she hadn't yet. I have it DVR'ed and still haven't watched it yet.

McTatas is going to be on this coming episode.

She was rather annoying on the Soup.