Community
Ironic & metaSelf-aware humor that knows it's a TV show.This show: 9/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 9/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 9/10ParodyA sustained send-up of other genres or works.This show: 8/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 8/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Joel McHaleDanny PudiDonald GloverChevy ChaseGillian JacobsAlison Brie
Written by
Dan Harmon
Starring
Joel McHaleDanny PudiDonald GloverChevy ChaseGillian JacobsAlison Brie
Written by
Dan Harmon
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Community Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | |
| S2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | ||
| S3 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | ||||
| S4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |||||||||||||
| S5 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||
| S6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
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About
"A sitcom that keeps reinventing what a sitcom can be"
A washed-up lawyer enrolls at a community college and forms a misfit study group that becomes his surrogate family. What starts as a fairly grounded campus comedy quickly spirals into wildly ambitious territory, with episodes built as genre parodies, animated homages, and elaborate concept experiments. It's fast, dense with pop-culture references, and unusually devoted to its ensemble's emotional arcs beneath the jokes. The tone swings from sincere to absurd within minutes, and the show's willingness to blow up its own format is both its biggest draw and its biggest risk for casual viewers.
Watch it for
the fearless genre-hopping episodes that turn a simple study group into something wildly inventive.
Maybe skip if
you want a conventional, low-effort sitcom rather than constant formal experimentation.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12009
8.3145K258h 56m
After his bachelor's degree is revoked, lawyer Jeff Winger returns to community college, where he forms a study group with a few oddballs.
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Season 22010
8.6138K249h 4m
The misfits of Greendale Community College return for more wacky lessons in love, life and friendship in the second season of this ensemble sitcom.
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Season 32011
8.7121K227h 58m
The motley gang of eccentrics anchored by disbarred lawyer Jeff Winger is back for another season of learning in this sardonic comedy series.
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Season 42013
7.453K134h 43m
Greendale Community College continues to attract an odd assortment of intellectual "seekers" in the fourth season of this sardonic sitcom.
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Season 52014
8.458K134h 32m
Attorney Jeff Winger and his wacky study group are assailed by new academic and life challenges in the fifth season of this mischievous sitcom.
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Season 62015
7.951K136h 2m
Greendale's best worst former study group learns lessons in life and the chemistry of weirdness as it graduates to a momentous ending. Maybe.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Joel McHale Jeff Winger, Wingman
Danny Pudi Abed Nadir, Fourth Wall, Joey the White Abed
Donald Glover Troy Barnes
Chevy Chase Pierce Hawthorne
Gillian Jacobs Britta Perry, Buzzkill
Alison Brie Annie Edison, Tight Ship
Ken Jeong Ben Chang, Overkill
Yvette Nicole Brown Shirley Bennett, Three Kids
Jim Rash Dean Pelton, Vice Cobra Assistant Commander
Richard Erdman Leonard
Crew
Dan Harmon
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