Community (TV series)
Community is an American sitcom that was created by Dan Harmon. Center of the plot is a group of students at a community college in Colorado. The television series is co-produced by Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television. The series started on 17 September 2009 in the U.S. broadcaster NBC. In Germany, the series is broadcast since 2012. The series is best known for its character -centered structure as well as for subversion of film and television clichés, parodies and pop culture references.
Action
After Jeff Winger has lost his license to practice law, because his statements were false, he is forced to make up for his diploma. Therefore, he attended a community college in Greendale, Colorado. The series focuses on a learning group that he founded there to Britta Perry, on which he has an eye to come closer. Initially reluctant, Jeff closes soon became friends with members of the group, which soon grows into a community (English community ).
Figures
Main characters of the series are the members founded by Jeff Winger learning group: Jeff, eloquent former lawyer and Britta Perry, former anarchist who tried to get their lives back on track; Pierce Hawthorne, an aged industrialist and millionaire who visited Greendale from loneliness; Abed Nadir, pop culture geek and a film student who has trouble to make social contacts; Shirley Bennett, newly divorced mother who strives for independence and convinced African American Christian is; Troy Barnes, a former high school quarterback who discovered by Abed the Nerd existence and Annie Edison, pedantic overachiever who wants to continue its path of success after her pill addiction in high school.
In addition, the following characters appear regularly: The unbalanced Spanish teacher Ben " Señor " Chang, the British psychology professor Ian Duncan, and the Dean Craig Pelton, who is struggling to make his college as a real university appears and almost obsessively trying to be politically correct.
Instrumentation and synchronization
The German synchronization was created by a synchronous book by Peter Woratz, Kathrin Simon and Sabine Sebastian and dialogue, directed by Peter Woratz by the synchronous company Scala Media GmbH in Munich. While the German synchronization of the first two seasons was finished by the end of 2011, the broadcasting did not begin until mid-2012.
Background
Community colleges in the United States are institutions of local importance that offer two years of college and / or vocational training, so that you can start as a junior ( third year of college ) on a four -year college or at a university. This route is recommended if you have bad grades from high school or the expensive tuition of a college can not pay.
Production and broadcasting
The series started on 17 September 2009 in the U.S. broadcaster NBC. The pilot episode, which ran from the office after the season premiere, reached approximately 7.89 million viewers and a rating of 3.8 in the key demographic of 18-49 year-olds. Although the rates decreased in the following weeks, NBC has ordered a full season end of October 2009 with 22 episodes, and the following January another three more, so the first season comes to a total of 25 episodes. Overall, the first season average of 4.99 million people was seen, which they reached rank 97 among all broadcast series in this season. This resulted in the 5 March 2010 announced renewal for a second season.
The broadcast of this season began September 23, 2010 on NBC. During the season premiere was seen by just under five million, fell the audience towards the end of the season to just under three million. On average, the second season of 4.48 million Americans was seen, reaching rank 115
Although the ratings have continued to fall, NBC announced in mid-March 2011, the appointment of a third season known, the broadcast began on American television on 22 September 2011. In November 2011, NBC finally announced that Community will be taken after the Christmas break from the program and replaced by 30 Rock. The broadcast of the remaining twelve episodes of the third season began on March 15, 2012. At the finale of the third season May 17, 2012 three episodes were shown at a time. As mentioned in the last season lost community some viewers and came in the season 2011-2012 to an average of 4.03 million viewers and a rank of 128
In May 2012, NBC extended the series to a thirteen -part fourth season. At the same time dismissed the production company Sony Pictures Entertainment Series creator Dan Harmon from his position as showrunner. The broadcast of the fourth season began on NBC on February 7, 2013. After the series was launched 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 of 2.9 million viewers was seen. Critics and viewers complained in the fourth season a qualitative break- through Harmon's departure. With the end of the season also Chevy Chase left the show. This was already anticipated in the press, because he had conflicts with the creators of the series.
Despite the low ratings, the extension of the series with a 13-part fifth season was announced on May 10, 2013. Dan Harmon returned for this season back as showrunner. Donald Glover, however, occurred only in five episodes of the fifth season and left the series then. The fifth season started on January 2, 2014 on NBC.
The broadcast rights to the series in Germany has the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The ProSieben beamed the first season from April 28 2012 to July 21 of 2012 in double episodes in the Saturday afternoon program.
From 25th January to 12th February 2013, the pay-TV channel ProSieben Fun beamed the second season Monday to Friday in double episodes from, directly after, from 12 to 27 February 2013 was followed by the third season. The fourth season was aired from 6 to August 13, 2013 on ProSieben Fun.
In free TV Comedy Central radiates the series since March 2013, starting with the first season of. Immediately following began in May 2013, the second season and then followed by the third season. The fourth season ran from October 20 2013 to 5 January 2014.