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Good for McHale. He got a Sony employee discount on an HDTV three days after Community got cancelled. Maybe that good karma went towards getting the Yahoo pickup...
Good for McHale. He got a Sony employee discount on an HDTV three days after Community got cancelled. Maybe that good karma went towards getting the Yahoo pickup...
Good for McHale. He got a Sony employee discount on an HDTV three days after Community got cancelled. Maybe that good karma went towards getting the Yahoo pickup...
Next email leak: "Community was cancelled because cast asked for too many perks."
Free premium email and flickr accounts!What the hell is Yahoo going to get them?
Have we ever gotten an official start date for the new shows?
Community (Winter, Yahoo)
When NBC canceled it in May, Community was supposed to drop out of TV for good. Instead, the series took a cue from its characters and reenrolled at Yahoo. ''We've always been a Web series,'' says Gillian Jacobs, returning as perpetual wet blanket Britta. ''We're now just finally on the Web. It's a brave new world of...'' she pauses. ''TV?'' she considers. ''Content,'' she concludes.
A few changes worth noting: Yvette Nicole Brown asked to be released from her contract to care for her father, which means her Shirley will follow Chevy Chase's Pierce and Donald Glover's Troy away from the study table. To replace the absent members of the study group, the show is bringing in two new characters. Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds) will play Frankie Dart, a troubleshooter hired to help Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) in the never-ending quest to save Greendale from oblivion.
Meanwhile, baritone-voiced character actor Keith David will join the cast as an inventor. ''He's very smart, very proud, and made the mistake of focusing too much on his work in the past,'' says Harmon. ''Now he has no idea what he's going to do with the last chapter of his life.''
For Harmon, a sixth season is both a step forward and a chance to get back to the show's roots. ''We wanted to recapture a look and feel of season 1,'' he says. ''That means building a foundation of immersiveness, believing Greendale is a real place, as opposed to surrendering to the fact that it's kind of a magical place. There's no episode so far where everyone's a Roman gladiator.'' Darren Franich
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''We wanted to recapture a look and feel of season 1,'' he says. ''That means building a foundation of immersiveness, believing Greendale is a real place, as opposed to surrendering to the fact that it's kind of a magical place. There's no episode so far where everyone's a Roman gladiator.'' Darren Franich
New picture at the link as well.
It's Yahoo! You'll be able to watch it any night or day you want to. Like Netflix. Tuesday will just be the day it becomes public.Nice! Tuesday is Shield night though.
Original cast members Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie and Jim Rash are all slated to return, to be joined by new cast members Paget Brewster (as a problem-solver) and Keith David (as a computer programmer).
Series creator Dan Harmon said the deal with Yahoo came down to literally hours.
The series began production in November, and Harmon says hes enjoying the creative freedom of working on an online series vs. broadcast. As agreeable as NBC was, the corset loosens a little bit, he says. Theres a tiny bit more Britishness to the comedy.
As for whether there will be more sex and profanity, McHale joked, Youll see me topless.
Harmon also expressed relief that he would no longer have to face overnight ratings. Thats going to be the coolest thing, he said. They felt bad to me.
The showrunner said he hasnt decided whether this will be the shows final season, though the casts contracts will end this year. Im definitely not writing it as if its the end, he said. I have to continue to write the show as if its going to last for 20 seasons.
He dismissed rumors that Chevy Chase will return this season, though he expressed regret about Donald Glovers departure. I pray (he) will come down my chimney, he said. He also left the door open to a possible surprise return by Yvette Nicole Brown, who left the show for personal reasons.
If I could somehow trick these characters into staying forever, I would, he said.
Cute.
No? They're in the promo video.Is Annie & Britta gone from the show ?
Yes please, i need more of my sexy Annie and crazy Annie
If only it were Jacobs who said the topless line. I mean it's not like we've never seen them.
knowwhatimsaying?
If only they were moving to Cable. Softcore Britta/Jeff sex scene anyone?i DO knowwhatyouaresaying
Yeah. It'll keep the anticipation high. Plus we won't have any stupid-ass NBC promos spoiling episodes and guest stars. That pisses me off. Well pissed me off. Now that there's only one show left on NBC before I have to stop watching it it'll be over soon.I like that they're not releasing all the episodes at once.
So, this Yahoo Screen thing... is it geoblocked? Will I be able to watch in Canada?
I've been wondering the same thing. I sure hope there won't be any regional garbage with this since it's their service and their show.
The question is does Citytv still have the distribution rights for Canada?
Yahoo doesn't got any kind of app on consoles or streaming devices does it?
So has anybody actually said ho many episodes this season is? I'm assuming the trend of 13 will continue, but I'm still holding on to the slim possibility of more.
The question is does Citytv still have the distribution rights for Canada?
Ah, okay. None of the other sites I saw the news on had mentioned that number. It's a shame there won't be any more 20+ episode seasons, but I guess it'll help with the budget at least?The previous link confirms: 13 again, but much more grounded, like Season 1.
Ah, okay. None of the other sites I saw the news on had mentioned that number. It's a shame there won't be any more 20+ episode seasons, but I guess it'll help with the budget at least?
...woah, no more library exterior? Weird. It'll probably be greenscreened during the interior scenes now I guess?
Ah, okay. None of the other sites I saw the news on had mentioned that number. It's a shame there won't be any more 20+ episode seasons, but I guess it'll help with the budget at least?
...woah, no more library exterior? Weird. It'll probably be greenscreened during the interior scenes now I guess?
My guess is they just stop using it like they did with the quad area when their budget got cut so badly they couldn't film outside.
Mainly thinking of how the outside area is fairly visible in a bunch of study room shots. I think that's what the article was referring to? Outside the door back behind Jeff and the window in the hallway behind... whoever's in Troy and Pierce's seats. Sounds like the set's underground now so that won't be real outside space.
Probably not a big deal at all, but still a change that kind of jumped out at me.
So, this Yahoo Screen thing... is it geoblocked? Will I be able to watch in Canada?
I've been wondering the same thing. I sure hope there won't be any regional garbage with this since it's their service and their show.