The sixth and final season of the television comedy series ''

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'' premiered on

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on March 17, 2015, with a two-episode premiere, and concluded on June 2, 2015. The season consists of 13 episodes released weekly via

on Tuesdays. Yahoo! announced in June 2014 that it had picked up the series for a sixth season after

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had canceled the series in May 2014.

Cast

Starring

Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed ...

as Jeff Winger *

Gillian Jacobs Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015) and Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Love'' (2016� ...

as Britta Perry *

Danny Pudi Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. His roles include Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor ...

as Abed Nadir *

Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series '' Mad Men'' (2007–2015), which won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She gained recognition fo ...

as Annie Edison *

Jim Rash James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for B ...

as Dean Craig Pelton *

Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...

as Ben Chang

Recurring

Paget Brewster Paget Valerie Brewster (, ; born March 10, 1969) is an American actress and singer. She was first recognized for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom '' Friends''. Her breakthrough role came as FBI Supervisory Spe ...

as Francesca "Frankie" Dart *

Keith David Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his signature deep voice and commanding screen presence in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as '' T ...

as Elroy Patashnik * Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert *

Richard Erdman Richard Erdman ( John Richard Erdmann; June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American character actor and occasional film and television director. He appeared in more than 160 films and television productions between 1944 and 2017, mostly i ...

as Leonard Briggs * Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki Jenkins * David Neher as Todd Jacobson * Darsan Solomon as Dave *

Yvette Nicole Brown Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and host. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', as Dani in the 2015 version of '' The Odd Couple'' on CBS and as Dina Rose on the AB ...

as Shirley Bennett *

Martin Mull Martin Eugene Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and musician who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is also a painter and recording artist. As an actor, he first became known in his role on ''Mary Hartman, ...

as George Perry *

Lesley Ann Warren Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 1963, aged 17, in ''110 in the Shade''. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical produ ...

as Deb Perry *

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as Officer Cackowski

Guest stars

Steve Agee Steven Douglas Agee (; born February 26, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician, known for roles including Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' and as John Economos in the 2021 superhero fil ...

as David (" Modern Espionage") *

Matt Berry Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as ''The IT Crowd'', '' Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', '' The Mighty Boosh'', '' Snuff Box'', ''Wh ...

as Roger DeSalvo (" Grifting 101") *

Matt Besser Matthew Gregory Besser (born September 22, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer, best known as one of the four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy ...

as Blake ("Basic RV Repair and Palmistry") * Brooke Burns as TV Host ("Intro to Recycled Cinema") *

Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...

as Gupta Gupti Gupta ("Basic Email Security") * Irene Choi as Annie Kim (" Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing") * Wayne Federman as The Dad ("Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television") *

Nathan Fillion Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as J ...

as Bob Waite ("

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") * Matt Gourley as Briggs Hatton ("Wedding Videography" ) *

Seth Green Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer. Green's film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film '' The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supportin ...

as Scrunch ("Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television") *

Steve Guttenberg Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for his lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Cocoon'', ''Police Academy'', '' Three Men a ...

as Maury ("Intro to Recycled Cinema") *

Mitchell Hurwitz Mitchell Donald "Mitch" Hurwitz (born May 29, 1963) is an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom '' Arrested Development'' as well as the co-creator of ''The Ellen Show''. He is ...

as Preston Koogler ("Modern Espionage") * Jeremy Scott Johnson as Carl Bladt (" Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing") *

O-Lan Jones O-Lan Jones (born May 23, 1950) is an American actress, composer, and theater producer. She played religious fanatic Esmeralda in '' Edward Scissorhands''. Early and personal life Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. Her first name comes ...

as Garrett's Mom ("Wedding Videography") * Charley Koontz as

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("Basic Email Security") *

Lisa Loeb Lisa Loeb (; born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with the number 1 hit song " Stay (I Missed You)" from the film '' Reality Bites,'' the first number 1 single for an artist ...

as Julie (" Advanced Safety Features") *

Jason Mantzoukas Jason Mantzoukas (, el, Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series '' The League'', and as one of the t ...

as Matt Lundergard (" Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing") *

Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-w ...

as Lapari ("Modern Espionage") * Brady Novak as Richie Countee (" Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing") * Randall Park as himself ("Intro to Recycled Cinema") * Justin Roiland as the Voice of Ice Cube Head ("Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television") *

Danielle Schneider Danielle Caroline Schneider (born January 1, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She co-created and starred in the Hulu reality TV parody series '' The Hotwives'' and curren ...

as Karen ("Basic RV Repair and Palmistry") *

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as Rick/Subway ("Advanced Safety Features") * Dino Stamatopoulos as Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne ("Modern Espionage") * Brian Van Holt as Willy Sebert Smith (" Laws of Robotics and Party Rights") * Luke Youngblood as

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("Intro to Recycled Cinema") * David St. James as Professor Albrecht ("Ladders") *

Steven Weber Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series ''Wings'' which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC, as Sam Blue in ''Once and Again'', and ...

as Detective Butcher ("Ladders") *

Billy Zane William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film ''Dead Calm'', a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promi ...

as Honda Boss ("Advanced Safety Features") *

Erin McGathy Erin McGathy is an American podcast host, artist, and comedian. She hosted the podcast '' This Feels Terrible'', appeared and improvised in ''Harmontown'', and co-hosted ''Human Conversation'' with Wayne Federman. Early life McGathy was born i ...

as Stacy ("Wedding Videography")

Episodes

Production

On May 9, 2014,

announced that it had canceled ''Community''. For several years prior to its cancelation, fans adopted the slogan "six seasons and a movie", a line from the episode " Paradigms of Human Memory" regarding Abed's hopeful legacy of NBC's short-lived series '' The Cape''.

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, the show's primary producer, was reported to have shopped the show to other networks and online distribution outlets, including

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and

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. ''

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'' reported the low chance of such an outcome, with a revival deal from one unnamed suitor not likely to happen and creator

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's enthusiasm for continuing on the show uncertain. On May 28, Deadline.com reported that Hulu was in talks with Sony Pictures TV to produce a new season of ''Community'', with Harmon having a change of heart about the revival, saying, "I'm not going to be the guy that re-cancels cancelled ''Community''." On June 24,

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reported that Hulu had ended talks with Sony Pictures TV, although

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stated the report was incorrect. On June 30, the day the cast's contracts were due to expire,

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announced it had ordered a 13-episode sixth season to stream on

. The main cast return along with executive producers Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna, Russ Krasnoff and Gary Foster. Harmon said, "I am very pleased that ''Community'' will be returning for its predestined sixth season on Yahoo ... I look forward to bringing our beloved NBC sitcom to a larger audience by moving it online." For season six, the series moved shooting locations from

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, which is twice the size of the previous shooting set. In August 2014, it was announced that the

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would direct the season premiere, however, this did not come to fruition. Writing began in September 2014, and filming began in November 2014. Unlike most streaming programs, the sixth season were released weekly, as opposed to being released all at once. In September 2014, it was announced that

, who plays Shirley, would not return for season six due to a family emergency; however, Brown returned in guest appearances in "

" and " Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".

and

(Brewster previously guest-starred on the series as a different character and David provided a voice-over role) were cast as regulars for the season in November 2014; Brewster plays Francesca "Frankie" Dart, a consultant to help improve Greendale, and David plays Elroy Patashnik, a retired inventor who now searches to reinvent himself at Greendale. In November 2014, it was announced that

and

would guest star as Britta's parents, George and Deb Perry, in the second episode of the season. The cast and crew celebrated the making of their 100th episode on December 8, 2014. In February 2015, Dan Harmon announced that

would guest star in an episode. In February 2015, it was confirmed that

would play "a mysterious, nameless man scouting Britta for a unique talent" and that

would return as Subway/Rick. In March 2015, the trailer for season 6 was released, and parodies the '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' trailer in its logo, theme and coloring. On March 15, 2015, it was announced that the series began filming a new "paintball" episode, "Modern Espionage", following the season one episode "

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" and season two episodes " A Fistful of Paintballs" and " For a Few Paintballs More". Filming for season six ended on March 27, 2015. On July 30, 2015, Joel McHale stated that Yahoo! "wanted to ake more seasons of ''Community'' but all of

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contracts were up after six years." McHale later clarified his statement via Twitter, saying "''Community'' is not canceled." Yahoo released a statement: "We've seen tremendous value in our partnership with Sony and are continuing to discuss future opportunities for ''Community''." Harmon said he "could have said yes immediately" to season seven, but "given the actors' velocity and trajectory" decided in favor of "getting

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back together for an awesome movie." On October 21, 2015, Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman announced during a Q3 earnings phone call that their original programming lineup last spring resulted in a $42 million dollar writeoff, including ''

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''. On January 4, 2016, Yahoo announced it had shut down its Yahoo Screen service, with season 6 episodes being moved to Yahoo TV for continued public viewing.

Availability

Episodes were available to stream via

and

in the U.S., Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In the United Kingdom, the show aired on

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starting March 18, 2015. In Australia, the sixth season was available on Stan beginning March 17, 2015. On September 9, 2015,

released ''Communitary'', an extra version of season six with commentary by series creator

. The sixth season was released on DVD in region 1 on March 8, 2016. Special features included deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the finale, trivia with the cast and crew, and a gag reel. As of April 1, 2020, all six seasons became available on Netflix in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

Reception

Critical response

The sixth season has received positive reviews from critics. On

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, it has a score of 78 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On

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, season 6 holds an 89% approval rating from 37 critics with an average rating of 8 out of 10. The consensus reads, "Despite cast and broadcast changes, ''Community'' manages to remain at the top of its quirky class."

Ratings

On April 1, 2015, three weeks into the sixth season's run, Harmon detailed the series viewership on

. Exclaiming "Everybody in the world watches ''Community'', now we know, now that we're not being measured by Nielsen ..Surprise surprise you know,

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knows how to count the clicks, and guess what? Holy shit! Jesus christ! Like you always knew!" Harmon stated he couldn't give specific numbers, saying "They have data, I'm not really asking, and they're not telling, but you know lips were loose at the drunken

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, enough for me to go 'holy shit. That's what I always would've guessed, times two or three'. I always knew there was like way more people watching this shit than what ever that .9 represented."

References

External links

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