Good news came last week from NBC in the form of a 4th season renewal for Community.
Then came the so-so news that NBC was only ordering 13 episodes instead of a full-season 20+ episode commitment.
Now today comes NBC's announced Fall 2012 schedule, and it looks like Community has been moved to Friday nights at 8:30 PM between Whitney and Grimm.
Some are seeing this as certain death for the show since Friday night programming has historically been difficult for shows to attract and/or maintain a young viewer audience. Others have noticed that while Whitney has not been a critical success, it has been getting decent (by NBC standards) ratings when it was originally on Thursday nights and even after it moved to Wednesday. Whitney has strong DVR ratings, and Community does well with both the DVR and Internet crowds. Moving Community out of The Big Bang Theory's shadow may also be a good thing. And finally Grimm has had success with its Friday night slot.
At this point, NBC has nothing left to lose. It has had a terrible 2011 to 2012 season with show after show either failing or continually dropping viewers. It has ordered lots of new shows for the Fall in the hopes that something will stick.
Now the next big question mark will come as Community approaches the end of those upcoming 13 episodes. Will NBC stick by the show and order up additional episodes to complete a full season? Will it renew the show for a 5th season afterwards? Unlike the announcement for 30 Rock where NBC stated its next season will be its last, Community is more open-ended. So either NBC will keep Community going or it will be canceled.
Keep your fingers crossed that this new schedule works out!
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