Dan Harmon 'Community': Showrunner Returning to Sitcom

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… I do when Dan Harmon returns to Community!

All you fellow Community fans know what I’m talking about.

For those of you who don’t watch the show (which you really should), Community is one of the most underrated yet innovative and hilarious half-hour comedy shows on TV right now. It’s one of those shows that is critically loved and has an incredibly devoted fan following but is perpetually on the verge of getting canceled.

This past season four was even more precarious than usual, since showrunner Dan Harmon left, presumably due to conflicts with the network and with actor Chevy Chase. Fans were hopeful that the show would still have the same spark, but most of us were left feeling rather

And with that, we were also pretty sure that this was going to be the last season of Community. So when NBC announced a fifth season in May, we were all

But also

No worries, guys! Now that Dan Harmon has confirmed his return (apparently all thanks to the lovely and talented Joel McHale), we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Community is back, for real this time.

And we’re that much closer to