List of Community episodes

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Community is an American television sitcom which premiered on NBC on September 17, 2009, and ended on June 2, 2015. The series creator Dan Harmon served as showrunner for all seasons, except season four in which David Guarascio and Moses Port served as co-showrunners. The series follows a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television clichés and tropes.

The series stars Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, and Chevy Chase, with Jim Rash being promoted from recurring to series regular in season three. In season four, following an incident on set, Chase departed the series. In the fifth episode of season five, Glover left the series, followed by Brown in the season finale.

During the course of the series, 110 episodes of Community aired over six seasons. The first season of Community aired from September 17, 2009, through May 20, 2010. On March 5, 2010, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which aired from September 23, 2010, through May 12, 2011. The series was renewed for a third season on March 17, 2011. The third season aired from September 22, 2011, and concluded on May 17, 2012. The series was renewed for a fourth season on May 10, 2012. The fourth season ran from February 7 to May 9, 2013. The day after the season four finale, NBC announced it had renewed the series for a fifth season; the season ran from January 2 through April 17, 2014. A month later NBC announced that the series had been canceled. Yahoo! Screen picked it up for a sixth and final season, which ran from March 17 to June 2, 2015.

Series overview

Community seasons
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired Network
1 25 September 17, 2009 May 20, 2010 NBC
2 24 September 23, 2010 May 12, 2011
3 22 September 22, 2011 May 17, 2012
4 13 February 7, 2013 May 9, 2013
5 13 January 2, 2014 April 17, 2014
6 13 March 17, 2015 June 2, 2015 Yahoo! Screen

Episodes

Season 1 (2009–10)

The first season of Community premiered on September 17, 2009, and ended on May 20, 2010. NBC initially ordered 13 episodes, later ordering an additional nine in October and another three in January for a total of 25.

Season one episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Pilot" Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Dan Harmon September 17, 2009 100 7.89
2 2 "Spanish 101" Joe Russo Dan Harmon September 24, 2009 101 5.39
3 3 "Introduction to Film" Anthony Russo Tim Hobert & Jon Pollack October 1, 2009 102 5.86
4 4 "Social Psychology" Anthony Russo Liz Cackowski October 8, 2009 104 4.87
5 5 "Advanced Criminal Law" Joe Russo Andrew Guest October 15, 2009 105 5.01
6 6 "Football, Feminism and You" Joe Russo Hilary Winston October 22, 2009 103 5.04
7 7 "Introduction to Statistics" Justin Lin Tim Hobert & Jon Pollack October 29, 2009 106 5.32
8 8 "Home Economics" Anthony Russo Lauren Pomerantz November 5, 2009 107 5.45
9 9 "Debate 109" Joe Russo Tim Hobert November 12, 2009 109 5.09
10 10 "Environmental Science" Seth Gordon Zach Paez November 19, 2009 108 4.86
11 11 "The Politics of Human Sexuality" Anthony Russo Hilary Winston December 3, 2009 110 5.42
12 12 "Comparative Religion" Adam Davidson Liz Cackowski December 10, 2009 111 5.51
13 13 "Investigative Journalism" Joe Russo Jon Pollack & Tim Hobert January 14, 2010 113 5.42
14 14 "Interpretive Dance" Justin Lin Lauren Pomerantz January 21, 2010 112 4.75
15 15 "Romantic Expressionism" Joe Russo Andrew Guest February 4, 2010 115 5.23
16 16 "Communication Studies" Adam Davidson Chris McKenna February 11, 2010 116 5.15
17 17 "Physical Education" Anthony Russo Jessie Miller March 4, 2010 118 5.02
18 18 "Basic Genealogy" Ken Whittingham Karey Dornetto March 11, 2010 117 4.60
19 19 "Beginner Pottery" Anthony Russo Hilary Winston March 18, 2010 114 5.07
20 20 "The Science of Illusion" Adam Davidson Zach Paez March 25, 2010 122 5.07
21 21 "Contemporary American Poultry" Tristram Shapeero Emily Cutler & Karey Dornetto April 22, 2010 123 3.67
22 22 "The Art of Discourse" Adam Davidson Chris McKenna April 29, 2010 124 4.36
23 23 "Modern Warfare" Justin Lin Emily Cutler May 6, 2010 119 4.35
24 24 "English as a Second Language" Gail Mancuso Tim Hobert May 13, 2010 120 4.49
25 25 "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" Joe Russo Hilary Winston May 20, 2010 121 4.43

Season 2 (2010–11)

The second season of Community premiered on September 23, 2010, and ended on May 12, 2011. NBC initially ordered 22 episodes, later ordering another two for a total of 24.

Season two episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
26 1 "Anthropology 101" Joe Russo Chris McKenna September 23, 2010 201 5.01
27 2 "Accounting for Lawyers" Joe Russo Emily Cutler September 30, 2010 203 4.53
28 3 "The Psychology of Letting Go" Anthony Russo Hilary Winston October 7, 2010 202 4.20
29 4 "Basic Rocket Science" Anthony Russo Andy Bobrow October 14, 2010 204 4.81
30 5 "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" Tristram Shapeero Andrew Guest October 21, 2010 205 4.46
31 6 "Epidemiology" Anthony Hemingway Karey Dornetto October 28, 2010 206 5.64
32 7 "Aerodynamics of Gender" Tristram Shapeero Adam Countee November 4, 2010 207 4.61
33 8 "Cooperative Calligraphy" Joe Russo Megan Ganz November 11, 2010 208 4.53
34 9 "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" Adam Davidson Chris McKenna November 18, 2010 210 4.41
35 10 "Mixology Certification" Jay Chandrasekhar Andy Bobrow December 2, 2010 209 4.55
36 11 "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" Duke Johnson Dino Stamatopoulos & Dan Harmon December 9, 2010 222 4.29
37 12 "Asian Population Studies" Anthony Russo Emily Cutler January 20, 2011 211 4.73
38 13 "Celebrity Pharmacology" Fred Goss Hilary Winston January 27, 2011 212 4.59
39 14 "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" Joe Russo Andrew Guest February 3, 2011 214 4.37
40 15 "Early 21st Century Romanticism" Steven Sprung Karey Dornetto February 10, 2011 213 3.81
41 16 "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" Joe Russo Megan Ganz February 17, 2011 215 4.11
42 17 "Intro to Political Science" Jay Chandrasekhar Adam Countee February 24, 2011 216 3.79
43 18 "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" Anthony Russo Andy Bobrow March 17, 2011 217 4.15
44 19 "Critical Film Studies" Richard Ayoade Sona Panos March 24, 2011 218 4.46
45 20 "Competitive Wine Tasting" Joe Russo Emily Cutler April 14, 2011 219 3.49
46 21 "Paradigms of Human Memory" Tristram Shapeero Chris McKenna April 21, 2011 220 3.17
47 22 "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" Jay Chandrasekhar Karey Dornetto April 28, 2011 221 3.35
48 23 "A Fistful of Paintballs" Joe Russo Andrew Guest May 5, 2011 223 3.49
49 24 "For a Few Paintballs More" Joe Russo Hilary Winston May 12, 2011 224 3.32

Season 3 (2011–12)

The third season of Community premiered on September 22, 2011, and ended on May 17, 2012. It consists of 22 episodes. On November 14, 2011, NBC announced that they were placing Community on hiatus in favor of 30 Rock. Immediately following this there was a fan-campaign demanding the Community be returned to the schedule. The campaign utilized the phrase "six seasons and a movie", which first appeared in the episode "Paradigms of Human Memory". The phrase went on to be used in the future by both fans and the creative team when the show was faced with cancellation. On February 21, 2012, the return date of the show was stated to be March 15.

Season three episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
50 1 "Biology 101" Anthony Russo Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman September 22, 2011 301 3.93
51 2 "Geography of Global Conflict" Joe Russo Andy Bobrow September 29, 2011 302 3.98
52 3 "Competitive Ecology" Anthony Russo Maggie Bandur October 6, 2011 304 3.35
53 4 "Remedial Chaos Theory" Jeff Melman Chris McKenna October 13, 2011 303 3.78
54 5 "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" Tristram Shapeero Dan Harmon October 27, 2011 305 3.42
55 6 "Advanced Gay" Joe Russo Matt Murray November 3, 2011 306 3.84
56 7 "Studies in Modern Movement" Tristram Shapeero Adam Countee November 10, 2011 307 3.49
57 8 "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" Joe Russo Megan Ganz November 17, 2011 308 3.62
58 9 "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" Anthony Russo Chris Kula December 1, 2011 309 3.74
59 10 "Regional Holiday Music" Tristram Shapeero Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane December 8, 2011 311 3.60
60 11 "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" Kyle Newacheck Vera Santamaria March 15, 2012 312 4.75
61 12 "Contemporary Impressionists" Kyle Newacheck Alex Cooley March 22, 2012 310 3.87
62 13 "Digital Exploration of Interior Design" Dan Eckman Chris McKenna March 29, 2012 313 3.48
63 14 "Pillows and Blankets" Tristram Shapeero Andy Bobrow April 5, 2012 314 3.00
64 15 "Origins of Vampire Mythology" Steven Tsuchida Dan Harmon April 12, 2012 315 3.09
65 16 "Virtual Systems Analysis" Tristram Shapeero Matt Murray April 19, 2012 316 2.77
66 17 "Basic Lupine Urology" Rob Schrab Megan Ganz April 26, 2012 317 3.21
67 18 "Course Listing Unavailable" Tristram Shapeero Tim Saccardo May 3, 2012 318 3.20
68 19 "Curriculum Unavailable" Adam Davidson Adam Countee May 10, 2012 319 2.99
69 20 "Digital Estate Planning" Adam Davidson Matt Warburton May 17, 2012 322 2.97
70 21 "The First Chang Dynasty" Jay Chandrasekhar Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson May 17, 2012 320 2.61
71 22 "Introduction to Finality" Tristram Shapeero Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane May 17, 2012 321 2.48

Season 4 (2013)

The fourth season of Community premiered on February 7, 2013, and ended on May 9, 2013. It consists of 13 episodes. This was the only season of the show to not have Dan Harmon as showrunner, being replaced by Moses Port and David Guarascio. The season was initially scheduled to premiere on October 19, 2012, airing in a new time slot on Fridays at 8:30 pm. However, in early October 2012 NBC delayed the premiere. They later released a video of the cast of Community in character addressing the delay of the season premiere; this video humorously claimed that October 19 is merely a "state of mind". On October 30, NBC announced the new release date, returning to its original time slot of Thursdays at 8:00 pm.

Season four episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
72 1 "History 101" Tristram Shapeero Andy Bobrow February 7, 2013 401 3.88
73 2 "Paranormal Parentage" Tristram Shapeero Megan Ganz February 14, 2013 403 2.76
74 3 "Conventions of Space and Time" Michael Patrick Jann Maggie Bandur February 21, 2013 404 3.08
75 4 "Alternative History of the German Invasion" Steven Tsuchida Ben Wexler February 28, 2013 402 2.83
76 5 "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations" Tristram Shapeero Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane March 7, 2013 405 3.29
77 6 "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" Jay Chandrasekhar Hunter Covington March 14, 2013 408 2.58
78 7 "Economics of Marine Biology" Tricia Brock Tim Saccardo March 21, 2013 406 2.95
79 8 "Herstory of Dance" Tristram Shapeero Jack Kukoda April 4, 2013 407 2.32
80 9 "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" Tristram Shapeero Gene Hong April 11, 2013 413 2.84
81 10 "Intro to Knots" Tristram Shapeero Andy Bobrow April 18, 2013 409 3.13
82 11 "Basic Human Anatomy" Beth McCarthy-Miller Jim Rash April 25, 2013 410 2.33
83 12 "Heroic Origins" Victor Nelli, Jr. Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane & Maggie Bandur May 2, 2013 412 2.67
84 13 "Advanced Introduction to Finality" Tristram Shapeero Megan Ganz May 9, 2013 411 3.08

Season 5 (2014)

The fifth season of Community premiered on January 2, 2014, and ended on April 17, 2014. It consists of 13 episodes. This was the final season of the series to air on NBC. Following NBC's cancellation there were talks for the show to be moved to Hulu; the series was ultimately picked up by Yahoo! Screen.

Season five episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
85 1 "Repilot" Tristram Shapeero Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna January 2, 2014 501 3.49
86 2 "Introduction to Teaching" Jay Chandrasekhar Andy Bobrow January 2, 2014 502 3.49
87 3 "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" Tristram Shapeero Erik Sommers January 9, 2014 505 3.58
88 4 "Cooperative Polygraphy" Tristram Shapeero Alex Rubens January 16, 2014 503 3.07
89 5 "Geothermal Escapism" Joe Russo Tim Saccardo January 23, 2014 504 3.02
90 6 "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" Tristram Shapeero Monica Padrick January 30, 2014 506 3.01
91 7 "Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality" Tristram Shapeero Dan Guterman February 27, 2014 507 2.56
92 8 "App Development and Condiments" Rob Schrab Jordan Blum & Parker Deay March 6, 2014 508 2.79
93 9 "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing" Tristram Shapeero Donald Diego March 13, 2014 509 2.77
94 10 "Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" Joe Russo Matt Roller March 20, 2014 510 3.32
95 11 "G.I. Jeff" Rob Schrab Dino Stamatopoulos April 3, 2014 513 2.50
96 12 "Basic Story" Jay Chandrasekhar Carol Kolb April 10, 2014 512 2.56
97 13 "Basic Sandwich" Rob Schrab Ryan Ridley April 17, 2014 511 2.87

Season 6 (2015)

The sixth season of Community premiered on March 17, 2015, and ended on June 2, 2015. It consists of 13 episodes. This was the first and only season to air on Yahoo! Screen. Yahoo! considered a seventh season but due to contractual issues did not renew the series. Shortly after Yahoo! Screen was discontinued due to large financial losses.

Season six episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod.
code 
98 1 "Ladders" Rob Schrab Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna March 17, 2015 602
99 2 "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care" Jim Rash & Nat Faxon Alex Rubens March 17, 2015 601
100 3 "Basic Crisis Room Decorum" Bobcat Goldthwait Monica Padrick March 24, 2015 605
101 4 "Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing" Jim Rash & Nat Faxon Matt Lawton March 31, 2015 603
102 5 "Laws of Robotics and Party Rights" Rob Schrab Dean Young April 7, 2015 604
103 6 "Basic Email Security" Jay Chandrasekhar Matt Roller April 14, 2015 606
104 7 "Advanced Safety Features" Rob Schrab Carol Kolb April 21, 2015 607
105 8 "Intro to Recycled Cinema" Victor Nelli, Jr. Clay Lapari April 28, 2015 608
106 9 "Grifting 101" Rob Schrab Ryan Ridley May 5, 2015 609
107 10 "Basic RV Repair and Palmistry" Jay Chandrasekhar Dan Guterman May 12, 2015 610
108 11 "Modern Espionage" Rob Schrab Mark Stegemann May 19, 2015 611
109 12 "Wedding Videography" Adam Davidson Briggs Hatton May 26, 2015 612
110 13 "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television" Rob Schrab Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna June 2, 2015 613

Community: The Movie

On September 30, 2022, after long speculation, it was officially announced that a feature length film would be released by the streaming service Peacock. The film will see the return of original cast members Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong. In April 2023, Donald Glover confirmed his involvement in the film. Per series creator Dan Harmon, Yvette Nicole Brown is set to return.

Webisodes

The 5 As (2009)

The 5 As of Greendale is a webisode series that appeared before Community's pilot was broadcast. The videos are set up as informational videos featuring dean of admissions Pat Isakson (Dan Harmon) welcoming potential students to Greendale Community College.

The 5 As episodes
No. Title Original release date
1 "Greendale's First Straight A: Accessibility" August 20, 2009
2 "Greendale's Second Straight A: Affordability" August 20, 2009
3 "More Straight A's: Air Conditioning / Awesome New Friends" August 20, 2009
4 "Greendale's Final Straight A: A Lot of Classes" August 20, 2009
5 "Pat Isakson Screws Up – Part 1" August 20, 2009
6 "Pat Isakson Screws Up – Part 2" August 20, 2009

The Community College Chronicles (2009)

The Community College Chronicles are two webisodes that act as Abed Nadir's student films. The webisodes parody events that happen on Community. In the episode "Debate 109", the webisodes were seen by the characters making them believe Abed can see the future. The webisodes also appeared on the Greendale Community College's website part of the A/V department's page.

The Community College Chronicles episodes
No. Title Original release date
1 "My Hobo Days" November 11, 2009
2 "Pop Quiz" November 11, 2009

Spanish Videos (2010)

Spanish Videos are two webisodes featuring Star-Burns (Dino Stamatopoulos), Abed (Danny Pudi), and Señor Chang (Ken Jeong). Chang assigns the class a video assignment and Abed and Star-Burns make a space epic.

Spanish Videos episodes
No. Title Original release date
1 "Part 1" April 22, 2010
2 "Part 2" April 22, 2010

Dean Pelton's Office Hours (2010)

Dean Pelton's Office Hours are three webisodes focusing on Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) solving student problems.

Dean Pelton's Office Hours episodes
No. Title Original release date
1 "Pamphlet Serious" November 4, 2010
2 "Hair Piece" November 4, 2010
3 "Independent Study Assistant" November 4, 2010

Abed's Master Key (2012)

Abed's Master Key are three animated webisodes in which Abed becomes Dean Pelton's assistant and is given a master key to Greendale.

Abed's Master Key episodes
No. Title Original release date
1 "Part One" March 7, 2012
2 "Part Two" March 7, 2012
3 "Part Three" March 7, 2012

Ratings

Community : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Season Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 7.89 5.39 5.86 4.87 5.01 5.18 5.32 5.45 5.09 4.86 5.42 5.51 5.42 4.73 5.23 5.15 5.06 4.70 5.21 5.07 3.67 4.36 4.35 4.49 4.41
2 5.01 4.53 4.20 4.81 4.46 5.64 4.61 4.53 4.41 4.55 4.29 4.73 4.59 4.37 3.81 4.11 3.79 4.15 4.46 3.49 3.17 3.35 3.49 3.32
3 3.93 3.98 3.35 3.78 3.42 3.84 3.49 3.62 3.74 3.60 4.75 3.87 3.48 3.00 3.09 2.77 3.21 3.20 2.99 2.97 2.61 2.48
4 3.88 2.76 3.08 2.83 3.29 2.58 2.95 2.32 2.84 3.13 2.33 2.67 3.08
5 3.49 3.49 3.58 3.07 3.02 3.01 2.56 2.79 2.77 3.32 2.50 2.56 2.87
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research

Due to its release on streaming, ratings are not available for the sixth season.