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Community Season 1

Community Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.5/10. 25 episodes on NBC from 17 September 2009.

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BollyMeter8.5/1091 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 44 critics and a 96 percent audience score; critics recognized immediately that the show's satirical machinery and emotional sincerity were operating at a level unusual for a network comedy debut.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Community premiered September 17, 2009 on NBC. Critics scored it 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 44 reviews. The consensus identified what distinguished it from the crowded network comedy field: 'snarky and fast-paced with a surprisingly tender undercurrent.' Creator Dan Harmon embedded genre parody and meta-commentary inside character work strong enough to carry the jokes independently. Joel McHale's Jeff Winger and the ensemble around him - Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Chevy Chase - were praised individually and collectively as an unusually well-matched comedy cast. USA Today called it 'wacky, weird and often wonderful.' The 96-percent audience score reflected a cult forming in real time. By the season's end, Community had established the vocabulary it would spend five seasons expanding and one season defending.

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91%critics positive · n=448.5/10IMDb audience
  • Snarky and fast-paced with a surprisingly tender undercurrent and an engaging cast - one of the best new comedies of the season.
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Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Pilot8.0

    Jeff Winger forms a fake study group to get close to Britta Perry, accidentally assembling the ensemble that will carry the show for six years. The pilot is efficient and funnier than most comedy pilots at landing its central characters in a single episode - McHale and Brie establish their dynamic without the show needing a full season to find them.

    The moment: Jeff's accidental study group comes together in the library, and each character's comic register is established in a single room.