‘Community’ Axed By NBC After 5 Seasons; Series Stars Mourn Cancellation On Twitter

NBC’s campus comedy “Community” won’t be returning for Season 6 as the network cancelled the show after its five seasons of overwhelming ratings.

The network cut short the fans’ dreams of “six seasons and a movie” on the Dan Harmon-created TV show about a group of students at a community college in the fictional Greendale, Colorado. The comedy has just wrapped its season 5, starring Joel McHale as Jeff Winger, Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett, Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry, Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir, Jim Rash as Craig Pelton, Ken Jeong as Ben Chang, and Alison Brie as Annie Edison.

“I hope that there's another season," Rash, told CBS News last month. "I think it's always nice when a show knows that this is it, so you can plan for that and sort of structure it how you want the world to come to an end ... [S]ix seasons and a movie feels exactly right for a show like 'Community.'”

Harmon and the co-stars of the series took to Twitter to mourn the cancellation of the show.

Twitter isn't big enough to hold my condolences and more importantly my gratitude to the best fans, cast and crew in TV history. Excelsior.
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) May 9, 2014

#darkesttimeline
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) May 9, 2014

Thanks Community fans for being the greatest that have ever walked the earth & Thanks @danharmon for letting me be on the coolest show ever.
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) May 9, 2014

Too much love 4 @joelmchale @GillianJacobs @YNB @alisonbrie @kenjeong @dannypudi @DonaldGlover & entire Greendale extended family & crew.
— Jim Rash (@RashisTVUgly) May 9, 2014

Thank you for the love, best fans in the world. Thank you @danharmon for the best job of my life. #ePluribusAnus
— Gillian Jacobs (@GillianJacobs) May 9, 2014

I'll always love you, Community. Thank you for changing my life. #darkesttimeline #ripcommunity http://t.co/QlEnnRrvWM
— Gillian Jacobs (@GillianJacobs) May 9, 2014

A most heartfelt THANK YOU to all the Community fans. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. My life is so blessed because you're all in it. Change The World.
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 9, 2014

.@AngelaKinsey Thank you for encouraging me to do Community in the first place. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have experienced this love.
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 10, 2014

Welp, the time has come. #Community has been cancelled. Still, FIVE seasons for a bubble show is MIRACULOUS! Much love to you all! :) xoxo
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) May 9, 2014

NBC also pulled post-apocalyptic sci-fi series "Revolution," fantasy drama "Believe," "Crisis" and the comedy "Growing Up Fisher" from its series lineup, while renewing "Hannibal," single-camera sitcom "About a Boy," crime drama series “Law & Order: SVU," fantasy drama "Grimm," "The Blacklist," "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago PD."