Posted at 11:13 AM ET, 05/11/2012
‘Community’, ‘30 Rock’ renewed: Read cast reactions
By Sarah Anne Hughes
The Greendale Seven. (Mitchell Haaseth - NBC) As our friends at the TV Column reported, the fates of NBC’s trifecta of beloved Thursday night comedies are slowly being revealed.
“Community” has been renewed for a 13-episode season, as has “30 Rock”. It will be the latter’s seventh and final season, while “Community’s” future beyond its just announced fourth season remains unclear.
Renewal for “Parks and Recreation” is still up in the air, although its showrunner Michael Schur has been giving interviews about plans for a fifth season.
Also not renewed as of yet (and not included in my trio of comedies worth worrying about) is “The Office,” which has just concluded its weakest season yet. As much as I love Jim, Pam and Andy, it may be time to let them go. TV Without Pity put it best in the tweet, “The fact that a large part of #TheOffice season finale revolved around a soiled diaper just about sums up the year.”
There was some confusion on Twitter about whether or not the three shows had been canceled, leading to declarations of sadness and anger. The source of this misunderstanding seems to have stemmed from a report on Opposing Views, which was retweeted many times over.
But now that we know the truth about “Community’s” and “30 Rock’s” future, let’s turn to the reactions.
Despite being a prolific tweeter, Alec Baldwin stayed mostly silent on Twitter about news of “30 Rock’s” final season. He simply said, “The end is nigh.”