The following is a list of episodes of the NBC comedy television series Community, which premiered on September 17, 2009. The show focuses on disbarred lawyer Jeff Winger, and his attempt to get a bachelor's degree at community college. He is joined by members of his study group, which he originally formed for his Spanish 101 class.
As of December 8, 2011[update], 59 episodes of Community have aired.
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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 25 | September 17, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | September 21, 2010[1] | November 14, 2011[2] | September 29, 2010[3] | |
2 | 24 | September 23, 2010 | May 12, 2011 | September 6, 2011[4] | N/A | September 7, 2011[5] | |
3 | 22[6] | September 22, 2011 | 2012 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date | Production code |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Anthony Russo & Joe Russo | Dan Harmon | 7.89[7] | September 17, 2009 | 100 |
2 | 2 | "Spanish 101" | Joe Russo | Dan Harmon | 5.39[8] | September 24, 2009 | 101 |
3 | 3 | "Introduction to Film" | Anthony Russo | Tim Hobert & Jon Pollack | 5.86[9] | October 1, 2009 | 102 |
4 | 4 | "Social Psychology" | Anthony Russo | Liz Cackowski | 4.87[10] | October 8, 2009 | 104 |
5 | 5 | "Advanced Criminal Law" | Joe Russo | Andrew Guest | 5.01[11] | October 15, 2009 | 105 |
6 | 6 | "Football, Feminism and You" | Joe Russo | Hilary Winston | 5.18[12] | October 22, 2009 | 103 |
7 | 7 | "Introduction to Statistics" | Justin Lin | Tim Hobert & Jon Pollack | 5.32[13] | October 29, 2009 | 106 |
8 | 8 | "Home Economics" | Anthony Russo | Lauren Pomerantz | 5.45[14] | November 5, 2009 | 107 |
9 | 9 | "Debate 109" | Joe Russo | Tim Hobert | 5.09[15] | November 12, 2009 | 109 |
10 | 10 | "Environmental Science" | Seth Gordon | Zach Paez | 4.86[16] | November 19, 2009 | 108 |
11 | 11 | "The Politics of Human Sexuality" | Anthony Russo | Hilary Winston | 5.42[17] | December 3, 2009 | 110 |
12 | 12 | "Comparative Religion" | Adam Davidson | Liz Cackowski | 5.51[18] | December 10, 2009 | 111 |
13 | 13 | "Investigative Journalism" | Joe Russo | Jon Pollack & Tim Hobert | 5.42[19] | January 14, 2010 | 113 |
14 | 14 | "Interpretive Dance" | Justin Lin | Lauren Pomerantz | 4.73[20] | January 21, 2010 | 112 |
15 | 15 | "Romantic Expressionism" | Joe Russo | Andrew Guest | 5.23[21] | February 4, 2010 | 115 |
16 | 16 | "Communication Studies" | Adam Davidson | Chris McKenna | 5.15[22] | February 11, 2010 | 116 |
17 | 17 | "Physical Education" | Anthony Russo | Jessie Miller | 5.06[23] | March 4, 2010 | 118 |
18 | 18 | "Basic Genealogy" | Ken Whittingham | Karey Dornetto | 4.70[24] | March 11, 2010 | 117 |
19 | 19 | "Beginner Pottery" | Anthony Russo | Hilary Winston | 5.21[25] | March 18, 2010 | 114 |
20 | 20 | "The Science of Illusion" | Adam Davidson | Zach Paez | 5.07[26] | March 25, 2010 | 122 |
21 | 21 | "Contemporary American Poultry" | Tristram Shapeero | Emily Cutler & Karey Dornetto | 3.67[27] | April 22, 2010 | 123 |
22 | 22 | "The Art of Discourse" | Adam Davidson | Chris McKenna | 4.36[28] | April 29, 2010 | 124 |
23 | 23 | "Modern Warfare" | Justin Lin | Emily Cutler | 4.35[29] | May 6, 2010 | 119 |
24 | 24 | "English as a Second Language" | Gail Mancuso | Tim Hobert | 4.49[30] | May 13, 2010 | 120 |
25 | 25 | "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" | Joe Russo | Hilary Winston | 4.41[31] | May 20, 2010 | 121 |
On March 5, 2010, NBC announced that Community had been renewed for a second season.[32] The season premiered on September 23, 2010.[33] On November 3, 2010, NBC ordered 2 additional episodes for the second season, bringing it to a total of 24 episodes.[34]
Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date | Production code |
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26 | 1 | "Anthropology 101" | Joe Russo | Chris McKenna | 5.01[35] | September 23, 2010 | 201 |
27 | 2 | "Accounting for Lawyers" | Joe Russo | Emily Cutler | 4.53[36] | September 30, 2010 | 203 |
28 | 3 | "The Psychology of Letting Go" | Anthony Russo | Hilary Winston | 4.20[37] | October 7, 2010 | 202 |
29 | 4 | "Basic Rocket Science" | Anthony Russo | Andy Bobrow | 4.81[38] | October 14, 2010 | 204 |
30 | 5 | "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" | Tristram Shapeero | Andrew Guest | 4.46[39] | October 21, 2010 | 205 |
31 | 6 | "Epidemiology" | Anthony Hemingway | Karey Dornetto | 5.64[40] | October 28, 2010 | 206 |
32 | 7 | "Aerodynamics of Gender" | Tristram Shapeero | Adam Countee | 4.61[41] | November 4, 2010 | 207 |
33 | 8 | "Cooperative Calligraphy" | Joe Russo | Megan Ganz | 4.53[42] | November 11, 2010 | 208 |
34 | 9 | "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" | Adam Davidson | Chris McKenna | 4.41[43] | November 18, 2010 | 210 |
35 | 10 | "Mixology Certification" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Andy Bobrow | 4.55[44] | December 2, 2010 | 209 |
36 | 11 | "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" | Duke Johnson | Dino Stamatopoulos & Dan Harmon | 4.29[45] | December 9, 2010 | 222 |
37 | 12 | "Asian Population Studies" | Anthony Russo | Emily Cutler | 4.73[46] | January 20, 2011 | 211 |
38 | 13 | "Celebrity Pharmacology" | Fred Goss | Hilary Winston | 4.59[47] | January 27, 2011 | 212 |
39 | 14 | "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" | Joe Russo | Andrew Guest | 4.37[48] | February 3, 2011 | 214 |
40 | 15 | "Early 21st Century Romanticism" | Steven Sprung | Karey Dornetto | 3.81[49] | February 10, 2011 | 213 |
41 | 16 | "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" | Joe Russo | Megan Ganz | 4.11[50] | February 17, 2011 | 215 |
42 | 17 | "Intro to Political Science" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Adam Countee | 3.79[51] | February 24, 2011 | 216 |
43 | 18 | "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" | Anthony Russo | Andy Bobrow | 4.15[52] | March 17, 2011 | 217 |
44 | 19 | "Critical Film Studies" | Richard Ayoade | Sona Panos | 4.46[53] | March 24, 2011 | 218 |
45 | 20 | "Competitive Wine Tasting" | Joe Russo | Emily Cutler | 3.49[54] | April 14, 2011 | 219 |
46 | 21 | "Paradigms of Human Memory" | Tristram Shapeero | Chris McKenna | 3.17[55] | April 21, 2011 | 220 |
47 | 22 | "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Karey Dornetto | 3.35[56] | April 28, 2011 | 221 |
48 | 23 | "A Fistful of Paintballs" (Part 1) | Joe Russo | Andrew Guest | 3.49[57] | May 5, 2011 | 223 |
49 | 24 | "For a Few Paintballs More" (Part 2) | Joe Russo | Hilary Winston | 3.32[58] | May 12, 2011 | 224 |
On March 17, 2011, NBC announced that Community had been renewed for a third season.[59]
Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date | Production code |
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50 | 1 | "Biology 101" | Anthony Russo | Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman | 3.93[60] | September 22, 2011 | 301 |
51 | 2 | "Geography of Global Conflict" | Joe Russo | Andy Bobrow | 3.98[61] | September 29, 2011 | 302 |
52 | 3 | "Competitive Ecology" | Anthony Russo | Maggie Bandur | 3.35[62] | October 6, 2011 | 304 |
53 | 4 | "Remedial Chaos Theory" | Jeff Melman | Chris McKenna | 3.78[63] | October 13, 2011 | 303 |
54 | 5 | "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" | Tristram Shapeero | Dan Harmon | 3.42[64] | October 27, 2011 | 305 |
55 | 6 | "Advanced Gay" | Joe Russo | Matt Murray | 3.84[65] | November 3, 2011 | 306 |
56 | 7 | "Studies in Modern Movement" | Tristram Shapeero | Adam Countee | 3.49[66] | November 10, 2011 | 307 |
57 | 8 | "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" | Joe Russo | Megan Ganz | 3.62[67] | November 17, 2011 | 308 |
58 | 9 | "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" | Anthony Russo | Chris Kula | 3.74[68] | December 1, 2011 | 309 |
59 | 10 | "Regional Holiday Music" | Tristram Shapeero | Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane | 3.60[69] | December 8, 2011 | 310 |
The 5 As of Greendale is a webisode series that aired before Community's pilot aired. The first four videos are set up as informational videos about enrolling at the fictitious Greendale Community College. The last two serve as in-character outtakes of Dean Isakson (portrayed by series creator Dan Harmon).[70]
The Community College Chronicles is a series of webisodes that act as Abed Nadir's student films. The webisodes parody events that happen on the main show Community. In the episode "Debate 109", the webisodes were seen by the characters making them believe Abed can see the future. The webisodes also appear on the Greendale Community College's website part of the A/V departments page.[71]
Spanish Videos is a series of 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.[72]
Study Break is a series of three mini episodes of Community exclusive to Comcast's Xfinity TV and to the season one DVD of Community. The mini episodes focus on 90 second study breaks during a Spanish study session.[73]
Road to the Emmys is a series of webisodes about the study group on their way to an Emmy party.[74]
Dean Pelton's Office Hours is a series of webisodes focusing on Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) solving student problems.[75]