Community: Pilot (Series Premiere)

Community is the newest comedy in NBC’s Thursday night lineup. It’s about a group of people at Greendale Community College coming together for a study group but end up learning about more than just their school work.

It’s kind of an odd show that is quite difficult to describe. In the same way that The Office is about, well, people in an office, Community is about people in a community college. That’s really where any comparisons to The Office end. It is a completely different style. I would say it is more similar in style to Scrubs or Arrested Development than The Office. It is less of a funny show that has great characters, and more of a show about great characters that happens to be funny.

The first episode was really just setting the stage for what is to come. The main character, Jeff, accidently forms a study group in order to get closer to a woman he is interested in. On the side, he is trying to procure the answers to all the tests that he will be taking through the year.

Again, it doesn’t necessarily sound like much, but I think it has a lot of promise. I’m glad it has a different feel than The Office and Parks and Recreation, but it also compliments them really well. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this show progresses.