'Community' stars address renewal hopes, Chevy Chase talk at NBC Press Day
Joel McHale expects Chevy back if the show's back
A scene from Thursday's "Community"
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PASADENA - NBC held its annual Summer Press Day on Wednesday (April 18) in Pasadena.
With a room full of reporters, and panel time already set aside for "Community," surely this would have been a super opportunity to slip in a big announcement about a fourth season renewal, right?
No dice. No announcement came or appears to be immediately forthcoming.
Of course, Joel McHale and co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Oscar Winner Jim Rash were asked if they'd heard anything.
"Oh yeah. We got renewed!" McHale jokes. "They didn't tell you? They told us a while ago."
Please note, just in case "McHale jokes" didn't make it clear, that McHale was joking.
"We won't know until they tell us and they haven't told us anything," Brown said, pointing to NBC's upfront presentation a month from new as the likely date for notification.
McHale made clear that he's not viewing the lack of official word as a negative, noting, "None of the comedies have been picked up yet, so either NBC's going with zero comedies..."
The other hot button issue that journalist tip-toed around for a while was the recent war of words and voicemails between series creator Dan Harmon and Chevy Chase.
"The update is that there are four more voicemails coming out and that'll make it a whole series," McHale cracked.
Asked about Chase's comments that he doesn't find "Community" funny, McHale graciously explained, "He says that every day. And we can just say, "Well, it's not 'Karate Dog'..."
Despite the apparent tension and rampant baseless speculation about Chase's future on "Community," McHale remained positive.
"Those voicemails, he obviously wasn't very happy, but he loves the cast and my guess is that he will be back if we're back," he said. "Let's get the pick-up and then we'll see what happens."
"Community" is new this Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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April 18, 2012 at 7:35PM EST Reply to CommentWe know that Chevy is a very miserable and angry man... so, when he goes off a little crazy, it's just par for the course. I found what his boss did to be far worse than Chevy voicing his belief that the show isn't funny.
Nathaniel
April 18, 2012 at 7:52PM EST Reply to CommentMcHale said that Community was returning!!!!! And he was being completely serious!!!!!
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April 19, 2012 at 9:48AM EST Reply to CommentInteresting that NBC hasn't yet renewed any of their comedies. Would it surprise anyone if they decided to become an all-reality show network? Nobody watched their scripted shows anyway and they could save quite a bit in production costs.
Blake
April 20, 2012 at 9:56AM EST Reply to CommentSome weeks Chevy's right: this week, Community was not funny.
I wonder if his voice is necessary to keep Harmon and company remembering that Community is supposed to be a comedy.