Kevin Scanlon for The New York Times The “Community†star Donald Glover in Los Angeles.There has been another setback at Greendale Community College, the home of the NBC sitcom “Community,†and the school year hasn’t even started yet. Though that cult comedy series about a group of mismatched students recently regained the services of Dan Harmon, its deposed creator and show runner, it is losing its co-star Donald Glover for more than half of its coming fifth season, Vulture.com reported. Mr. Glover, who plays the former high school football star Troy Barnes, will appear in only 5 episodes of a planned 13-episode season. Vulture.com said Mr. Glover, who has also appeared on “Girls†and wrote for “30 Rock,†plans to focus more attention on his musical career, rapping under the nme Childish Gambino.
“Community†has dealt with key losses from its cast, having parted ways with co-star Chevy Chase last year. But the exit of Mr. Glover seems somewhat harder for the show to absorb; he and Danny Pudi, who plays Troy’s pop-culture-obsessed friend and roommate, Abed, were practically the Bert and Ernie of the show.
Mr. Harmon did not directly acknowledge the change in Mr. Glover’s status on “Community†but appeared to allude to it in a post on his Twitter account Monday night:
