NBC's decision to cancel its cult-hit comedy series Community a couple of months ago didn't enrage or depress legions of fans, mostly because they assumed the show was far from dead. Unlike the TV landscape of even a few years ago, streaming services—and their rabid competition for unique, quality content—have amped up negotiations for beloved, canceled series (evidenced by Netflix's deal to air new episodes of Arrested Development in 2013).
Since then, platforms like Hulu, Xbox Live, and Amazon have begun jostling for series of their own, but none of them managed to make the phrase "six seasons and a movie" come closer to reality. That honor instead belongs to Yahoo, who signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television on Monday to produce Community's next (and possibly final) 13-episode season. Fans, breathe easy: off-kilter series creator Dan Harmon will serve as its showrunner.
"I look forward to bringing our beloved NBC sitcom to a larger audience by moving it online," Harmon said in a statement (assumedly joking, since over-the-air and cable viewership numbers still soundly beat streaming views on average). "I vow to dominate our new competition. Rest easy, Big Bang Theory. Look out, Bang Bus!"
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