NBC Finally Sets The Premiere Date Of ‘Community’ Season 5!

Briefly: NBC today announced the long-awaited return date for Community‘s fifth season.

The network has cancelled newcomers Ironside and Welcome to the Family (which I’ve never actually even heard of), and set premiere dates and times for both Community and Chicago P.D.

Community kicks off its fifth season on Thursday, January 2nd at 8PM (premiering with two episodes back-to-back), while Chicago P.D. starts January 8th.

Season five of Community, of course, features the long awaited return of series creator Dan Harmon, who was fired before season 4 began production, only to be asked back a year later. We won’t be seeing Chevy Chase, who left the series in its fourth season, and we’ll be seeing much less of Donald Glover, who will appear for only five episodes.

Are you excited for Community‘s return? Being that it’s my favourite comedy, I can’t freaking wait! It will, however, be interesting to see which of the show’s mechanics need to change now the the study group will be so much smaller. Maybe they’ll finally let Chang in?