Reviews for the fourth season were generally positive , but less enthusiastic than the reception of the first three seasons . It scored 69 out of 100 based on 17 critics on Metacritic . Verne Gay of '' Newsday '' stated the show was " still defiantly '' Community '' , still good and still uninterested in adding new viewers . " On the other hand , '' Hitfix '' s Alan Sepinwall wrote , " It feels like Moses Port , David Guarascio and the other writers decided to reverse-engineer the Dan Harmon version of '' Community '' , but could n't quite manage without the missing ingredient of Harmon himself . " Mike Hale of '' The New York Times '' has stated that the series " has been dumbed down , its humor broadened past recognition , and the two episodes provided for review ... have fewer laughs between them than a single good scene from the old '' Community '' . " The fifth season received critical acclaim , scoring an 80 out of 100 based on 15 reviews on Metacritic . Many critics cited the return of series creator Dan Harmon as a strength . Verne Gay from '' Newsday '' said of the season that it was " about as good a '' Community '' restart as anyone could have possibly hoped for . " The sixth season continued to receive positive reviews , scoring a 78 out of 100 based on 12 reviews on Metacritic , and scoring an 87 % approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes , with the consensus being , " Despite cast and broadcast changes , '' Community '' manages to remain at the top of its quirky class . " Amy Amatangelo of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' wrote , " Everything fans loved about '' Community '' remains ... the show has seamlessly transferred to an online venue . " The '' Los Angeles Times '' Robert Lloyd considered " something special " about the season , commenting that it " lives in consciousness of its own construction in a kind of existential but also dramatically meaningful way . " '' The New York Times '' Mike Hale felt Harmon responsible " for turning countercultural whimsicality into affecting , fast-paced comedy " in the season . '' Time '' James Poniewozik felt it the same show in humor and quality , though he noted an absent " sense of mission regarding the characters . ... Maybe it ’s enough for '' Community '' , free of the ratings pressures of NBC , to live its second life free to be weird and playful and experimental . " Since its final episode , '' Community '' has appeared on a number of lists determining the greatest television shows of all-time . In '' TV ( The Book ) : Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time '' , critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked '' Community '' 54th in their combined top 100 list , placing them in the section titled " Groundbreakers and Workhorses . " In 2017 , IGN placed it 51st in its top 100 ranking of TV shows , with writer Jonathon Dornbush describing it " as a meta love letter to the films and shows that inspired it and its creator , Dan Harmon . " In 2009 , the series received a nomination for Favorite New TV Comedy at the 36th People 's Choice Awards
36th People 's Choice Awards
36th People's Choice Awards
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