'Community' to return in February

Thanks to a Tweet by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, we now know that the shows (probable final) 13 episodes fourth season will begin February 7, 2013, and in its old Thursday 8pm timeslot.

For me, this is not unexpected. After NBC pulled the show from its October 19 premier, I speculated that they would not begin airing the show until January. Mostly, because, I assumed they would wait until the end of 30 Rock and then slide the show into that 8pm timeslot. 

I was off by a month. 

Still, note the announcement comes from Brown and not NBC, which still won't commit publicly about its return. While it's known that Thursday remains an issue with the network, and they've struggled to find shows that work with their quick-witted but odd line-up, it remains one the best nights for smart TV. Sadly, though, NBC's entertainment chairman has said that the network will be moving away from these type of shows in the future so they can focus more on broad comedies that while expensive, are more cheaper than single-camera shows.