Community - Season 1 -

: A former high school star quarterback whose friendship with Abed becomes the show's emotional core.

: A neurodivergent film student who views his life through the lens of pop culture and television tropes. Community - Season 1

The first season of Community , which premiered on September 17, 2009, serves as both a grounding foundation and an experimental launchpad for one of television's most inventive sitcoms. While it began as a relatively standard NBC comedy about a diverse group of misfits forced together at Greendale Community College, it rapidly evolved into a genre-defying meta-commentary on television itself. The Foundation of Greendale : A former high school star quarterback whose