In the past week, two of my shows got dropped like a bad habit. First was Community. After a murky season 4, show runner and creator Dan Harmon was hired back to his show. Season 5 turned out great. NBC must have been pretty iffy about it anyway (high critical acclaim, average ratings at best) so they ordered a shorter season. With the car running again, Dan Harmon got to park the show in a better spot. Part series finale, part set up, NBC decided to end it. It’d be a great show for a place like Netflix to pick up, but it sounds like Harmon is ready to just move on. So much for “six seasons and a movie.” Never say never I guess.

More of a bummer is the loss of Legit. Moved to FXX for it’s second season (I’m still completely against this spin off decision. It just pointlessly diluted the FX stable), it just wasn’t able to catch on. FX is pretty high on the dial already, FXX is even higher with an even smaller install base, so it was a tough challenge for any show regardless of quality. I like Jim Jeffries  a lot and he made a much stronger season this year. Some great stories with a great cast. The best was yet to come, hopefully Jim can roll his season 3 ideas into a different project. A shame that’s it, I’d love for Showtime to pick it up. It’d be a great fit with Californication finishing in a few weeks.

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge also finished this week. Robert won (I think he earned it), and at just 8 episodes it was a short but sweet season. No word on if it’s coming back, but I’d be down for more. It’s a good side piece to Face Off.