6 reasons Community is the best show on television:

1) It takes risks. What other show has an 8 bit video game style episode ("Digital Estate Planning")?  How about a Glee inspired Christmas episode, both slamming and emulating Glee ("Regional Holiday Music")? Or speaking of Christmas episodes, how about the claymation episode ("Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas") that aired a year prior? Just reading an episode description, one can tell that Community is one of the most unique and clever shows to date. The wikipedia description for "Critical Film Studies" from the second season says, "In the episode, the study group organizes a Pulp Fiction-themed birthday party for Abed. Instead, Abed spends most of the evening with Jeff at an upper class restaurant and the two engage in what is seemingly a deep conversation about their life-changing experiences. Unknown to Jeff, Abed is actually using the dinner to reenact another movie. Meanwhile, the rest of the group wait impatiently for Abed to finally show up.". This Pulp Fiction turned My Dinner with Andre episode is one of the many instances where Community demonstrates that it is not afraid to take risks, or differ from the norm. This is what sets it apart from show like The Big Bang Theory that have laugh tracks and predictable humor. 

2) Pop- POP CULTURE. From it's use of Twitter ("Tweeting it!" "#sixseasonsandamovie" "AnniesMove") to Abed's plethora of knowledge in everything movies and television, one can clearly see that Community thrives on pop culture. It even surpasses Arrested Development in it's references. Think about it. The Law and Order parody episode. The Glee parody episode. The episode where the Greendale 7 dresses as celebrities (Britta as Michael Jackson <3) to help get Abed out of debt with the impersonators. Dungeons and Dragons games. Abed and Jeff dancing on a table like the kids from The Breakfast Club. Inspector Spacetime and Cougarton Abbey. The list goes on and on.  And who could forget Abed's constant quips referencing movies and celebrities?

3) The Little Things make the show. How much goes on in the background that we only later discover by looking up clips of Community on Youtube? Abed helped deliver a baby, Beetlejuice appeared, and Starburns was reading a book called "How to Fake Your Own Death". It's these things that are part of the reason Community is a show worth watching. Not to mention all the metahumor ("I guess we're doing a bottle episode!").

4) Characters. Troy and Abed in the morrrrrning! We love these people so much. Except Pierce (or maybe that's just me). The study group has a great dynamic. Jeff, the slightly douchey, ego-filled lawyer. Shirley, the religious mom of the group. Troy and Abed, the hilarious duo who are always doing something interesting (like the Spanish 101 rap, playing in the Dreamatorium, renacting television cliches, et cetera). Annie, the obsessive, perfectionist teenager. Britta, messing up everything all the time (Britta'd it). And then there is Pierce, who is the racist old man that can have his sweet moments sometimes. Plus, Dean Pelton, with his flamboyant costumes, obvious advances towards Jeff, puppy parades and kind heart. Every character is wonderful. Even the minor ones like Chang, Starburns, Leonard and Fat Neil play their part and manage to earn our love. 

5) Paintball episodes. Arguably some of Community's best episodes. The first paintball episode from Season 1 ("Modern Warfare") left us craving more, and Season 2 brought a two-part finale that was everything we could have ever wanted; a western themed episode featuring Sawyer from Lost, Abed as Han Solo, surprise romances, and a showdown with City College.

6) THE FANS! Six seasons and a movie, am I right? Although Community is streets ahead, NBC has only kept the show on so long because of it's crazy fan base. And the actors love us! Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover and the rest of the cast constantly interact with the fans on twitter. In fact, the episode in the second season of flashbacks that never happened was based on a video a fan made, by splicing together clips that exemplified certain "ships". One fan even made "Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne"... an actual 8 bit Community video game! So thank you fans of Community. You are all beautiful people.