Controversial Cast Exits: Chevy Chase

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Although it's revered as an underrated cult classic now, "Community" struggled to stay on the air throughout its six seasons (and a movie?).

However, things took a turn for the worse when series creator Dan Harmon was ousted by NBC after having a public feud with one of the show's stars, Chevy Chase, over Chase's criticism of the show not being "funny enough" for him and Harmon's public airing of their dirty laundry.

During Harmon's time away from "Community", Chase's frustration with the writers resulted in an on-set tirade in which he uttered slurs that gave NBC no choice but to fire him immediately.




After Season 4, Harmon came back, with Chase making a brief cameo in the first episode of Season 5. However, his character was killed off a few episodes later, putting a nail into the coffin (literally) of Chase's chances of reprising his role in the "Community" movie.

Luckily, the show brought in another veteran actor — Jonathan Banks of "Breaking Bad" fame — to play Buzz Hickey, an ex-cop-turned-criminology professor, and maybe the show was better off for it.

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