Yahoo Picks Up NBC's 'Community' to Beef Up Video Service
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Yahoo wants TV-level programming so badly that it’s picking up TV’s leftovers.
Yahoo has picked up NBC’s canceled comedy “Community” for its streaming video service Yahoo Screen. The series, which had a devoted but small-for-TV fan base, will premiere its sixth season this fall on the portal’s site.
With the move, Yahoo has taken a page from Netflix’s book. That streaming video service resurrected “Arrested Development” as a way to bolster its exclusive content library and lure new subscribers that were already won over by the series’ earlier run on Fox. Netflix is also bringing AMC’s “The Killing” back for a short final season. Similarly, “Community” may have been attractive to Yahoo for its built-in audience that could help to direct eyes to Yahoo’s own original series, particularly its two forthcoming TV-length original shows.
