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BY LAUREN ZIMA

 

After a fan fight to keep it on the air and those now-infamous Chevy Chase voicemails, “Community” is in the headlines again. Seems things aren’t so communal between the studios and the NBC show’s creator -- Dan Harmon.

 

News hit Friday that Harmon would be replaced as showrunner of the NBC sitcom. Deadline reported:

 

“…earlier this week … NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt ... dismissed the notion that the discussion about Harmon possibly stepping down from day-to-day oversight of the show stems from his ongoing feud with co-star Chevy Chase, saying that there are larger factors ...”

 

Now Harmon has responded. On his personal blog, he writes that no one from Sony Pictures Television, which produces the show, has told him why he was replaced -- and says he’s never heard from Bob Greenblatt since he came to NBC .

 

Harmon says thanks to his contract, he’ll stay on as a consultant for the show, but …

 

“... if I actually chose to go to the office, I wouldn’t have any power there. …. The same contract also gives me the same salary and title if I spend all day masturbating and playing Prototype 2.”

 

E! calls Harmon’s post, in a word, a “rant.”

 

And as Vulture points out , Harmon has admitted to having flaws...

 

“ … the producer admitted as recently as last month that he was ‘damn bad’ at key elements of his job … As one person familiar with Harmon's strengths and weaknesses told Vulture, ‘Dan is a brilliant at ideas, but he's terrible at [management].’”

 

But HuffPost’s Maureen Ryan says though Harmon probably is difficult to work with, NBC and Sony should have been more professional.

 

“When someone rubs you the wrong way, you acknowledge that … and move forward. Why couldn't NBC and Sony do this? … For him to be shown the door without getting a single phone call … is horrifying … NBC and Sony executives have no idea of the s***storm they just created.”

 

HitFix says either way, the show won’t be the same without Harmon’s vision.

 

NBC and Sony have not yet responded to Harmon’s blog post.