Community was renewed for Season 5 today, which is the latest example of the show’s miraculous ability to overcome the odds. At the same time, Community is coming out of a season that was much more polarizing for fans, on the heels of the absence of series creator Dan Harmon.

Now however is a piece of “this could happen” news that would certainly be huge if it ended up occurring, but that I wouldn’t get too excited for just yet, since it so easily could result in nothing - a report in Deadline saying there is actually the possibility of Dan Harmon returning to Community.Deadline is saying that with a year gone by since Harmon was let go, and Chevy Chase (whose feuding with Harmon went public shortly before Harmon’s dismissal) now having left the series, “emotions have cooled down and all sides involved have had time to reflect,” and that there is now “speculation that Harmon may come back.”Deadline says Harmon’s return is more likely if this indeed turns out to be Community’s final season, something NBC has not officially announced, but which is almost certainly the case. They go on to note that no deal is in place, but that there “certainly is interest in bringing Harmon back in some capacity.”There are definitely reasons to be skeptical about this, one being that Sony and NBC letting Harmon go was due to many factors, with his feud with Chase just one – one that was notable and got lots of press, but at the most was likely a straw that broke the camel’s aspect back more than the central issue, and even that may be an overstatement. In fact, long before the Chase issues, Harmon was said by many to have frequently gone over budget and both he and his writing staff have spoken openly in the time since he’s left about how he almost never had a completed script ready on schedule, making it very difficult for production on a basic level. On top of that, it’s well known (and acknowledged by Harmon) that he was prone to flat out ignoring studio and network notes, something that might make him a hero to fans, but is not desired by those in charge.All that being said, Deadline is a credible source that tend to have good information. If they’re reporting this as a possibility, it’s got to come from someone in the know, which would indicate this it is indeed at least being considered… But for now, it’s going to be a wait and see period.