There are two commonalities among most of the television networks: they produce mystery crime dramas, and they all suck. Fortunately, NBC has come to the rescue once again with its new show Community.

Community derives its name from the location and premise of the show: community college. Perhaps by happenstance, but more likely on purpose, the show’s creation comes at a time when real community colleges are being put into the spotlight—TIME Magazine recently ran an article on the subject: “Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?”

This is all beside the point: the show is absolutely brilliant. Community takes a cliché and turns it on its head. Instead of having the high school quarterback be dreamy, the snarky lawyer be affluent, the old guy be a kook, and the geeky girl be, well, geeky, what if they were all mixed together in a community college? Now the star quarterback has no luster, the snarky lawyer has no affluent job, the old kooky guy is trying to make new friends, and the geeky girl is trying to redefine herself.

The main character of the show, Jeff Winger, the snarky lawyer, is played by Joel McHale the host of The Soup—a show akin to Entertainment Tonight, except purposefully funny. His goal is the same as the other six main characters’: they need to get their college degrees.

The plot is new and fresh, but what makes the show truly great is the cast. Although McHale plays a significant part, he is able to play off of every other character’s quarks much like Jason Bateman in Arrested Development or Tina Fay in 30 Rock.

The people who know the show are passionate about it. I would say get on the bandwagon, but there are not enough people who know about it yet, so there isn’t one. Enough brilliant shows have been cancelled; let’s not let this happen again. Watch it.