I hope Community and Parks and Recreation have long TV lives, but unfortunately I can see why they're considered bubble shows. The ratings aren't great and costs rise every year as cast and crew usually have raises built into the contracts for every season. Really, NBC has been fairly nice to let most of the Thursday lineup exist as they have, as shows with better ratings get cancelled all the time. On the other hand, if they can hold out until the number of episodes gets high enough, they can clean up on syndication, where clever series tend to do better than crowd pleasing nonsense.

I just don't understand why NBC is trying to dick over all of its loyal fans. Seriously though. At least 30 Rock is leaving TV on its own accord. Parks and Community (especially Parks) would love to stay on the air longer, and could go for at LEAST a few more seasons! You're throwing out your wonderfully smart comedy shows for a pilot starring Anne Heche? Who is making the decisions at this network because it must be a monkey.