Following the recent exit of top Community producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, creator Dan Harmon has been replaced as showrunner for the NBC comedy.

Vulture reports:

Dan Harmon will not be returning as showrunner of NBC’s Community, and whether he’ll remain involved at all with the series he created at remains very much in doubt. Sony Pictures Television, which produces the series with Universal Television, has closed a deal with Happy Endings writers David Guarascio and Moses Port to join Community as showrunners and exec producers.

Harmon has been in hot water since the first season of Community, with Sony and NBC wanting to make the show (at least slightly) more mainstream. The report goes on to also mention:

According to multiple people familiar with the production of Community, Harmon’s flaws as a showrunner were at least partially responsible for much of the turnover the past few years. As one person familiar with Harmon’s strengths and weaknesses told Vulture, “Dan is a brilliant at ideas, but he’s terrible at [management].”

At the very least, Harmon is expected to stay on as “consulting producer,” with the possibility of remaining on the writing staff still up in the air. Either way, it’ll be sad to see the shepherd of the show leaving. What do you think of this news?