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When it was reported last week that Dan Harmon might not have his contract renewed for the fourth season of “Community,” star Joel McHale said he was “literally praying” his showrunner would return.

“Dan’s the creator of the show, so to lose his voice would be pretty crazy,” McHale told TVLine.com. “He gave me the role of a lifetime, so it would be a very weird scenario [to continue] without him.”

Season four just got weird. Late Friday night, NBC and Sony — the studio that produces “Community” — announced that Harmon would not be back next season. On his blog, Harmon said he had been “fired.”

In reaction to this news, McHale, and his “Community” co-stars Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown, took to their Twitter accounts on Saturday afternoon to express support for Harmon.

Season four of “Community” is set to premiere in the fall on Friday nights at NBC. The cast is expected to return mostly intact, though whether Chevy Chase — who famously and publicly feuded with Harmon over his role on the series — remains to be seen.

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