TV Fact-Checker: Community Creators Stay Honest, Thanks to Twitter

It may not be obvious at first viewing, but Community is a show that’s written and executed with mathematical precision. Executive producer Garrett Donovan tells how he keeps the show’s nonstop pop culture jokes on track.
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Community producer Garrett Donovan checks Twitter after each episode to get reactions from fans.
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Behind every smart TV show, there is a tireless script coordinator, technical adviser, researcher or producer who makes sure the jargon is right, the science is accurate and the pop culture references are on-point. To get a better sense of who keeps the angry nerds at bay, Wired.com spoke with fact-checkers behind the fall TV season’s geekiest shows.

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