Arrested Development saved?

This site has better news about AD than any I've been to..

http://the-op.com/phpBB2/index.php

This thread has some info on the news you are talking about..

http://the-op.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2934&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I dont think it's clear if Showtime will save the show yet or not, but it is looking good..

 

Showtime may be about to gain a ton of new subscribers. Once my free trial ends I will be one of them.

 

And Love Monkey is already gone.

 

Showtime is actually worth it now. Penn & Teller's Bullsh!t, Masters of Horror, Weeds and now they get AD.

 

I've read the same thing a week ago but wasn't conclusive, but the news seems to be trickling in, all positive. too bad I don't have showtime, but im more than willing to wait for the dvds, I prefer watching the show in runs since so many things happen in each episode.

 

Yeah, my free trial with showtime ends soon, but if might reup if they get AD.

 

wow, no reply from miguel yet? he is the AD activist of the boards

 

I hate to say it, but with a title like "Love Monkey", did you actually think it had a chance? I didn't. Especially with that "Ed" guy in the lead role.

Seemed it was doomed from the start.

 

did you watch it?

 

Nope. I don't think many did. See above for two of the reasons.

 

fair enough. it was a great show, though. i imagine you would have liked it.

 

I may have. Note to CBS execs: Get better show names. "How I met your mother" is also an awful title. The only thing that has saved it is Doogie.

 

you should stop judging shows by their titles!! you'd have missed out on Barney!!! and you missed out on a good show in Love Monkey, too. not that it matters since it was just cancelled!

frankly, CBS isn't a good conduit for either of those shows. neither "felt like"CBS shows...where every other show is a police show.

 

Don't judge a book by its cover.

 

"wow, no reply from miguel yet? he is the AD activist of the boards "

Hey shut up. This thread was started just after I went to sleep and I just woke up.


I haven't started this thread yet either because I wanted to make sure it was official. Like nyquil82 said, I read this a week ago, and this rumor seems pretty solid, but then again, it is still a rumor.

I didn't start this thread...

But if I ever did, I’m either going to start a thread about a rumor, or I’m going to promise to start a thread about a rumor, and then not start it. But the one thing that I will never do is not say that I will start this thread and then not start it!

Taste the happy, Clutchfans. Taste it.

 

Sweet news, glad to hear that AD isn't dead in the water as of yet but now I'm gonna have to pick up the box sets of whatever new stuff they show on Showtime

 

Bad news for AD fans.

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Hurwitz takes a hike
'Arrested' creator bails as showrunner



"Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz says he will not be continuing with the series, throwing a major -- likely fatal -- monkey wrench into attempts to keep the Emmy-winning laffer alive for a fourth season.

Series producers 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TelevisionImagine Television had agreed on a deal to move "Arrested," previously on Fox, to Showtime -- assuming Hurwitz was willing to come back. In the end, however, a mix of creative and financial concerns has prompted Hurwitz to move on.

"The fans have been so ardent in their devotion and in return ... I've given everything I can to the show in order to try to live up to their expectations," Hurwitz told Daily Variety on Monday in a telephone interview from GothamGotham. "I finally reached a point where I felt I couldn't continue to deliver that on a weekly basis."

Nonetheless, Hurwitz said he put off making a final decision on his involvement so Showtime and 20th could talk about a possible deal.

"Of course, if there was enough money in it, I would have happily abandoned the fans' need for quality. But as it turns out, there wasn't," he said.

Indeed, Hurwitz and 20th have long been at odds over finances, sparring over everything from the show's budget to Hurwitz's own compensation. The two sides were unable to come to terms on an overall deal last year, and while creative concerns were clearly at play in Hurwitz's decision, coincoin may have been a key factor, insiders said.

Hurwitz said he had briefed most of the show's cast about his decision, as well as some of the writers. He also talked with exec producer-narrator Ron HowardRon Howard, who asked Hurwitz if he would be willing to continue as a consultant on "Arrested" should 20th and Imagine find a network willing to continue the skeinskein without Hurwitz.

"I said I'd be happy to do that, but that as showrunner, I've gone as far as I can go," he said.

Showtime entertainment toppertopper Bob Greenblatt made it clear in January that Hurwitz's participation in the show was essential to a deal (Daily Variety, Jan. 20). With Hurwitz out of the equation, Showtime is no longer a viable home for "Arrested," insiders said.

It doesn't help that one of Hurwitz's key deputies, exec producer Jim Valleley, also says he won't do the show without his boss. "We couldn't do the show without Mitch Hurwitz, and I wouldn't want to be the guy who tried," Valleley said, who called the apparent end of the show "heartbreaking."

Hurwitz said he had lunch with Showtime entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt even though he was leaning against continuing with the show. "He was actually very persuasive in telling me how much he believed in the show. I walked away thinking, 'Maybe,' " Hurwitz said.

Despite word of tension between Hurwitz and 20th, scribe said the studio and its sister net deserve credit for having produced and aired three seasons of the show.

"I can honestly say I'm appreciative. They put a lot of money into this, and I put a lot of my life into this," he said.

He also hinted that while "Arrested" may have run its course as a TV show as far as he's concerned, he would be interested in reviving the franchise as a feature film.

Reps for 20th and Showtime declined comment. One person familiar with the studio's thinking, however, said fans of the show shouldn't write an obit for "Arrested" just yet, noting 20th is the studio that revived "Family Guy."

 

Yep, that about does it.


Taste the sad guys.

 

This sucks, but I could see the writing on the walls after that last episode