Arrested Development dropped from weekly FOX lineup

Go buy the DVD set ghoul.

 

Sounds like a good idea. Fox cancelling it was the final push.

 

Is anyone watching House?

 

"What's wrong with it? It was clever and unexpected."

"That's not why people watch TV - clever things make them feel stupid and unexpected things make them scared!"

From another show Fox cancelled.

 

Good thing they havent cancelled the best network comedy "The Office." I would go ballistic if they did.

 

If you like jerky people being witty and clever, it's a damn good show. The doctor drama part begins to blend together after a watching many episodes, like any other cop/lawyer/medical series, but the characters are well made and interesting.

 

Futurama FTW

 

****.

Arrested Development is funny as hell.
During the summer my friends and I rented both seasons and watched 'em for about three days straight.
Beautiful, beautiful show, amazing writing, hilarious, perfect comic irony...
man. I love that family.

 

Thursday night I stayed up with my gf and watched all three discs of season two, back to back. All 18 episodes, and had the time of our life. The next morning, the show gets canceled.

THIS is why I don't give a rip that I don't get the network TV stations. I haven't gotten network TV (tape the NBC/ABC NBA games off antenna or from friends/family) since 2000, and I don't feel like I've missed a damn thing.

 

House is great.

 

Ew...Pam Anderson slept with all the Fox executives. She's old now!

Kitchen Confidential was better than Stacked, and that wasn't a great show either.
At least scrubs is coming back in Jan.

 

First they came for Family Guy, and I said nothing, because I did not watch Family Guy.

Next, they came for Firefly, and I said nothing, because I had not seen Firefly.

Now, they come for Arrested Development, and there is nothing left on television to speak for me.

 

Don't remind me.

 

Well, at least Fox can't cancel Scrubs and The Office

 

Hell Yes!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051214/en_nm/arrested_dc

Showtime may rescue 'Arrested Development' By Nellie Andreeva
Wed Dec 14, 3:47 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Will the pay-TV environs of Showtime be a friendlier place for the Emmy-winning comedy "Arrested Development," which just got canceled by Fox?

Word around town this week is that Showtime is in talks to pick up the comedy about a chaotic family. Sources stressed that the talks are still exploratory and that it would be a big financial commitment on Showtime's part to pick up the show in its current form with a large ensemble cast that includes Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter and Will Arnett.

"Arrested" was an instant hit with critics following its debut on Fox in late 2003, but the show never pulled in much of a crowd, even after it won the Emmy for best comedy series in 2004. Last month, Fox threw in the towel, cutting its episode order for "Arrested's" third season from its initial 22-episode ticket to 13.

Representatives for Showtime, and the series' producers 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV declined comment late Tuesday.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

 

ABC is in the mix as well.

Inside Move: Nets keen to get 'Arrested'
Ratings-challenged laffer's third-season order recently cut

By DENISE MARTIN, JOSEF ADALIAN

Fox still hasn't officially canceled "Arrested Development," but if it does, other networks are interested in the show.
Both ABC and Showtime have had conversations with 20th Century Fox TV and indicated they're open to making a deal for new episodes of the critically beloved, Emmy-winning comedy from creator Mitch Hurwitz. No formal negotiations have taken place, and there are still numerous hurdles that might prevent such a move -- including the show's hefty pricetag.

That said, those familiar with the talks described them as serious, with Showtime said to be in particularly hot pursuit of the ratings-challenged laffer, now on life support at Fox. SkeinSkein's third-season order was recently cut to 13 episodes.

Showtime could be a good place for "Arrested." Skein's subversive humor and heavily serialized storylines always made it a tough sell as a mass-appeal broadcast series. What's more, Showtime already has a potential companion for "Arrested" in "Weeds," which just received a second-season pickup. That show is a suburban satire centered on a drug-dealing soccer mom played by Mary-Louise ParkerMary-Louise Parker.

Network entertainment toppertopper Robert GreenblattRobert Greenblatt has made an aggressive push to make Showtime a player in the comedy bizbiz. He's greenlit several since his arrival -- including "Fat Actress" and "Barbershop""Barbershop" -- and "Arrested" could be the piece de resistance. If even half of the skein's Fox viewers -- last averaging around 4 million per episode -- watched on Showtime, "Arrested" would be an instant cable hit.

ABC, meanwhile, is also looking to make its mark in comedy, having already established itself as the home of TV's most buzzworthy dramas ("Lost," "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy"). Net has high hopes for upcoming laffers, such as "Emily's Reason's Why Not," "Crumbs" and "Sons and Daughters," as well as a sophomore contender, "Jake in Progress."

Since Fox has yet to officially cop to canceling "Arrested," 20th can't formally make any deals with another net. There are other barriers to setting the show up elsewhere, however.

Studio has already deficited millions in order to produce the show, which costs about $1. 6 million per half-hour to produce. It's believed 20th deficits about $400,000 per episode.

Even if ABC or Showtime stepped up with the same license fee Fox now forks over for the show, 20th execs will have to decide whether it's worth it to sink more money into a show that isn't a proven ratings winner. That's one reason the studio might push for at least a 22-episode (or greater) commitment from a net.

Studio needs 36 episodes to get "Arrested" to the magic number of 88 episodes required for syndication. But even if it gets to syndication, there's no guarantee of a rich payday in the off-netoff-net market.

On the other hand, "Arrested" is a winner in the DVD market, and more episodes mean more DVD sales. Skein could also take off if given mass exposure on a cablercabler such as Showtime -- particularly now that the feeveefeevee cabler is part of Leslie Moonves' CBS Corp. family.

Moonves certainly knows something about making lemons out of lemonade. One of his first acts upon taking over CBS was picking up a show from NBC called "JAG." Skein ran for nearly a decade on the Eye and spawned the successful spinoff "NCIS."

Studio, Showtime and ABC declined comment.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117934587?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0

 

What if NBC picked it up, this show is perfect for pairing with Scrubs. Though I imagine both shows share the same viewers and don't expect a ratings boost for either. Here's my dream though, imagine a must see tv thursday 2 hour block of Scrubs, AD, Earl, and the Office.

 

i'd pay for showtime.