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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Arrested Development Rumors (probably) Untrue


Fox has a history of cancelling great shows early on. They get the best shows on TV and without fail cancel them for shit that shouldn't even be on UPN. Great shows such as Undeclared, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, The Ben Stiller Show, Futurama, Family Guy etc. Critically acclaimed, award-winning shows.
So Fox, being the asswads they are, cut the 22 episode order for this season's Arrested Development to 18. To make room for more of Seth McFarland's bland American Dad. Then David Cross was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live and basically said that the show will not be renewed. I could believe that.
But luckily on the official site they have a new message up that reads:

Dear Arrested Development Fans:

Thank you for your e-mail and your passionate support of Arrested Development. While the show has finished production for its second season, contrary to the rumors you may have heard or read on the internet, it is NOT cancelled.

We at FOX love Arrested Development and we look forward to having the Bluth family back on FOX in the future – hopefully for many years. You can help make the show a bigger success by getting as many people as possible to start watching the show this Sunday and every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.


So for fuck's sake, watch the show. It is the funniest, best written, most smartly cast sitcom to make it on the air in a long, long time.

Also, you can read the Onion AV Club's interview with series creator Mitchell Hurwitz here.

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posted by Mike at 11:22 AM

4 Comments:

  • Really how fucking STUPID do you have to be to cancel an award winning show? Well I guess it's all ratings.

    By Blogger S, at February 23, 2005 12:15 PM  

  • That's the thing though, the ratings are comparable to most sitcoms on the air. I think Fox just expects higher than average ratings for their quirkier shows.

    By Blogger Mike, at February 23, 2005 12:28 PM  

  • I'm planning on picking up Wonderfalls when my PS2 is fixed. Can you guys vouch for the quality? I hear that it is the bees knees.

    By Blogger Rob, at February 23, 2005 3:25 PM  

  • I hear its bee's knees too. Haven't seen it though. Although, the creator is also the guy who's adapting Mike Mignola's Amazing Srew-On Head animated series for Sci-Fi.

    By Blogger Mike, at February 23, 2005 3:57 PM  

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