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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Shuttered''
Is the banana stand closing shop?
Did Fox lose all confidence in “Arrested Development” when the Hollywood Association of Waiters and Cabdriv … er, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided to bestow its all-important “best comedy” Golden Globe on “Desperate Housewives” instead?
A Jimmy Kimmel viewer relates:
A Jimmy Kimmel viewer relates:
I was not too worried, but obviously upset when earlier today their 22 episode season was reduced to 18 in favour of more American Dad, but David Cross on Jimmy Kimmel tonight said the show "stopped production" this morning. It sounds like they are more or less through. Which is just truly terrible, as this was one of the remaining watchable TV programs, and probably the best comedy around. Please post this so others can be aware and maybe help. Well, yes, when the order is trimmed, production will stop sooner rather than later. But did Cross say something about it defintitely not starting up again next season?
As far as I know, Fox has not formally pulled the plug on “Arrested,” and has at least till mid-May to decide if the comedy will turn up on its 2005-06 slate. Still, giving the borrible “American Dad” its timeslot for May sweeps? Not the best sign.
My advice for "Development" fans? Sign up for cable.
Long live "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Long live "South Park."
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Arrested Development is possibly canned after two seasons, and Fox keeps Malcom in the Middle on for HOW LONG?
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www.trekunited.com ... we're buying a 5th season!
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but can american dad be that horrible?
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Feb 10, 2005 10:21:05 AM CST
Could give a shit if "South Park" goes another season...
by smarkjobber
...there's been a handful (six?) already. However, "Arrested Development" has only a season and 1/3 tucked under its arm -- at full stride the show could be one of the best ever (the first season alone is arguably better than 90% of shows that made syndication). If FOX pulls the plug on "AD" and replaces it with that p.o.s. "AD" ("American Dad," aka "Family Guy: Part Dos") I will stomp my feet for multiple minutes, and perhaps punch a wall. I don't know. This kind of shit is only supposed to happen to Herc and his "Wonderfalls"-esque shit. I hope HBO can buy "Arrested" off of FOX.
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This show is hilarious. I just watched the 1st season on DVD and every episode has at least 3 laugh outloud moments in it. If Fox cancels this show NBC should swoop it up and put it on in the 9:30 Thursday slot where it can find a real audience.
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...a sad day indeed for network TV if Arrested Development got shafted for American Dad. The former is one of the most original and consistently funny TV comedies to come down the pike in a long time. The latter causes cancer in laboratory animals. It's true.
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And pair it with Scrubs on Tuesdays...The two best comedies on TV, back-to-back? Then NBC could hype "Must See TV" again, but this time actually mean it!
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It really annoys me how they will promote a show as being unique and a critical darling ("Look how cool we are at FOX...we love you"), only to dump it in a heartbeat if they can find a cheap alternative when it doesn't make them a mint of ad revenue.
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Just got into this show and it's brilliant. Fucking networks. First Life As We Know It and now this... of course... I mean, when a show is good, it gets cancelled... shouldn't be surprised anymore... it's the circle of shit called network television execs making decisions.
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That's the only explanation. They'll never have another 'Simpsons'. They'll never create a 'Seinfeld'-size hit. They don't have the gumption to actually develop and grow a show. They greenlight great things, then seemingly actively try to kill them. I think they resent that UPN is the crappy network that no one respects these days. They want to reclaim their role at the bottom of the barrel. The good news is that they're well on their way!
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Feb 10, 2005 10:54:45 AM CST
NO!! Live Arested D! Why cancel it?! Just move it to another ni
by warp11
Arested D is one of the most funniest, and wittiest shows on T.V.! The way all the seperate plots converge at the end of an ep while the main arc of the season continues is amazing. and! It's also hillarious! Don't do it FOX!
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If Arrested D does go off the air they have to wrap up what happens to all the family members. Maybe have Ronhoward do some sort of 3 min narration (he is usually the narator), of what became of each member. IE: Job went on to become a popular magician, etc.
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I don't think so. The main character is a right wing nut who exposes through irony the ridiculousness of our country at this time. Please. Like Family Guy, McFarlane takes shots at ALL sides. Liberals get it, conservatives get it, but no one is made fun of so much as to not watch it based on that...Except maybe the Mexicans.
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...but I get the feeling that Voicebox is one of those guys that liked "All In The Family" because he thought Archie was such a swell guy.
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where have all the good shows gone? they have vanished, like chips during the superbowl, like Family Guy off of Fox (i don't care if they're bringing it back, they should cancel Malcom or Simpsons instead). Fox hasn't had a good show since Dark Angel or X-Files
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I still think they go for the easy dirty joke instead of the joke that's actually funny half the time this year. That being said...canceling it would be LAME because it still rocks.
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I gotta give credit to Fox for at least getting this show off the air, but damn, can't they give something so critically adored a little bit more faith? Instead of giving up and focusing on cheap shit cock dribble like American Dad, why not spend that money on some advertising and get this show the audience it deserves? I own the dvd set and there's not one person I've showed this to that hasn't gone out and bought the set themselves after only a few episodes. HBO really must be the only channel I know that sticks with a great show and allows the audience to catch on. Oh well, I suppose it's we the american audience's fault and not the suits upstairs. I propose a strike against reality tv programming. Any takers?
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Did you check out last weeks' ratings? I think it came in next to last before whatever is on UPN. Generally agreed this show and "Arrested Development" are the best sitcoms the nets have to offer and they'll be gone next season. And we can't blame the networks, people aren't watching them. I don't know why. There is of course the likability factor of the characters on "Arrested Development", people seem to need someone to root for, and by making Michael semi-devious/stupid this season they only have the wonderful George Michael to really take home with them. I honestly think this has more to do with a Nielson heavy sitcom than good writing and acting. A show has to have heart. Of course "Scrubs" has plenty of both so I just don't know what's going on.
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I'm a huge "Family Guy" fan, but I truly loathed the premier of "American Dad." It was utterly horrible and NOT funny. I have never watched "Arrested Development" but have heard rave reviews for it. It's a shame Fox is making such poor business decisions.
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But I have seen american dad or as I call it Family guy lite.Have the comedy 0% laughs.It is a horrible formulaic shitcom.I love family guy but I will watch family guy when I need a family guy fix not a shitty ripoff.Keep A.D going at least its original.
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Feb 10, 2005 11:50:35 AM CST
Arrested Development is a great entry in the Fox tradition of na
by nivekj
Okay, so the only other example is "In Living Color" (and technically, that's not a good example because the group was "Living Colour" but I digress), but "Arrested Development" is a great show. Think of all the laughs shows like South Park, Chappelle's Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm earn. Now think of all the laughs AD earns without relying on profanity, shock value, and all those dirty cheap cable tricks. AD basically needs more love; people, start watching this show. I'm amazed that other shows, which shall remain nameless, get bigger ratings. But the public at large seems to love garbage, sheer garbage mind you; so it's up to us to support the shows we love. In closing, I offer this memoriam to beloved shows axed in the name of making room for garbage: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. --- Firefly --- American Gothic --- Space: Above and Beyond --- City of Angels --- and any other shows I may have missed. Peace out, stop hatin', and so forth.
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Herc, it's a bit difficult to mock the Golden Globes for giving Best Comedy to Desperate Housewives and try to lay any blame for what happens to Arrested Development on that fact when Jason Bateman also won Best Actor in a comedy at the very same Globes. Not to mention Arrested won the emmy in September for Best Comedy. Anyway, if Fox does cancel AD... FUCK THEM! That would just be so freaking sad. It's the funniest show I've seen in years and the fact that people aren't watching it in droves is just ridiculous.
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Yeah, Arrested Development does go for the easy dirty joke sometimes. And your point is? This show and Scrubs, like Seinfeld and M*A*S*H before them, need a couple of seasons to truly find their rhythm. The same could also be said now of Veronica Mars, which, IMHO, while good, needs to keep more closely to its dark and snarky roots.
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I never watch 'Arrested Development' myself, (Looks kinda stupid to me) but this is clearly another example of Fox cancling a scripted show for more cheap 'reality' crap! Network TV is a joke right now! There are no scripted shows, or cartoons in sight anymore! It makes me fucking mad! Do these fuckers at Fox honestly think that people don't like scripted shows anymore? What a bunch of bullshit!!!
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the last few episodes have been the lowest energy yet.
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Not to mention ARCTU. BASTARDS!
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gonna post again at my utter dismay at this decision. A couple of points though, Scrubs has been given a fifth season (and is soon to be paired up with the American Office, which I a Brit actually loved quite a bit) and to mbaker the show isn't getting cancelled for 'reality' crap but for Family Guy rip off crap. I said it before but in the Fox press release they credited giving ADad Adev's slot due to its great pilot numbers, of course it got good numbers you cunitsh arseholes, it aired after the fucking Superbowl, one of Harry's superbowel movements would have got a similar number of viewers, now I only have one thing on Fox left to watch.
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Feb 10, 2005 1:28:22 PM CST
In my little fantasy world, Arrested Development and Andy Richte
by lou c.
... unfortunately, it's only a fantasy. I was encouraged when they moved AD to the spot after The Simpsons this year, but I also knew this: If it didn't get ratings there, it was dead. Fox was giving it a better timeslot and expected the ratings to be good. And, they're not. While I think Fox could be promoting the show better, the sad reality is that not enough people are watching it. We can thank every asshole in America who loves According to Jim and other trash. So sad. A truly brilliant show that gets funnier every single week.
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I watched this after hearing about how fantastic it was from critics. Over the course of the entire show I didn't laugh a single time. Critics may like it, but that doesn't mean people will watch an unfunny show that thinks it's smarter than it really is.
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I hate to say it, because I like Arrested Development, but this was inevitable. Despite the critical acclaim, and Emmys/Golden Globes etc, the ratings were always crap. Recently Fox has been showing old Family Guy episodes on Sunday night, and those were scoring higher ratings than AD! When a four-year old episode of a (formerly) cancelled show beats it, you know it makes no sense from a business standpoint to keep it on the air.
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Fox was the network that actually gave Arrested Development a chance in the first place! Didn't the other networks turn it down before them? It ain't Fox's fault - NOBODY IS WATCHING THE SHOW. They got Emmys, Golden Globes, The Simpsons as a lead-in, but it just isn't happening. AD is having a hard time beating UPN and WB in the ratings. I'd like to see Showtime or HBO pick it up actually, then we could have an unedited version, I get the feeling the writers want to make it darker and edgier than it really is but can't because of network restrictions...
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AD's the ONLY good half hour comedy on TV! Please don't take it away from me so one marginally talented guy can have TWO cartoons in prime time AND on Adult Swim. Dude, WTF? FOX, don't make me hate you more than I already do!
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Feb 10, 2005 1:57:27 PM CST
And am I mistaken or didn't AD just win an EMMY for best comedy
by kielbasa
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I don't blame FOX for AD - as much as I love the show, I realize the ratings are low for one reason only - no one's watching. FOX did promote the show, and a DVD set of Season One was released (cheap!) in the hopes of generating better ratings. What else can they really do? If no one's watching, no one's watching. And it's a hard show to get into if you've missed a few episodes. Oh, well, won't be the first time a show I liked got canned for bad ratings. On the other hand, I CAN and WILL blame Scrubs low ratings on NBC. They moved it from a decent slot on Thursdays (where it was starting to develop a decent following) to a hellhole 9:30 p.m. Tuesday slot behind "Father Of The Pride," and they also waste no opportunity to randomly preempt it for shit like "The Biggest Loser". It's almost as if they're TRYING to kill it.
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Everything about this show just begs not to be watched. Not that Family Guy or American Dad (I guess the creator of those only had one idea in his head, and it wasn't all that good to begin with.)
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arressted development really is one of the better programs on tv right now and it really would be a shame if they killed it. kinda like that other show.. you know, back in the day that simpsons guy did it... hilarious as all hell...
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...it would go perfectly with Scrubs, that would be an amazing hour of television. I would love nothing more for it to go on and on, sometimes its good when an amazing show gets cancelled early because then it never goes on too long and sucks, although it would have been nice to have a few more seasons if it were done (and a proper ending).
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http://www.petitiononline.com/Arrested/
don't know what else we can do.
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I know this may sound harsh, but the truth is I
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I taped Kimmel last night, and I will watch that. Man, this has got to be upsetting for Jason Bateman, just two days before SNL. If AD and the Bluth saga is done, yet Point Pleasant is still on the air, let's hope HBO or some smart cable channel, gives the show a chance to at least wrap things up.
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The 'Bundys' for the new mellenium. A 'Bundy' like show that makes fun of the curent pop culture in an scathing, irreverent kind of way!
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Feb 10, 2005 2:49:10 PM CST
DAMN YOU FOX!!! You killed FIREFLY, WONDERFALLS, and now THIS???
by robogeek.com
Enough is enough. You'd think Fox would've learned from 24 and The X-Files (and Seinfeld, for that matter) that truly great, innovative shows need time to be nurtured so they can find and build an audience. Now they have the best, most critically-acclaimed comedy on television, and they're not even going to give it two full seasons? Bastards. Anyway, read my robo-rant at... http://robogeek.com/2005/02/development-arrested-by-fox.html
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Jason Bateman si on Conan tonight. Conan is also a huge fan of Arrested Development, which he has constantly made public. If the show is cancelled, Bateman will mention it tonight. Truly upsetting when FOX keeps shows like That '70s Show and Quintuplets which will never even be recognized for an Emmy, and ditch a show that won five of them in it's premiere season.
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Funny anecdotes, well from season one alone who have hot cops, daddy daughter work day, fonzie stealing every scene he was in, cut offs, 'daddy likes leather', Odenkirk and Cross together again, Dr. Funke's 100% Natural Good Time Family Band Solution. Now I think Seinfeld is the greatest TV show ever, but the first 22 episodes of Arrested were better than the first 22 (great but not yet brilliant) of Seinfeld.
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Given time, I believe that Arrested Development could surpass it. Seinfeld wasn't popular until season 3, and I knoe for a fact if Seinfeld debuted now, it would be cancelled, that's how terrible television has become. In other news, Arrested Development is going to give the anrrator his own plotline. How ridiculous/brilliant is that?
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Could you post here recapping what Bateman has to say later, because I live outside the US so I can't watch Conan till its International repeats on CNBC if at all. Thanks, for the big news though. To others try and check out Kristen Vietch's column at Eonline tomorrow as she loves the show and she should mention something.
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...Techtite, if it's a joke you want, look in your pants. Not everything that's funny is a joke. Sometimes things are funny without needing someone to ask "And what's the deal with...?" You want an anecdote from the show? How about the horny sister who, despite loosely espoused anti-fur feelings, dons a big fur coat to impress an actor/hunting enthusiast with whom she wants to cheat on her husband? While they're out in the park cavorting, her husband comes running with a tranquilizer gun and shoots her in the ass, mistaking her for the wolf the newspapers have been reporting at large in the neighborhood. He wanted to shoot the wolf to prove his manhood to his wife, but the wolf people are hearing is really the wife's dad, escaped from prison and living in the attic of the family home, who howls when he's bored... which attracts a real wolf... but that's next week. If this doesn't seem funny to you, it's because you didn't watch the show. It loses something in the retelling, unlike the countless and annoying "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" parrot droppings you can gobble up at your local bar or water cooler. You didn't see all the plot threads set up and, therefore, didn't get the joy of watching the whole thing come together and then marvelously unravel. Does it prove you wrong? No. Does it prove you right? Absolutely not. About the only thing it does prove is that you have the attention span of a gnat and the sense of humor of a chimp. Here's one for you. Knock-knock! Poop! Isn't that classic? No? What if I rhymed it with a female body part?
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I'd be happy to recap what Bateman says. Not a problem, let's just hope it's good news, and these four lost episodes are somehow made up for.
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this is such fucking bullshit, Arrested is the only quality show left on TV ever since The Simpsons decided not to be funny anymore
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i'm sure seeing that i do not have a neilson box my opinion does'nt mean anything, but if this show gets cancelled, i will never watch fox again...not 24..not the superbowl...they could put, halle berry vs. jessica alba naked oil wrestling on every night..i will not watch..i will download it, but i will not watch it
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Just like in "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" there was the Island of Misfit Toys, there needs to be a Network of Misfit Shows for series like "Arrested Development." Think of all the great shows cancelled before they had a chance after only a season or two. I've seen a few of them posted here -- Brisco County, Jr., Space: Above & Beyond, John Doe, Miracles. Heck, even the original Battlestar Galactica only lasted one season. Just goes to show you that at least since the late '70s good shows have been canned by dumb network execs. I'm stilled pissed over the cancellation of "Emergency!" and "The Six Million Dollar Man".........
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In the episode "Pier Pressure", it is revealed that the way George Sr. taught his chidlren lessons was by having a one-armed man always getting ambushed, and losing his "second arm" as a result of the children's wrong deeds. For example, the kids are arguing in the car, the dad tells them to be quiet, and they hit the man, and he loses his arm. The gag is shown in several diffferent contexts and has hilarious effects.
"Where is the guy that you used to teach us lessons?"
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I haven't bothered posting on AICN in a LONG time... but this has me motivated. I am furious about this! In hopes that someone from Fox will read these boards and say something to someone else there: Please do not do this. Look inside your greedy reality show, paris hilton-lovin, black as night hearts and do something right. Cancel simpsons, american dad, american idol! And keep this show running! Its the only thing on tv that is *consistantly* funny and intelligent!
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Yeah, that's what Fox is going to say if it decides to let go of "Arrested". I cannot believe they would even consider it. It's the best show on network right now. Ugh. At least if they do, I will only have to get one more DVD set. Whatever. I'm so upset!!
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Feb 10, 2005 5:12:05 PM CST
Techtite, humour is subjective. Either you think its funny or y
by big jim
Using your example, if someone said Seinfeld wasn't funny, all the examples you give them would not make a difference. If they did not find it funny when they watched it, why would your out-of-context refrences make them change their mind? Arrested does not go for the catch phrases like Seinfeld did. The comedy in Seinfeld was broad and appealed to different people for different reasons. The humour in Arrested is much narrower. It is somewhat like British humour. Basically, it is what it is and doesn't try to be anything else to appeal to the masses. You don't find it funny. Obviously a lot of people don't find it funny. But it doesn't suck. It just isn't your kind of show.
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Someone on this board must have some idea about how networks (ie FOX) can get away with this. Obviously, they're the ones paying for the show but, what kind of recourse do the creators have when a network does this to a show that is obviously critically acclaimed, quality and is just underpromoted. I mean, this has the backing of Rob Howard and Brian Grazer for Christ's Sake!!! These guys are not slouches in the Hollywood community! FOX did it with Futurama though, created by one of the most powerful men in cartoons, Matt Groening. Can Arrested Development be taken to another network/studio? Will a letter-writing campaign actually work? I simply cannot believe that, after being name a "Future Classic" by TV Land, all the awards, the critical praise and the stellar scripts and acting that this show has shown that it would be cancelled after 2 seasons. I guarantee that American Dad (just because it has the same initials doesn't mean it's anywhere near as good!) won't last a season. FOX, are you listening?!?!?!?
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If Fox is cancelling Arrested Development for a piece of shit show like American Dad, then they are complete retards who should be shot and pissed on. Gorf.
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Thanks for remaining impartial, ChorleyFM, Jim, and Daniel; your posts remained objective and had some good points. They also did so without resorting to petty name calling. That said; thanks for enhancing a theory of mine, Childe. For every one or two impartial fans of this show there are at least a hundred fanboys who
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...if you're not a moron, prove me wrong. What's that? Oh... I'm making a flawed arguement. Just like the asshole (you) who blustered into this talkback... all "bark" as you so cleverly put it... and made a ridiculous assertion that is impossible to objectively prove or disprove then backpedaled to save face when he got called on it. The Biggest Moron in America just called looking for you. He wants his style back. And talk about quoting overused punchlines... you had me at "D'oh!" Consider your intelligence once again insulted, jackass.
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Not cancelled
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Feb 10, 2005 7:03:31 PM CST
Damn! Another show with some originality bites the dust...
by pan demonium
...I guess if it was a show about a fat slob with an incongruously hot wife it would be a ratings winner... and Techtite, here is my favorite joke from the show: Job and Michael are discussing a boat called "The Seaward" when their mother enters the room. When one of the brothers suggests that they should get rid of "The Seaward", Mom looks visibly insulted and says she was just leaving........................... because she thought they were calling HER the "C-Word". (Get it?) It took me a second, but then I literaly did a spit-take on that one. Oh well, it was good while it lasted... Pan out.
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Feb 10, 2005 7:08:42 PM CST
No FOX, you BASTARDS!!!! You Took Every other great show away fr
by atomica
I am so Fucking tired of this!!!!
You get into a Show and then when things get good they pull the plug! WTF?????
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Feb 10, 2005 7:50:38 PM CST
They should have put it on Thursdays to go up against Joey
by cornstalkwalker
Joey isn't funny and Arrested Development could end up being the next Seinfeld. Too many shows are on Sundays. I did think it would do better considering it was after the Simpsons.
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Feb 10, 2005 8:08:13 PM CST
With that cast, Ron Howard producing, and lots of exterior shots
by frankdrebin
so it would HAVE to get big ratings for Fox to keep it. On one of the "Family Guy" commentaries, Seth MacFarlane said that "FG" cost $1,000,000 per episode--and that's for a show with a no-name cast and cheapo animation.
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I wish the show would have been HALF as smart and funny as it thought it was.
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Every funny bit has been done before. Everything. It's why so much "comedy" on TV seems to suck more and more as one gets older. The absolute
freaking-brillance of the writing in Arrested Development is that the joke doesn't drop, stodgy and generic, out of the "blue" (we'll get back to this in a
moment ;) ) as in nigh every other comedy thrown up by the Nets, but instead fits wicked-funny the characters and what is happening in their lives. Even
when the AD writers do toilet humor (the now classic, "I blue myself"-- must be seen to be appreciated) they take it to a new levels of
just-gawdamn-brilliance, and it isn't forced, like so much "comedy" on the tube these days seems to be. It's almost as if the writers write an hour-long
and edit the bejesus out of it , it's that tight. That's one of the drawbacks for viewership-- it takes a few epsiodes to get the flow, which is tough to
convince an audience to do. But, as an intelligent person who's probably seen obscene amounts of TV ;) , try sitting through just one episode of Damon
Wayans' show, My Wife and Kids. Or CBS' Monday night generic dumbed-down sitcom block. Torture, yet the audience (I'm guessing mostly
12-14yos) does it, because it is unchallenging, they don't have to think. Which is, IMO, the way the current business models of the Networks are
training people to think-- "just zone out, don't think-- oh yeah, and watch this commercial." If you've watched tv for more than 5-10 years, you've seen
every joke, every beat, every unoffensive-to-anyone riff the generic sitcoms I mentioned will do. And unfortunately the Nets rely on this-- the shows
seem... familiar, somehow. But that's Arrested Development's main problem-- while those other shows survive because they dumb it down,
toe-the-line, feeding a fat lazy audience that's getting fatter and lazier (or being fattened for the slaughter-- but I digress), it's clear the AD folks are not
going to do that. Neither did the "Action" folks. Or "The Lone Gunman" team. Or (insert genius show canned by Fox before it's time here). So it bodes
not well for AD. Sure, we all know it's all about the money, but the way I see it is this-- Fox suits have to start thinking oustide the box. If Fox is smart,
they'll build a subscription cable channel for folks that like their TV straight up, not watered-down. This is targetting only a part of the "total possible
audience", but it IS the future-- targetting exact viewers, markets and advertisers, like Sci-Fi Channel, or Turner Classic Movies, or The Cartoon
Network,or G4TV-- if they have enough of a market, if they make a profit, they survive. It can be done. Just not in a main network setting, because
making just a small profit in that setting is NEVER enough... it's all about destroying the other Networks. So what am I trying to say in this ramble? Well,
maybe that the sad fact is that the Nets are generally going after the lowest-common-denominator at this time to get max ratings, and the scary fact is
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Feb 10, 2005 9:03:25 PM CST
WOULD SOMEONE AT THIS MONKEY-OPERATED SITE CARE TO GIVE ONE OF T
by genro
Go to the gaddman FOX A.D site and read the special notice. How fucking hard is that?
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Feb 10, 2005 9:09:10 PM CST
Everything I watch always gets cancelled in favor of............
by boynamedsue
What's next? 24?
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I mean, even if you already own it buy it as a present for someone or everyone. Valentine's Day Present. Arrested Development. President's Day. Arrested Development. Birthday. Arrested Development. If the DVDs do well, then FOX will be more likely to keep the show. Hey, it's one reason they've kept 24 and why Family Guy has returned from the grave. Buy that DVD.....
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Feb 10, 2005 9:16:57 PM CST
After a drink (and checking on Fox's AD site), I feel better.
by diskatopia
The boards there seem to indicate that Fox suits are claiming it's not cancelled... yet. Assuming the suits are not liars... . Some posters are claiming that such statements by the suits are a smoke screen to keep folks watching til the end of the show's order, when they will supposedly officially drop it. The thing to watch with Fox is the fact that since they are "year-round" and don't have one set season (start in fall-end in Spring rerun summer) anymore, the schedule waters are cloudy. Let's hope it's blue dye off of Tobias, swimming away from the cancellation shark.
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Feb 10, 2005 9:22:48 PM CST
It's to smart for network TV.. this should be on HBO... so sad..
by russman
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Feb 10, 2005 9:25:02 PM CST
Sorry, one drink and I'm gone, anyway here issomething from Fox
by diskatopia
"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 -
Feb 10, 2005 10:15:35 PM CST
Give it up already, No one I know watches this Show, I tried, Fo
by mentallymariah
there are too many fucking things on TV trying to compete, You could only watch so many, it gets overwhelming, I did try to catch a few episodes of A D but my A D D took over and I gave up!
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My favorite joke(s) from AD is during the episode Job starts wearing his father's suits, and each time he tells an anecdote about it they get more expensive. Example, "maybe the guy in the $4,000 suit should pour the coffee...COME ON!!!" I've watched that episode 4 times. AD is just so full of great characters. All of them are different and the way they interact with each other due to the directing and stories is just damn, damn funny. Plus, they seem to enjoy playing their characters. Come on!!!
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Feb 10, 2005 11:15:47 PM CST
Undeclared, The Tick, Andy Richter, Wonderfalls, Firefly
by gheorghe zamfir
yep.
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But can you really trust fox anyway, and can you blame people for unleashing upon fox--that's a keg just waiting to get tapped.
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Feb 10, 2005 11:26:40 PM CST
the karmic backlash generated a shit show like "american dad" re
by atomheartbrother
agitate many gastrointestinal tracts and produce extreme meterological activity aimed at red states. don't say i didn't warn you. but seriously, it's shit like this (FIREFLY! WONDERFALLS! BRISCO COUNTY!) that just breaks my heart.
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What shitty news! AD is a show on par with the classics..I hope another network picks it up. But then when they cancel AD that mean I wont have to ever watch FOX again. They can keep those half assed reality shows, the two talentless tramps who make my TV bleed, and 24, Simpsons, King of the Hill, American Idol have all jumped the shark..Goodbye FOX you choked on your own shit and let go of anything that looked like quality..Fuckers
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a few more good shows before you catch the WB.
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Feb 11, 2005 2:13:33 AM CST
their message on the site is nice and all, but I'm still worried
by george newman
This is the Only only only good sitcom on network tv.
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One of the few imported American sitcoms that is true genius. BBC were showing it over here, but started to bounce it round the schedule and I lost touch. And yet we get Joey on primetime and endless Friends/Sex in the City repeats. Somthing original and truly funny comes along (and trust me, I am not a fan of Yank sitcoms at all) and what happens. Cancelled!
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"Arrested Development" is literally the only half hour show that I watch anymore! I stopped watching the Simpsons two years ago, but I tape (no TiVo) AD every week.
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Arrested is one the best comedies on television!!! American Dad blows. Borring un-funny s@!#.
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If this happens it will quite possibly be the most ridiculous cancellation of a television show ever. Sure the original Star Trek was arguably the biggest of all time but look at the lasting impression even those few seasons of episodes have left on the television world following it. There have been a great amount of shows canned before their time(Angel, Dark Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, ARCTU, and Futurama) but none of these were as critically acclaimed as Arrested has been. Not even close. I know im very much overestimating and dont have numbers to back it up but it seems like 98% of the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.
In a first year it wins the biggest award possible for a comedy show against long running veteran shows. Not only one Emmy win...5 of the fuckers! You would need a flatbed to haul the trophies around that this show has won. But the way FOX is if you can't melt down the trophies and remold them into viewers and money they dont fucking care. I know that money is a huge factor in the business but how can they not see the potential financial gain from this show in the future after the overwhelming support it has recieved from its die hard fan base and the critics as well.
These days people more often than not wait for DVDs or just TiVo it because of how much easier it is than to remember the time and day that a show is on. The Nielsen ratings are flawed beyond measurement in this day and age....networks need to figure out a more accurate way to gauge how many viewers are seeing the ads in their shows.
I hope that this announcement of an episode reduction is FOX's way of putting out there the fact that the show needs more viewers or it is toast. And again right there the flawed logic comes into play with that belief by FOX. People are gonna stay away from this show rather than watch if they know it is ultimately doomed.
There are tons of ways to help this show. The best ones are on this site. We all know online petitions are a joke and possibly has the equivalent of negative credibility but that is one of many ideas the fans of this show has to save it. Dont get upset when you find out that raising money for a campaign is one of the ideas. It is because of the one thing that FOX does understand and never wavers from...MONEY. I think whatever you can do to help the cause this way is more than worth it to miss a couple trips to Best Buy or a fast food drive through if it means helping out the future of television in general.
Almost anyway you look at it your money would be a fight against crap and a show of support for quality.
http://the-op.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=282
http://s1.amazon.com/paypage/P2QIXIIXBVEAFV/103-5827747-5989459
http://www.petitiononline.com/Arrested/petition.html
Or if you dont feel like making a donation is a good idea feel fre to just write those lovely people over at FOX and ask them kindly to keep the show on the air. Your children and your children's children will possibly thank you for it when they are 'seen and not heard'.
The Lovely and Talented Gail Berman
President of Entertainment
FOX Broadcasting
10201 West Pico Blvd., Blg.100, Rm.4450
Los Angeles, CA 90064-2606
or:
Gail Berman
Fox Broadcasting Entertainment President
Fox Headquarters
10201 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90035
or:
Gail Berman, President
Fox Broadcasting Company
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, California 90213
E-mail: gail.berman@fox.com
Extension: 237626
(This "extension" was in LincolnHat's original post -- but in reality, it's just 'BERMAN' spelled out. Fox's automated system lets you spell out people's last names.)
Mr. Gary Newman and Ms. Dana Walden
Twentieth Century Fox Television
10201 West Pico Blvd
Building 88, Room 29
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Talk FOX Off
Fox Viewer Comment Hotline: 1-800-369-6848
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Another email you may wish to consider writing to is askfox@fox.com. This email address is read by staffers who then put together statistics for the programmers.
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Not cancelled
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Not FOX. An evil station that doesn't even try to pump the show up by pairing it with a proper lead in and giving it a shot. It's up against a Juggernaut on Sunday's as well.
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Sunday night on Fox is the only place for this show. The only other "comedy" night that Fox has is Wednesday, but to put the show up against LOST and ALIAS would certainly put an end to the series.
No other network can afford to be as daring with their comedies. Can you honestly tell me you could picture CBS, NBC, or ABC airing AD? No way.
The Best Case Scenario would probably be for Comedy Central or HBO to pick it up.
What I really hope happens is that Fox realizes what a horrible show American Dad is (I love Family Guy, but American Dad is simply too much of the same) and they bring back Arrested. -
...Techtite, and actually in very good spirits. You really just need to take another stab at the whole "reading for comprehension" thing. If you do, you'll see in all of my posts that the insults are light-hearted and whimsical (surely an expert on humor such as yourself can appreciate that) and that my attacks are on the ludicrous nature of your initial challenge to "PROVE me wrong!" That was not only an asshole thing to type, it was foolish. It was the sort of blowhard bravado one expects from a first-year college student who's had a day or two of Logic 101 but hasn't quite figured out what a fallacy is yet. To imagine, even for an instant, that one can PROVE a thing to be funny when humor is so obviously subjective is, for lack of a more dead-on-balls-accurate term, moronic. And the fact that you popped into this talkback to so gleefully pronounce a show unfunny and deservedly cancelled when you clearly don't watch said show is another mark of stupidity. You came to troll and I decided to give you the attention you so desperately wanted. But instead of playing your game the way you wanted, I provided you with a perfectly good example of why you might find the show in question unfunny (i.e. you don't watch). Instead of proving you wrong, I proved your argument worthless and stupid. It's a much quicker and more efficient way of dismissing your completely irrelevant opinion on something you have no real knowledge of and probably don't care much about, don't you agree? Sorry if my method was a little harsh for you, but you have to grow up some time. Do come back and try to paint yourself the walker of the intellectual high road again, if you like. I don't mind continuing to make you look like the ass you are. Really.
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Feb 11, 2005 11:29:36 AM CST
Mr Profit, what is the "Juggernaut" that Arrested Development is
by big jim
Seriously, I can't think of what else is on Sundays at 8:30. Also, does anyone know of a website that gives tv ratings for specific dates and times?
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Not that I'm a nitpicker, but the name of the character is GOB, short for George Oscar Bluth. Love his character, as well as Tobias and Buster.
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Feb 11, 2005 1:07:39 PM CST
Sunday's at 8:30? I swore it was on at 9 against Desperate House
by mr. profit
When did Fox move the show again? Football on Sunday's really messes with Fox's schedule.
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Jason Bateman didn't say anything about the show being cancelled last night on Conan. He was talking about possible future storylines involving his sister Justine. And Conan vowed to use his massive power to bring the show an audience.
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It's a very funny show too. Now that I've kissed your ass, FOX -- don't cancel ARRESTED, and put ANDY RICHTER on DVD, you fuckers!
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Had me laughing 'til I cried, and that was just a few seconds out of an upcoming scene.
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sheesh.
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Feb 12, 2005 4:55:20 AM CST
Well SCRUBS is going because it hasn't been any good since its p
by quantum_ken
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Tomorrow's episode with Martin Short is supposedly one of the funniest yet. Then the following two weeks are repeats (on the 20th a Simpsons re-run occupies the slot, why not air an Arrested re-run?), but on March 6th, they are airing two new episodes, which feature Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character returning.
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THANK YOU! When i first saw that episode, i rewound it three times to watch that scene again. it was such a subtle line and it was hilarious. Combine that with, "Look, it's the police ... and a construction worker ..." and you have one of the funniest half-hours EVER. I'm not going to mock techite and anyone else who doesn't think this show is funny, because it's pointless. i don't think he's stupid because he doesn't love the show like i do. i will say that i think AD suffers because it dares to be different. most people (and i don't dare to pretend this is techite's reason; i don't know you at all) i think don't like it because it doesn't fit into the pre-programmed sitcom world that's been created. every sitcom has the same pattern, the same tired situations. shows like AD, scrubs, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Sports Night, they all dared to be different and i think it seems odd to some people. We are so used to being told when to laugh in a sitcom that, when it's not there, we don't know how to react. I'm just frustrated that people can't see the brilliance of this show. I also think it's sad that Andy Richter helps create an absolutely original and hysterical sitcom, it fails and he goes on to do Quintuplets. Ugh. Hopefully, the cast of AD won't fall into this trap. I know David Cross won't. Holy crap was he bitter on Jimmy Kimmel the other night.
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Feb 12, 2005 2:48:10 PM CST
It takes very little to start the Chicken Little Effect in here
by mister man
"But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
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Once again, we have all decided that American Dad is horrible after the FIRST EPISODE! Come on people! Not everyone starts with a bang! Damn. And you people bitch when Fox unplugs Firefly or Wonderfalls before their seasons are up.
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http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|93505|1|,00.html
There seems to be a whole story about THIS story, and in that story they mention that it's not "cancelled". It *could* still be an 18-ep season, but apparently they're holding out hope. Hopefully we'll be able to convert more people to it, though. -
LOL Chimp took a swipe at Jason Bateman at end of SNL last night. To his credit, he laughed it off but the chimp went APESHIT! Link: http://www.pbase.com/temanning/image/39720043
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I am the biggest David Cross fan on the planet.
Loved Jeffrey Tambor in Larry Sanders.
Always thought Jason Bateman deserved a comeback.
SUPER-excited when this show came on.
Tuned in:didn't laugh.
Watched 6 more episodes knowing it would get funnier. It never did.
I am so tired of shows like arrested and scrubs that are full of "quiet" comedy and never go for the big laughs. You CAN be subtle and funny, just look at MONK. But if Arrested gets cancelled that just means David Cross can move on to a vehicle better suited for his talents. Works for me.
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