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Season Finale!! Friday's Two Solid Hours Of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!!
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I am – Hercules!!
“Arrested Development” gets no respect.
“Desperate Housewives” won the best-TV-comedy Golden Globe two years in a row. The Emmys’ pick this year was “Everybody Loves Raymond.” “Veronica Mars” got five times as many votes as “Arrested” in E!’s “Save Our Show” poll this time last year.
This season Fox moved it to Mondays, where it performed so poorly (losing to the likes of “Wife Swap,” “Surface,” “The King of Queens” and “7th Heaven”), Fox cut its order from 22 to 13 episodes and replaced it with repeats of “Prison Break” (which, to add insult to injury, actually garnered a bigger audience).
The bad news? Even though Fox hasn’t formally cancelled “Arrested,” its chances for renewal are virtually non-existent.
The good news? Pay channel Showtime is, by all accounts, prepared to order new “Arrested” episodes as soon as Fox officially kicks it out the door. Which means we can finally see Lindsay Bluth Fünke naked and Ron Howard can, as appropriate, begin referring to certain characters as “cunts.”
Tonight Fox devotes its entire prime-time slate to all four of the remaining unaired episodes. In the second half-hour, Justine Bateman turns up as Michael’s long-long sister. In the third, the Bluths descend upon Iraq, where they meet Saddam Hussein and discover there’s too much traffic on Halliburton Road. Judge Reinhold appears. And Richard Belzer, too, whom I’m guessing has found a way to play John Munch on yet another series.
8 p.m. Friday. Fox.
By coincidence, Fox appears to have suddenly and dramatically (and almost certainly temporarily) lowered its pricing on a whole mess of season-sets
, including the first two seasons of “Arrested Development. Here’s how things stand as this is being typed:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
$21.97 The Complete First Season
$25.99 The Complete Second Season
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I thought I read Hurwitz was waffling on whether to accept a 2-year, 26-episode offer. Anyone hear anything different or new? This cannot be the end!
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It gets a lower audience.
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recently been reported that the deal with showtime fell through (though that may have been on the end of Hurwitz and the cast). Kristin from E! says she'll have details of what's happening tomorrow -- "bring a tissue." and the final episode, originally titled "Harboring Resentment," is now "Development Arrested." We'll know for sure tomorrow night, but this looks like the end.
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smileybone...you're on my shit list.
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it really fucking blows, and unless there's a big surprise, I'm going to bed depressed tomorrow night. but people shouldn't be given false hope about this.
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Looks like we'll be kept in suspense a while longer. Doesn't look too good, though. :(
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.... if it means I get to hear Ritchie Cunningham call someone a "cunt". Seriously.
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...besides whether it gets picked up or not, time is going to be very kind to Arrested Development and it'll probably go down as one of those great American comedy shows unappreciated in it's time but quoted for years to come.
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Burning off the last four episodes on Olympic night? Thanks a fucking bunch, Fox. They could at least has the DECENCY to officially cancel it and give other networks a shot.
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That would be the greatest thing ever, proving how incopetant Fox is. Yes, I'm very bitter.
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But Kristin's blurb doesn't sound good. Also I imagine at least half the cast can effectively do what they want in film now and might be prepared to call it quits. I also seem to think Hurwitz might be happyy with his run and content to let it fly off into the distance. I would love for more Arrested though more than you could believe. Also the reason Veronica Mars won was because there was no limit to how many times you could vote, and VM fans are alot more fanboyish than Arrested fans. How long till a troll comes on to say how shit the show is?
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I think that I'll go watch a rectal exam. It should have more laughs than AD.
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...for a long, long time. Better than Veronica Mars, in my opinion(although it's a flawed and stupid comparison comparing the two, considering one's a drama and one's a comedy; still, I like AD better :) ). Seasons Two and Three are fantastic too, in their own way, but the first season is undeniably gob-smackingly, brilliant. I put it up with the likes of Fawlty Towers and The Office without a second thought.Hyperbole? Maybe, but I don't think so. No one understands the greatness of AD except those fans who have watched every episode from season 1. People don't know what they've missed...and it's sad to think it'll just sink off into oblivion ;(
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is the same reason a bunch of shows (like my poor under appeciated Sleeper Cell) got cancelled.
They screw with the schedule so damned much that no one knew when the goddamned show was on!
I have a ReplayTV and I still wind up getting surprised. If I set my RPTV to tape AD at 8 on Mondays and its not on three weeks in a row and then it pops up on Wednesday at 9...groan.
It used to be that a season would start, it would conclude around June and then it was repeats till Sept. Now, we've got midseasons, extended seasons, short seasons, summer seasons and (don't get me started on this one) shows that last 1 hour and 1 minute, making it impossible to tape the show (Desperate Housewives has killed more attempts at the West Wing than I can count) and then another show right after.
Sleeper Cell, which was one of the best series I've ever seen (who the hell is George Early and why isn't he a major movie star?) was shown 4 episodes a week. It ended after two and a half weeks and then was cancelled because of low ratings. Moronic.
24 has the right idea. 24 shows on, one a week every week in the same goddamned timeslot.
If you're not sure when what I'm talking about...when is the next new West Wing on? How about Medium?
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Feb 10, 2006 7:50:13 AM CST
"But Michael found he was overwhelmed with the change."
by danielkurland
AD is fucking brilliant with wordplay, with statements like that and, "Dad's going to be crushed", "Across from where?". Yes, Kristin's article makes it seem really negative that they'll be new episodes, which is just so sad. I firmly believe that the last episode tonight will be the funniest thing I have ever seen. The episode descriptions sound hilarious, and I saw a commercial which promised more Franklin. All in all, I cannot wait for these episodes and I'm hoping Hurwitz has written at least two of them (all four would be incredible). Some people have been cruel to this seasn, but bear in mind the scheduling has been INCREDIBLY terrible, and virtually a THIRD of the season is airing tonight. I think it's hilarious that less than half of the season actually aired in it's "official" timeslot.
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It will probably be just for writing, which it deserves. I'm guessing the nominations will be "SOBs" and presumably "Development Arrested", maybe "The Cabin Show" as well as they tend to nominate premieres. In a perfect world Gob and George Michael would be up for awards. Desperate Housewives has declined this year, maybe AD could win again. As long as "Chris" or "Earl" doesn't win. I know they have huge followings, but to me they are just incredibly average.
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I hope the series goes out in a blaze of glory, whenever that might be. Too many shows end with mediocre finales that don't end anything. AD is so unique that it deserves to go out in a unique way, not slowly disappearing and getting canceled.
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I hadn't heard that.
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Feb 10, 2006 10:29:31 AM CST
I'd drop HBO like a prom dress if Showtime picked up AR
by raylangivens
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Its not much, but when asked about the future of AD last night on the Daily Show, Will stated that these are the last episodes on Fox, but that the show may have a future on Showtime. Note to suits: I will also sign-up for Showtime if they pick up AD.
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...last night made me a little sad. That dude is hilarious, and now we'll be deprived of a weekly fix of GOB. Not to mention he smells manly, like my dad in the 70s (to quote Rob Corddry).
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...was obviously supposed to read "I'd drop HBO like a prom dress if Showtime picked up ARRESTED." Damn talkback weirdness.
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AD is a great show and I think Showtime should jump all over it and then syndicate to The CW as soon as that starts up. In the meantime CW should take notice and snatch up "Kitchen Confidential" and get "Global Frequency" going again!
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...common denominator by trying to snag "the average viewer" market... which often turns off the above-average viewer (49% of viewers). Fox can't make AD work financially, yet Battlestar Galactica survives on Sci-Fi? Specialization in offerings and fracturization of the market has been the obvious path to future survival of both quality and trash teewee for years now. The nets need to better understand this and block more nights as specialties. Fox has done okay with this concept on Sunday nights. If NBC can add 2-4 more quality comedies to "MNIEarl" and "The Office" on Thursday, they will have a powerful comedy night. CBS should block CSI-Miami and two of their similar lawyer/fed/dick shows as a block on Monday. As an example of why I think this would work: my wife and I get in a mindset watching "MNIEarl" and "The Office" that is just not always conducive to watching "E.R." afterwards, but would work with a dramedy like "Las Vegas"."Surface" and "Medium" should lead into "E.R."....
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Fox has not spent any money on advertising the show. Never, ever ever spent any money on the show- never advertised the fact it won emmy after emmy... never advertised charlize, never did anything but kill this show from the start.
Also, for everyone pushing showtime to pick up AD, they already offered a two-season deal to Mitch; it is just that Mitch is unsure if he wants to continue the show. So the whole existence of this show is in the hands of Mitch, not Showtime... COME ON MITCH!!!! GIVE US MORE AD!!!!
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I love WEEDS, and THE L WORD, though I watch them on SHOWCASE, which is Canada's version of SHOWTIME. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is the funniest, smartest show in years, and the FOX network is too frigging stupid to handle it correctly.
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And thats a fact folks, they make more money from your average automaton. which is your average man. I pity the fool that doesnt get AD. Just put the season three box out soon please Fox, and us faithful AD followers will buy it the day it comes out like season 1 and 2. It's really too bad the human race hasnt lived up to its expectations. To misquote Waking Life poorly... "the average mans intellect is closer to the average monkeys as opposed to being closer to Aristotle's".
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It was only in a good slot for a year. Even then it was constantly pre-empted and it got almost identical ratings to the Michael Rappaport thing that is on there now. Also Sleeper Cell was a mini-series, they said there might be more if it did well, but it was definately only intended to be a mini-series.
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please. please. someone hear my request.
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Why don't you let it go. Firefly got ass-raped by the morons at Fox... but hey, they got a movie.
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The Whedonites only come out at night, don't they?
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Tonay just got zorped!!
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is the fact that they show the final four episodes on Feb 10th, opposite the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Not to mention that it is on it's off-night, in the Friday death slot.
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Why is it that FX hasn't even been mentioned in regards to picking AD up? Fox is just completely washing its hands of it?
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as has been pointed out elsewhere, they just acted as the distributor by airing it. Showtime wasn't directly involved in the production at all.
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With Fox rending AD from it's lineup, I feel like I've lost a piece of me, as though a formerly tame and now crazed performing seal ripped a precious body part right off... I'm going to go put on a Europe album and S.O.B. to myself in the shower (but I'd never do it in the nude.) Then, maybe I'll make a stew. (Said in sotto voce.)
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I'm totally cool that they're scheduling 4 episodes opposite the Olympics. Who the hell wants to watch opening ceremonies of the Olympics ? ... Oh, that's right ... Mom. As far as Fox's shabby treatment of the show, I wasn't happy about them cutting the # of eps, but they ran the show for 3 seasons ( at a time when shows get cancelled after one airing ) This show is not for everybody -- it's too unique and too smart. I'll follow it wherever it goes ( ABC, Showtime, television history ) and enjoy my DVD's while Joe Six-pack is yucking it up at the Michael Rappaport debacle -- or whatever else passes for comedy on Fox.
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To say that FOX never put its weight behind this show is ridiculous. Have you watched any NFL or MLB playoff games the last three years? American Idol, or 24? FOX cross-promotes the hell out of its products, and AD was no exception. There were FX marathons, midweek repeats (Fridays, for example), and a heavily-promoted new episode placed after American Idol results; plus it was on FOX's traditionally most high-profile night for two years in a row. Its ratings were just not good enough; it retained barely 70% of a Malcolm in the Middle audience and less than that of the Simpsons audience in a better timeslot the next year. Awards usually improve the viewership of the show without prompting much of a campaign (look at the box office immediately after Oscar nominations)... and FOX had enough "Emmy-winning Arrested Development" promos to do the job. The show barely averaged 5 million viewers - and that was before this season. And when Prison Break repeats draw far bigger ratings than new Arrested Developments, then the writing's on the wall. Am I pissed that it's likely gone for good? Hell yes. But FOX is hardly to blame. It's the style of the show... look at Sports Night a few years ago, and the storyline on AD is more intricate, which makes it harder to attract new viewers. 24 had the same problem a few years ago; but its ratings increased over the years, AD's didn't. The fact that they're even running off the final new episodes is kind of astounding... most shows are summarily dismissed. How many networks would have stuck by AD for that long? Look at "Love Monkey" or "Emily's Reasons Why Not." One and done. Meanwhile, as great as it was, you got nearly 3 seasons of a show whose ratings simply didn't deserve it.
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how could they not want to get into bed with IMAGINE??? I don't know one person who has Showtime. I hope it lives on cuz I'll buy the DVDs. Oh, and Fox Suck, Fox Suck, Fox Suck, Fox Suck, Fox Suck, Fox Suck, Fox Suck.
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And I just got into this show!! I guess it my own damn fault. Fox sucks! I'm still hoping for a Family Guy-like save for this show.
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...never clicked with 98% of the rest of the country. "Yet if these episodes exemplify why Arrested fans adore the show, they also illustrate why the vast majority of viewers have ignored it, awful scheduling aside. As funny as Arrested may be, the show tends to be all head and no heart, and that combination is usually a tough sell on TV. Seinfeld aside, Americans like to like their sitcom characters, and the Bluths are a tough bunch to love...if tonight is the end, we should let go without complaints. Arrested's death may be untimely, but it's not unfair. Fox gave Arrested three seasons and multiple chances. The creators were able to do the show they wanted. They just weren't able to persuade enough viewers to want it."
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USA Today nailed NOTHING on the head. AD has plenty of heart. Witness anything with GM and Michael, and remember when Lucille realised Buster was going off to war? Plenty heartfelt, and plenty relatable. There are heaps other scenes aswell. The no heart-all head arguement is crap. LONG LIVE AD!!!
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Stop trying to say there was no ads, I saw plenty. Yes it got moved around, but so do many shows. Here is the simple truth. Something like Pam Anderson's Stacked gets higher ratings and costs far less to produce, despite being utter shit. AD is one of the most expensive sitcoms to produce in TV history, and has delivered mediocre ratings. That doesn't mean it isn't a great show and deserves better, but if Fox knows it can commision a show at 1/2 the price and get the same or better ratings, then it has no business reason to continue. Sure the DVDs do fantastic business, but that alone isn't enough to make up the difference. To be honest, Fox would have been within its rights to ditch AD after season 1. Three seasons isn't a bad run of shows to own on DVD for eternity, a lot of great shows didn't even get that...
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That cracked me up
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fuck. this show is so good. damn it damn it. sigh.. maybe a movie.
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why is it being called a season finale when it plays much more like a series finale? The writers definitely didn't seem to be leaving open doors for another season...
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For the best show on television. My grief has reached the acceptance stage. May it rest in peace.
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Seriously, BUD CORT almost made me piss myself. The finale tied everything up so perfectly, I don't even care that there won't be any more. To all the people that missed out on the series, their loss. Fuck Fox for dumping it opposite the Olympic opening ceremonies. Sure, the ratings weren't great, but the show deserved better than that. If it doesn't get picked up, I know all the actors will be getting plenty of work. Michael Cera gives the best reaction shots on all of television. Damn, I'll miss this show.
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I loved the show, but I can't really believe that FOX put the show in the right demographic. Putting it behind the Simpsons would have been a great idea maybe ten years ago when the show was still smart and fresh (and for that matter still funny), which would have been right for AD. I really wanna say that Family Guy would be a better fit for AD today even though FG isnt a "smart" show. However, I honestly believe that any show would last if it was premiered behind American Idol for at least 4 weeks. BTW, what does Fox have in its lineup for next season? "Blood" a ripoff of Bones? Rhythmic Gynastics with the Stars? And, I would try to ripoff Prison Break, but I cant think of a more riduculous premise for show.
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I weep for you.
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Two hours of fucking genius. All the shit that went down in the last episode alone was too damn hilarious. AND this sitcom managed to tie together the 10,000,000 minute details they've spun over 3 seasons better than ALIAS could ever hope (and I'm an ALIAS fan). There has been no greater sitcom, nor shall there be another this perfect.
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"You were about to say 'mockery', weren't you?" heeheeheeheee :) God PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE let Showtime pick this badboy up
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... the FAMILY TIES music when Michael was unknowingly picking up the hooker? To all the people who don't get why we rave about the genius of ARRESTED, that is the perfect example of why. Most viewers wouldn't notice the music at all, let alone the fact that it referenced that the hooker was Jason Bateman's sister Justine, AND that she played Mallory on FAMILY TIES, AND that Michael had no idea the girl he thought was his own family tie (his long-lost sister) was a hooker. 3 jokes in one throwaway musical reference,
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Okay. Tonight's episodes were brilliant. No question. Nellie's speech mirroring Gob's sexual harrassment one in Afternoon Delight, William Hung's band playing Gob's song. The fact that George Michael got nipple, and Gob got underage nipple. Annyong's real name is Hello. Too much to cover. HOWEVER, there is all this talk of Hurwitz being disenfranchised with the show, and I now firmly believe it by the fact that he did not write the finale. He had time to do it, but consciously chose not to, and that, to me, says that is more or less done with this. Which is really too bad. Provided, the last episode was still brilliant, and the callbacks to the pilot were much appreciated. I suppose there is comfort in the fact that this show ended without becoming bad, but it easily could have maintained itself with the 24 episodes Showtime is offerring it. Also, that comment at the end about making it a movie...I would normally say this was just a joke, but to end a SERIES on that, when it was preceded with "Epilogue", and it wasn't even that joke-y, I would say there is some serious proof there.
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It's not like AD was shafted the way Andy Richter, Greg the Bunny, Firefly, The Tick, Action, and many others were shafted. It was promoted rather heavily (I watch very little of FOX, but often saw promos for AD), and was given three seasons to find an audience. True, there were some things that could have been handled better, but if this is to be the end of the show, in no way do I end it feeling cheated. It was a smart, funny show, but the style simply is not one that would be likely to find a mass audience. I am grateful that the creators were able to wrap up loose ends, and that final episode is one of the best bookends I've ever seen. AD will be missed, but hopefully not for very long.
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Showtime did not cancel Sleeper Cell. The series was intended as a mini (hell, some cable series only have 8 episodes per season anyway), and that's why it was run in the two week block. I don't know what the ratings were like, but the critics have been kind (deservedly so), so hopefully more will be made.
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I loved Homicide, another show too good for network television, and am always a bit amused at how Munch is tying the television universes together. He was on Law and Order and now L&O SVU, and X-Files (which ropes in Lone Gunmen and Millenium) and now Arrested Development. I also know there was a minor crossover with Homicide and Chicago Hope. Anyone know any other series that belong to what must surely be christened the Munchverse?
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If it never gets picked up, those last four episodes will serve as a damn fine send off.
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the production cost for AD was way too high to support it on a cable network. But goddamn. What great fucking endings. As much as I'd like to see it continue, and as much as I wanted to see Michael and George Michael happy, Arrested Development had a great end, and I'm hap...py? NO! Damn! WHY??? Come on Showtime! COME ON SHOWTIME!
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Anyone catch it? Sounded like "I no scar", a play on the Iamoscar site from the start of the season.
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I had no problem with the competition: there was nothing on opposite but reruns, sports, wrestling, dancing and swimming. I already saw the olympics years ago.
So Jason's sister Justine played his possible sister Nellie while Portia-DeRossi-Degeneres plays his sister (adopted) Lindsay, and she used to play Nellie Porter on Ally McBeal. That's the sort of overly complicated not quite a joke in joke that kept mainstram America from ever really 'getting' this show. They tied everything up fairly nicely, but did I blink and miss something: it seems that George Michael and Maeby (who are not blood cousins after all) never got their accidental marriage annulled, yet the series ends with George Michael fleeing the country without ever consumating the wedding. Poor kid. I'd do her, spots and all. And Ann Veal is hot. -
All you folks begging for Showtime to pick this up - did you not watch the finale? Show's over, they wrapped it up wonderfully. They shouldn't go on from here. As Ron Howard said...."It WAS Arrested Development." ............. "Development Arressted" was the BEST FINAL EPISODE EVER.
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I think its over everyone. It was a great ride so we just thank Fox and Hurwitz and Co. for giving us 50 or so episodes. The line about George Michael getting Maeby's blood on his hands was priceless and ranks second only to GM's breakdown when Anne broke up with him. Michael Cera deserves a Emmy nomination at least, he'll never get it, I know. Long live AD and Gobias.
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That ending was excellent, definitely one of the best wrap ups to a show ever. Hit most of the plot threads, brought it all full circle, and managed to be really, really funny. I guess there is still places to go since obviously Michael can be called back again to save the family now that Lucille is going down, but there is really no reason to. The multiple bombshells at the end would either have to be dealt with, or written off as an elaborate fantasy in order to keep the show half way realistic. Those final episodes were crazier then usual. If it does go to Showtime I'm thinking some or all of them will go down "it was just a dream" lane. Although maybe re-starting at Showtime with a darker edge is the plan. If it is over at least it went out with a very satisfying bang.
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Did anyone else notice that they were eating the Skip's scramble at their catered party? I'm gonna miss this show so damn much.
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I've always felt that AD was a show for people who have already given up on TV because it has nothing left to offer...especially broadcast TV, and FOX in particular. Most of the AD fans I know didn't watch it on broadcast TV, but watched the DVDs. I'm pretty sure DVD sales contributed to the show's longer than expected struggling life. They were certainly better than many well rated shows. **** If they wind up on Showtime, it should be with a new title based on a new storyline. They may have wrapped up "Arrested Development", but there is still plenty of life left in the Bluth family and many of the other characters we met, as well as some unanswered questions and new directions for the characters. A new title would mean that the AD finale would remain the series finale and not be "ruined", but the creativity and comedy could still live on. One good reference point would be the BBC's Office Special, where they catch up with the characters of the mocumentary and see how its airing effected the lives of the characters, as well as see "where are they now". Considering how often the Bluths were on the news and on "Scandal Makers", I was always struck by how infrequently they were recognized in public. Maybe a three season documentary on an unlikeable network would have an impact on their lives. They could BTW, it has been said by people involved with the show that if they moved to Showtime, they would keep the bleeping and self-censor, since many gags like the GOB/Justine speeches are funny because of the bleeping. You're probably not going to hear the "C-Word" on a new Bluth series. I am glad I got to watch 2 hours of Arrested Development, especially such a well done and consistent two hours. I don't care that it ate up my Friday night. I'd gladly make that sacrifice every week.
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I knew there was something going on with that crazy catering, but for whatever reason it escaped me. AD hides so many layered jokes so well, its so fun to rewatch and spot little things that were missed the first time around. Sometimes I'm just laughing so hard at a first joke I laugh over a second or third. They even write jokes that are foreshadowing that aren't funny until you go back and rewatch the show. Buster's hand in particular had lots of foreshadowing that made no sense until after the seal attack. A brilliant show. Way too smart for the average American Idol fan.
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Now let's hope Showtime or ABC will bring it back. Here's hoping
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Hey,
I have never seen Arrested Development, but I have such faith in the geek community that I just went to buy seasons I & II on DVD on Amazon. On top of what Harry said there is a button UNDER season I & II that says, buy BOTH and get another $10 off season one. So i got both for $36. Not bad eh? And if it sucks, ill be back here to vent my ass off on you morons. :)
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Blame the stupid fucking inbred morons that own Nielsen boxes that didn't watch it.
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The whole stupid system should be scrapped. Cable and Satellite should be telling people what programs are being watched. That would be a much more accurate method of ratings. Privacy issues aside, its better then a bunch of morons who only watch Survivor and Reality shows. I just dont get it. Its the same nielsen viewers that are gonna get scrubs cancelled too ill bet.
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If it had been on any of the Big Three it would've been cancelled with 13 total episodes. But Fox paid attention to the critical love and tried to give it the chance to grow. One full season, and then another, and then renewed for a third. But Fox is a business, and when a show is consistently not delivering in the ratings and losing money, you gotta cut it loose. They gave it as many chances as possible, but when the audience wasn't growing at all -- actually shrinking sizeably -- they made the right decision to cancel it. It's a huge shame because it's such a great show, but blame the consumer. The vast majority of audiences just plain don't like watching complicated storylines and jokes you have to think twice about.
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Excellent. Although --- Ann was three years older than George Michael??? Since when?
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So when season 3 on DVD?
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Speaking of ratings of late, that was for the 2-hour block (the 8-9 rating was 2.0/3 and from 9-10 was 2.0/4). UPN finished ahead of Fox in 4th place overall on the strength of WWE Smackdown.
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Who knows what age everyone was at that show - it seemed to change each episode. So Ann was already 18 ... she would have only been 2 years older than GM, as he was supposedly Maebe's age and she just turned 16. But then GM was driving on his own, wasn't he? At 15? And how could Lindsey be passed off as Michael's twin being 3 years older than Michael? Also, wasn't Steve Holt 19 during the first season? None of the characters' ages were consistent - I don't think the writers really cared. And neither did I - I still loved it!
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was a totally different show then what followed it the next year and a half. i have season every single episode of AD since it premiered in 2003 and i'm sure i was one of many who were disappointed with season 2 and 3 in general, not because they weren't funny, but because they couldn't stand up to the fucking genius of nearly every episode in season 1. s2 and s3 tried to repeat the magic of s1 by repeating many of the same jokes and create chemistry that wasn't really there. if arrested development went on, i'd continue to watch it. it's to see it go just because it was a part of my life for 2.5 years but im not THAT upset that it is gone. i think it has ran its course and let out its steam with these last five episodes, so saying goodbye isn't that hard. unlike what happened with angel which i would love to have seen go on because its quality and story telling never declined over time. michael cera is the funniest person on AD because he is the most subtle. Jason Bateman tries to be subtle but it hasn't worked as well recently as it had in s1, same with lindsay, george senior (remember the deadpan delivery of "glad i can make a difference") and lucille's character is the worst in the show because all her lines are totally contrived which makes them unfunny. gob and maybe characters haven't really changed since the beginning, they've been consistent.
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it abounds with errors
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It's pretty appearent that George Bluth Sr is still Linday's biological father. Or it least it will be after she and Michael go to third base one drunken night. Come on showtime!
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one of the funny things about the show is how it tries to push the limits of network tv. would the profanity be as funny if it wasn't bleeped? (think of the first season when buster cursed out his ?mom? in a long stretch to the shock of michael lindsay and gob) i also feel like the incest thing got tired a while ago (like many of the recurring jokes on the show) and that it at least ran its course in the final few episodes. wtf am i saying? AD would be great on showtime. PICK UP AD, SHOWTIME!
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NPR reported Friday that the only thing holding up the showtime deal was the creator not being sure whether he wants to continue.
These four episodes were at least a great send off. I think I missed the last two of three episodes due to the fact that the show just sort of popped up for a week then disappeared again for who knows how long this season. Not that I think they would have built a much bigger audience if they hadn't messed with it so much this season, but there should be some consistency to a network schedule.
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in your faces you fakes
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Cancelled or canceled are both correct, according to my dictionary. :) He's only a moron for not liking Arrested Development.
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Franklin needs his own show. I about died when I saw his T-shirt- George Bush doesn't care about black puppets! AD Rules!
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...would already have it's own theme song.
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AD was a great show that didn't get the ratings it needed to survive. Fox did move it around too much, but I have to say that I don't think the outcome would've been any different had they kept it rooted in one spot. (Sort of like the officiating at the Superbowl...yeah, it sucks, but I don't think it would've changed the final result.) Think how hard it would be for a new viewer to get all of the jokes--most of which were set up back in Season One. Plus, as has been observed many times in this talkback, the average viewer is none too bright to begin with. The fact that people actually wanted to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics says it all. (I don't think I could make myself watch that crap if I had a kid competing.)
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No I don't watch any of that sports shit, and most of the Arrested Development audience probably isn't comprised of sports fans. If most of the promos were aired during sporting events, it's no wonder nobody who'd like the show saw them. And the program was constantly pre-empted for some stupid football or baseball game. This last season they did almost nothing to promote the show.
Also this is the kind of program that would have benefited from re-runs.
They should have repeated the first two seasons in an early evening timeslot, 5 nights a week, so that even the casual viewer could pick up on what they'd missed.
It's a tough show to comprehend if you haven't seen it all from the beginning. There are too many in jokes, and self references that a new viewer wouldn't appreciate.
Fox didn't market this show very well. I'm a huge fan, and I can count the number of commercials I've seen for it on one hand. Compared to the vast number of O.C. commercials I've been subjected to, I just can't see how the marketing department didn't intentionally smother it. -
There seems to be some discrepency as to how many advertisements people have seen for the show. Some are claiming to have seen tons of promotion for the show, while others (myself included) saw very little. Maybe this was a regional issue. Perhaps some Fox affiliates didn't run the ads as heavily in some areas as they might have in others. Either way lots of people missed out on a fantastic show, and somebody somewhere was too stupid to properly market an emmy award winning program.
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That's interesting, cause I know when chumps don't know what the hell they're talking about. And you're one of those chumps. digital8 is, too. zek moe totally fits the bill as well.
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"They should have repeated the first two seasons in an early evening timeslot, 5 nights a week, so that even the casual viewer could pick up on what they'd missed." Quick, name any show in the fucking history of television that's experienced this treatment. Hey, I know. How about from 1 am - 5 am, just show marathons on AD every day? Obviously, this year had far less advertising... it was doing awful. Prison Break reruns! But if you're claiming you haven't seen any AD ads the past three years, then you obviously haven't watched anything on FOX - sporting events or otherwise. (Disregard the ID change... lost my password like the idiot that I am)
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