Well this just
sucks. I wake up, drink some coffee with a smile on my face, and then I read this. Variety is reporting that Mitch
Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development, has decided to cut ties and walk away as showrunner should
the program return for a fourth season. Unfortunately, that seems highly unlikely now because Hurwitz's involvement was
apparently key to Showtime (the most interested party) reviving the series.
However, should the show return Hurwitz reportedly told executive producer (and narrator) Ron Howard that he would be willing to assist as a consultant. That's not so bad... but the show still needs to be picked up. So once again, it's all up in the air. It makes me wonder though. Would the show be as good without Hurwitz running it all?
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3-28-2006 @ 10:23AM
Akbar Fazil said...
let it go man.
It ran a good run.
It had a great ending (I have never laugher harder) and tied up every loose end.
A continued show would get boring and repetitive.
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3-28-2006 @ 10:50AM
Doron said...
Yeah, let it go. Perhaps someone will reair the episodes and it will get a larger audience...
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3-28-2006 @ 10:59AM
Carl Winslow said...
COME ON!
Taste the sad.
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3-28-2006 @ 11:41AM
Aaron Peck said...
This is sadder than the time Franklin came out of the wash all white and puckered.
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3-28-2006 @ 12:59PM
Thomas said...
Why doesn't he just create another series but with the same actors? I like the idea of the same people working together a lot, we should see more of it.
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3-28-2006 @ 1:02PM
Dave said...
I totally agree. The show was awesome, time to move on to something else. The Bluths will be missed.
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3-28-2006 @ 9:18PM
Michael C said...
I think I'm with the others here. The pseudo-cancellation sucked/sucks...but I'm to the point where I can appreciate this short 2-3 seasons of near-perfect episodes.
In the end, the impending doom/cancellation propelled the final episodes to an even higher level of funny.
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4-15-2006 @ 1:10AM
Sean said...
So the bad news is that series creator Mitch Hurwitz has declined Showtime's offer to pick up "Arrested Development".
Does this mean that it's really all over for the lovable Bluths?
Perhaps it is. But there may still be time for the talented people connected with this show to obtain overdue and deserving recognition as they go out in style.
The public relations and marketing staff behind "A.D." ought to begin mapping out an effective awards campaign strategy in preparation for the EMMYS during September later this year. And there will be more available empty nomination slots up for grabs in the Comedy Series categories now that "Everybody Loves Raymond" isn't competing anymore.
Deserving NOMINATIONS should finally be handed out to Portia de Rossi as best supporting actress, Justine Bateman and Charlize Theron as best guest actresses, plus Will Arnett, Tony Hale and David Cross as best supporting actors.
More ideally, AWARDS must be bestowed upon Jeffrey Tambor as best supporting actor, Jessica Walter as best supporting actress, Scott Baio as best guest actor, Jason Bateman as best lead actor, most importantly best writing and directing for the historic third season finale, and ultimately best comedy series.
The EMMYS can always reward "Desperate Housewives" or some other hot new TV comedy again next year.
2006 will be the very last opportunity for the television industry to congratulate "Arrested Development" for a job excellently done and give it a proper farewell.
So let's get ready for the 2005-2006 EMMYS in September this year!!!!!
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4-15-2006 @ 2:12AM
Arthur said...
Amazing, I just found out this show was canceled. As a matter of fact, the first time I've ever even seen this show was in Feb of this year. I was in Korea for a year and I just came back from Iraq this year. I read a few articles about the show in a couple different magazines but I couldn't watch it till I came back. I bought the second season in Iraq but it took me a month and a half to find the first season of the episode. Once I finally started watching it I was hooked. Watched both seasons then I started downloading the third season. Well I just finished the 13th episode, and was confused, till I found this website. Now I'm pissed. This show has to be the funniest show on TV and it gets axed before I even watch the first episode. Well I'm sorry fox that I didn't get to contribute to your ratings, you know, the whole Iraq thing and not having TV. But hey, you got to make money right. I mean after all you are, what, the forth best network on TV. And the best way to become the best is get rid of the best. Genius, pure genius. I hope this become another family guy situation, but a station like CBS picks it up, I mean it would be smart, it is the most watched network on TV. Well have a good day.
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5-04-2006 @ 12:47PM
Matt said...
I think it just goes to show how flawed the ratings system is. I know literally dozens of people who watched the show RELIGIOUSLY, every monday we'd gather round and laugh our butts off. The neilson ratings systematically underreport the 18-24 y.o. demo, as we are often in college dorms or rent houses and apartments, whereas ratings boxes only show up on the sets of people who have established residences for some time- basically, homeowners.
The morons at Fox should take advantage of other means of measuring audience feedback: monitoring DVD sales, message boards, internet downloads, and more localized focus group testing.
It has been widely known for some time that the Neilsons are unreliable and inaccurate, and the only reason the reliance on them persists is that they are more or less EQUALLY INACCURATE for all the networks, so advertising rates can still be adjusted accordingly. But where the real damage is done is the neglect of certain demographics and PSYCHOGRAPHICS that are much less likely to host a ratings box.
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