Posts with tag MitchHurwitz
Posted Jun 13th 2008 12:19PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
This week TV Squad has been paying tribute to
Arrested Development with special
Retro Squad pieces. I decided that I would highlight my favorite character from the show, GOB. After watching several episodes of
Arrested Development, I realized that I couldn't just narrow it down to the five greatest moments. I would have to do a list for each season.
You've already seen
Five greatest GOB moments (season one) and
Five greatest GOB moments (season two). After the jump, I have my favorite moments from season three.
Continue reading Five greatest GOB moments (season three) - VIDEOS
Posted May 1st 2008 3:05PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Casting, Reality-Free
As Bob reported earlier this week, FOX is considering a number of new animated series for its schedule. Most likely due to the fact that their new live-action series tend to, um, stink. One of those being considered is Sit Down, Shut Up, which may have an upper hand over its competitor The Pitts due to the creative talent behind the show.
I'm talking about Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. Fans of The Simpsons would know these two as writers and executive producers of the show during its so-called golden years. Others may know them from their WB animated series Mission Hill and their sort-lived UPN live-action comedy The Mullets. Now they have been named executive producers on Sit Down, Shut Up. They will be taking the creative reigns from Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz, who wrote the first script and now wants to be in a more supervisory role.
Continue reading Former Simpsons producers are asked to Sit Down, Shut Up
Posted Jun 20th 2007 11:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Celebrities
Most folks probably know comedian Patton Oswalt as Spence on the recently-departed King of Queens, but us comedy fans have known him for even longer as a very funny man who stands up and does comedy. He was the mastermind behind the Comedians of Comedy tour, and he's done voice work for a few Adult Swim series, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Also, he plays the lead role in the upcoming Pixar flick, Ratatouille.
Continue reading A series from Hurwitz and Oswalt? Perhaps.
Posted Sep 14th 2006 1:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Showtime, Talent, Industry, Interviews, NYTVF
After he participated in a
hilarious NYTVF panel discussion with fellow showrunners Mike Scully and Phil Rosenthal, Mitchell Hurwitz, who was the executive producer of
Arrested Development, was nice enough to give me a couple of minutes after he came off stage. Of course, the conversation had to do with his decision to end
AD, even though Showtime was going to pick up the show for a fourth season. His responses were interesting.
JK: I interviewed Will Arnett about a month ago, and he told me a lot of the same stuff you mentioned during the panel, that Arrested kept getting renewed because it kept getting awards and it would make FOX look bad to ax it.
Hurwitz: You know, I shouldn't be talking about this, because it really sounds like sour grapes. But it was a privilege. It was a privileged experience, and I know it was a privileged experience. But nonetheless, it's such a high-stakes thing, that when you're cancelled very late, and all that work, that it feels like it didn't turn into a profit, you know. But the more I get away from it, the more I realize that, no, they... they put it on the air.
Continue reading A fast Q&A with Mitchell Hurwitz of Arrested Development
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