Weird how Arrested Development the hip-hop group had the such a similar fate as the Arrested Development the show:
-Both lasted for 2.5 years
-The group released 2 full albums and a live album, the show did 2 full seasons and a partial season
-Both met wide critical acclaim but limited "cult" audience because both were very well done but a little bit more advanced to understand than normal rap music or television
-The show won 6 Emmys, the group won a Grammy
-In 2003 the group sued the show
The good news for fans of the show is that the group got back together in 2000, six years after breaking up, and have been at it ever since. (Did you even know they were back together?) So maybe in 2012 we\'ll get some new episodes...
IMO I think Fox used every legal tactic at their disposal to block the show from switching networks. It seems they had total rights to it, but even if they couldn\'t legally protect it they could easily make it more trouble than it was worth for another network to get it. The reason they did this is that the show has huge potential but is simply not big enough to be taking up room on a network like Fox right now. If the show had started on HBO or Comedy Central or something even more limited like BBC America it would still be going. AD would instantly be the biggest show on many channels out there, so you know other networks want it (the article proves this.) So Fox blocked it because they don\'t want to see it become huge somewhere else. That\'s what really happened. The first time I saw episodes of AD it was on DVD at Peck\'s house and I just assumed it was an HBO show. I didn\'t even realize it was a Fox show until much later. It always seemed out of place on Fox.