I got a call from Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator, and he said "so have you heard about this movie we\'re supposedly doing?" and I said yes. And he said he was in and it was great. And Jason [Bateman], when he was doing all the Juno press, he basically just talked up [Arrested Development] the movie. He got the publicity going before anything was real. So Mitch talked to Ron Howard, who said he would direct it, and he\'s down. So I think Mitch was like, "I guess I\'ll write it then," and that\'s what I think he\'s doing now. And yes, I\'m involved. I think everyone is.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FOX DOES MORE TIME WITH ?ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT?
ORDERING A FULL THIRD SEASON
FOX gets ARRESTED again. The network has ordered a third full season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, it was announced today by Peter Liguori, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.
?ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is one of the best comedies on television. The decision to order another season becomes easy when you consider its amazing cast, creative brilliance, critical acclaim and advertiser appeal," said Liguori. "It\'s my first official pick-up since taking the job, and I think it\'s a great way to start."
The critically acclaimed series revolves around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the good son who must run the family business and continue to pick up the pieces as he keeps his offbeat family from falling apart. The comedy has featured guest appearances by numerous stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Liza Minnelli, Heather Graham and Ben Stiller. Last year, the show received five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Writing, Directing, Casting and Editing. Additionally, Jason Bateman won a Golden Globe for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role ? Musical or Comedy Series and the show was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Outstanding Musical or Comedy Series. This past season, the cast was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The show was also named an AFI Program of the Year and received the Critics? Choice Award for Best Comedy, among other accolades.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is produced by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Mitch Hurwitz are executive producers.
-FOX-
Though they\'re still dotting I\'s and crossing T\'s on the final documents, I\'m told Fox network and 20th Century Fox studio are "99.9 percent of the way there" to reaching an agreement on the new season. According to these highly placed sources, it looks very likely that Arrested Development will be coming back not only for a full season of 22 episodes but actually two full seasons of 22 episodes. How freaking fantastic is that?
Hallelujah! Arrested Development fans, brace yourselves. I have some good news and--well, you might want to sit down for this--some mind-blowing, earth-shattering, out-of-this-world, fantastic news.
Earlier this week, a friend here at E! interviewed Jason Bateman at a charity event with his good friend Ben Stiller. When asked the status of Arrested Development, he lit up like a banana stand: "Actually, great. Supergreat. There is a heartbeat. There is no flatline. And there may be twins. I\'m going to let Kristin figure out what that means. I can\'t comment any further, but there will be an announcement next week."
The Last ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT??
?Arrested Development? gets no respect.
* By giving ?Desperate Housewives? its Golden Globe for best TV comedy this year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association effectively declared the bland, insipid ?Housewives? funnier than ?Arrested.?
* Fox cut back its second-season ?Arrested Development? order to make room for great new shows like ?American Dad,? so the Bluths\' second season ends tonight, well before both May sweeps and the end of the season proper.
* When E! Online ran its ?save our show? poll last month, UPN?s ?Veronica Mars? got 56 percent of the vote. ?Arrested Development? got 9 percent. ?Veronica? subsequently got an early renewal, even though ?Arrested,? with ?The Simpsons? as its lead-in, enjoys a bigger audience.
The networks don?t announce their fall slates for another month, but USA Today on Wednesday indicated that ?Arrested? is in the meantime ?on the bubble,? neither renewed nor axed.
My advice to ?Arrested Development? fans? Click here to vote in USA Today?s ?Save Our Show? poll. If memory serves, ?Angel? won this poll two years ago and got a fifth season. ?Enterprise? won last year and got a fourth season.
?Veronica Mars? isn?t a candidate this year because it?s already been saved, so maybe ?Arrested? now stands a chance! What are you waiting for? Tick tock. TICK TOCK!!!
Reports: Berman exits Fox for Paramount
By David B. Wilkerson, MarketWatch
Last Update: 4:45 PM ET March 22, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gail Berman has resigned her post as president of entertainment at the Fox broadcast network to take a job at Viacom\'s Paramount Pictures, according to published reports Tuesday.
Berman, who took the Fox job in 2000, will become one of the first executives hired by new Paramount Chairman Brad Grey, Dow Jones Newswires and Broadcasting & Cable reported, citing unnamed sources.
A Fox spokesman declined comment. A Viacom spokesman was not immediately available.
Under Berman\'s guidance, Fox developed the hit drama "24," as well as the critically-acclaimed sitcom "Arrested Development."
Most recently, the network boasted of its first-ever February sweeps win in total households, while also garnering the most viewers among adults 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54. Its telecast of Super Bowl XXXIX and the strength of the reality program "American Idol" fueled Fox\'s victory.
Breaking! Gail Berman Quits Fox For Paramount
THR and Variety are reporting that Fox entertainment head Gail Berman has dumped Rupert Murdoch?s slice of television heaven for a movie job (?the top creative post?) underneath Brad Grey at the New Paramount?.
Whoa, didn?t see this one coming. Berman?s ditching Fox in the middle of pilot season, and God only knows what?s going to happen to Arrested Development now. Well, God and anyone whose first thought is that it?s probably toast.
And what happens to Paramount bigshot Donald DeLine? Is he toast as well? And will he be toasting himself or get toasted by Grey? Too many toast questions make our head hurt, so see the trade paper coverage for the fun, factual portion of the story, including info on Berman?s possible successors and the liberal use of the terms ?ankle? and ?prexy.?
"Cold Case" kept CBS on top in the night\'s second hour, delivering an 11.4/18. ABC was well off the pace in second with a repeat of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." NBC took third with the 4.6/7 for "The Contender," which provided far better demographic numbers than its overall total would suggest. FOX was fourth with "The Simpsons" (5.1/8) and "Arrested Development" (3.5/5). The WB\'s second hour of "Charmed" was last.
^^ Great news. Nice to read where Annyong has been and that we may see more AD next season.
"Heyyyyyy campers"
Wow, tonight\'s episode isn\'t even over and it\'s already in the running for my favorite episode yet
GOB: \'that\'s the last time you\'ll be hand fed!!\' :lol:
Production on \'Arrested Development\' halted
Associated Press
February 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Production on "Arrested Development" has been arrested.
Fox is halting production after 18 episodes - four shy of the usual 22.
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And that brings the season - and maybe the series - to a premature end on April 17.
"Arrested Development" has been honored all over the place with an Emmy as best comedy and a Golden Globe for Jason Bateman. But apparently, that\'s not enough to get people to watch.
During this second season, "Arrested Development" is averaging 6 million viewers a week. That\'s down from last season\'s average audience of 6.2 million.
And although it\'s apples and oranges since "American Dad" aired Super Bowl night, compare that with the "American Dad" preview that drew 15 million viewers.
Subject: RE: Arrested Development From: ?Gail Berman? Date: Thu, February 10, 2005 2:30 pm To: [redacted]
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 - hopefully for many years. You can help make the show a bigger success by getting as many people as possible to start watching the show this Sunday and every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Sincerely,
Fox Broadcasting Company
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Arrested Development
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES: Rumors are swirling that Fox has cut short
Arrested Development\'s season, trimming its episode order from 20 to
18. Not so, says a source close to the show. "Nothing\'s definite,"
maintains the insider. "There\'s two more weeks before [the network]
has to make a final decision [on how many episodes it wants]. In
either case, it\'s not canceled." It better not be.
- TVGuide.com
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Even though its reviews were almost universally middling-to-negative, the preview of "American Dad" drew more than 15 million viewers to FOX on Sunday (Feb. 6) night. That successful performance has prompted FOX to juggle its future Sunday line-up, which may mean bad things for Emmy-winning comedy "Arrested Development."
"American Dad," the new animated comedy from "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, will still have its real premiere on Sunday, May 1. FOX has, however, moved the show up an hour from 9:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET. "American Dad" will now officially launch between the 350th episode of "The Simpsons" and the fourth season premiere of "Family Guy."
The series, which will air encores as part of Cartoon Network\'s Adult Swim block, focuses on mid-level CIA agent Stan Smith, his wife, his two kids, his alien and his fish with the brain of a German guy.
FOX also announced that the schedule will allow the first three episodes of "American Dad" to air after new episodes of "The Simpsons."
As a result of the shift, "Arrested Development" will now have to end its second season by late April. According to The Hollywood Reporter, FOX is expected to reduce its order for "Arrested Development," though specifics haven\'t been announced. Despite endless critical acclaim and awards attention, "Development" is averaging only 6.06 million viewers per week this season in the Sunday 8:30 p.m. time slot.
Originally posted by leith
Sally "Stickwell" yuummm
# NOTE: Michael was going to take a job with the Sitwell company in the "Pilot."
# The sign over the studio is promoting Homeless Dad, the "rigidly formulaic popcorn movie" Tom Jane was preparing for in "The One Where They Build A House."
# Gob calmly says "I need ice" like the "We need ice" in the "Pilot."
# This is Tobias\' second job as a security officer. His first was in "Not Without My Daughter."
# Gob\'s chipped tooth and whistling is a reference to "Charity Drive," when he chipped his tooth (and whistled) after biting into a candied apple.
# The baseball game is being played at Milford Park. The Bluth children attended the Milford Academy ("Public Relations", "Afternoon Delight").
# Gob yet again acts out his insulting chicken dance move, a reference to several past episodes, including one where he was arrested for the act.
# Early in the episode, Gob shows that he decides to keep his "Come on!" outburst bit from his $12,000 suit days.
# In "Best Man for the Gob," Tobias says that Teamocil had been discontinued. (Apparently, the problem of "complete pituitary shutdown" has been solved.)
Originally posted by leith
Also off-screen voice: "Hey its Tobias"
Tobias: "Who wants to take me to the hospital?"
The following scene, excised from Sad Sack, would have made 24 fans happy. When the photo of the alleged WMDs made the rounds of government, there was to have been a quick shot of Tony Almeda and Jack Bauer with the narration, ?They even made it to some units that didn?t need to be in the know.? I?d guess this was cut because it seems a bit forced, because otherwise a 24 cross-promotion seems like a no-brainer to FOX, which broadcasts both 24 and Arrested, and Imagine, which produces both.
Originally posted by HarryHooood
PS - Dave, Michael definitely said "Rosa" when he was talking about the breastfeeding. She was their old maid, the one Lucille tried calling when she couldn\'t find Lupe last season ("Hello, is Rosa still alive? No? This is not my day")
Why You Have No Excuse to Miss Season 2 of Arrested Development
It\'s been a rough year for Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) on Best Comedy Emmy Winner "Arrested Development". He\'s seen his son George Michael (the surprisingly innocent but funny Michael Cera) draw distant at times, his father George Sr. (Emmy Nominee Jeffrey Tambor) go to jail, convert to Judaism in prison, and lie about accounts, his mother Lucille (The Emmy Snub Jessica Walter) just flat out lie to him, seen his older brother Gob (Scene Stealing Will Arnett) with the woman he wanted, his little brother Buster (Tony Hale) date a woman with the same name as his mother (the shockingly hilarious Liza Minelli, who WILL return this year) and his sister Lindsay and husband Tobias make purchases they can\'t make.
Oh, and George Sr. escaped from the hospital after faking a heart attack. It\'d been quite a year for Michael, but he\'s happy, and why? To quote narrator Ron Howard from way back in the Pilot "Because he\'s decided to never speak to these people EVER AGAIN"
He\'s not getting out easy. Again. It\'s Arrested Development. It\'s TV\'s best comedy and here are a few of the reasons YOU have not to miss this jovial half hour of dark comedy
1. It\'s now airing after "The Simpsons"
Yes, Fox made the bold move of moving the comedy to it\'s most coveted comedy slot. Gone are competition like "Law & Order:CI", new hit "Desperate Housewives", "Alias", the CBS Movie, and the cable hits like "The Sopranos" and the stylistically similar "Curb Your Enthusiasm. Also gone is the fading, incompatible lead-in of "Malcolm in the Middle". Now, it goes against shows with different audiences (Extreme Makeover:Home Edition and Cold Case). As long as they take in 90% of the still healthy "Simpson" lead-in, it will survive.
2. It\'s from Ron Howard
Are you really going to tell me your not going to watch a show narrated by Executive Producer Ron Howard\'s soothing voice. You\'re saying you don\'t trust Opie?
3. Guest Stars
This show gets the most unusual, surprisingly shining guest stars. It\'s one of those shows, like NBC\'s "Scrubs", where ANYONE can shine. Here\'s a list of Season 1\'s many guests:
Henry Winkler (for 6 episodes at that)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2 eps.)
Liza Minelli (7 eps.)
Heather Graham
Bob Odenkirk
Carl Weathers
Amy Poehler (Will Arnett\'s husband, who did 4 eps.)
James Lipton (3 eps.)
Here\'s some guests for season 2:
Liza Minelli (Returning)
Carl Weathers (Returning)
Michael Moore
The OC cast (CROSSOVER)
Justine Bateman
4. Becauses it\'s just simply the funniest, quirkiest, most original half-hour of American television in years. \'Nuff said.
(Arrested Development premieres it\'s 2nd Season Sunday, November 7, at 8:30PM on Fox.)
TiVo Subscriber Newsletter | Volume 56
Letter from the Editor
The Fox comedy series "Arrested Development" garnered three big wins Sunday night at the "The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards," including writing and directing wins, which could be all the PAUSE and consideration I need to add it to my personal list of Season Pass recordings and give it a PLAY.
While "Arrested Development" leaves its current Nielsen mark as No. 108 among all primetime series, I did my research and it turns out that TiVo subscribers have better than average TV tastes: It\'s 51 in our latest list of Season Pass recordings. (To throw in some TV trivia, "All in the Family," "Hill Street Blues" and "Cheers" were all Nielsen underachievers that transformed into legends after an Emmy or two.)
With our beloved Friends departed, it seems the least we can do to vote with our remote for something that\'s not more reality TV. Even Emmy host Garry Shandling shared a similar sentiment during the live broadcast: "It\'s to the point now when a commercial comes on," he quipped, "I go, \'Thank God, professional actors in a story.\'"
From Amish to Apprentice,
Shanan
?Arrested Development star Jason Bateman joked backstage about how his Arrested family would handle three Emmys: "The Bluths would probably all get drunk at the Governors Ball and get in a fiery car crash on the way home." Earlier, Tony Hale, who plays Buster on the show, said guest stars Liza Minnelli and Henry Winkler will be back.
Originally posted by ChrisPitch
There it is. Most Outstanding Comedy Series. I thought it had no shot. Entirely deserved. Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz summed it up perfectly on the podium: "Let\'s watch it." Second season starts Nov. 7.
Originally scheduled to air April 25th, then rescheduled to May 2nd after the Bush News Confrence, then put back on 4/25, pre-empting "Not Without My Daughter" for another season. Then thrown out on the Thursday before it was scheduled to air, as "Not Without My Daughter" aired instead. Rescheduled to air June 6th.
Originally posted by FrankZappa
um, simpsons???
that would suck if they did like futurama and just cut it off!
Those four shows join previously announced renewals for "The Simpsons," "That \'70s Show" and "King of the Hill."
Originally posted by davepeck
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|87678|1|,00.html
lord help them if they don\'t renew AD... actually, same goes for TC, cause i watch that as well.. i\'m sure they\'ll roll out 73 new reality shows without a problem though.. :rolleyes:
FOX Renews \'24,\' \'The O.C.\'
(Wednesday, April 21 11:15 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - With its summer programming slate already in order, FOX is looking forward to the fall, renewing a quartet of its strongest current offerings. The network announced on Wednesday (April 21) that Golden Globe winning drama "24," admired comedies "The Bernie Mac Show" and "Malcolm in the Middle" and popular freshman drama "The O.C." will be back for a full season next year.
Those four shows join previously announced renewals for "The Simpsons," "That \'70s Show" and "King of the Hill."
FOX Entertainment President Gail Berman also announced that late-night sketch comedy regular "MADtv" will be back for three additional seasons.
"We are delighted to bring back \'Bernie,\' \'Malcolm,\' \'24\' and \'The O.C.,\'" Berman says. "These celebrated and groundbreaking shows are the backbone of FOX\'s scripted programming and we\'re pleased that these outstanding series will remain a vital part of our year-round programming mix."
None of the four renewals was a real surprise, with the shows representing FOX\'s most watched a praised scripted offerings.
"Bernie Mac" has the smallest audience of the four, drawing 7.73 million per week. However, the show has been a solid performer in an array of time slots, currently helping to anchor Monday nights, nabbing an Emmy and multiple NAACP Image Awards along the way.
"Malcolm," which just celebrated it\'s 100th episode, averages 8.7 million viewers, though those numbers are down from 10.6 million through the same time last season. The comedy remains a reliable Emmy and Golden Globe nominee
Earlier this year, "24" captured its first Golden Globe for outstanding drama and after a rough creative start to its third season, recent episodes have garnered fresh critical acclaim. Despite drawing 9.93 million viewers per episode, the show is still off by nearly 2 million from last season.
Launching at the tail end of the summer, "The O.C." has become a reliable ratings winner among teens and young adults and, thanks to a recent "American Idol" lead-in, its audiences have risen to an average of 9.56 million for the season.
These four renewals leave FOX with only a few shows on the bubble for next season, notably Eliza Dushku\'s "Tru Calling" and the critically adored "Arrested Development." :(
Originally posted by jocelyn
Fair enough. Seems like every thread I touch gets off subject. I\'ll try to work on that
Originally posted by jocelyn
no way!? That\'s ridiculous. Thanks Chris, way to knock him off the pedestal!
Originally posted by jocelyn
Speaking of Animal Planet, I think I would probably marry the crocodile hunter. That guy is the greatest. I know, I know, he has a wife. That ****. :slap:
Originally posted by jocelyn
If only I had HBO...
FOX moved into the lead at 9 p.m. with a 10.5/17 average. The conclusion of "American Idol" jumped up to 14.9/23 and was followed by "Arrested Development," which dipped to 6.1/10 (still way above its season average).