Progressive Boink presents their 25 Best Arrested Development Moments.
I’d probably have a very different list, but they obviously put a lot of thought and even love into their choices and explanations.
February 17, 2006
The whole Bluth
Time Out New York / The whole Bluth
The stars of Arrested Development take a fond look back
By Laura Gilbert
For fans of the critically acclaimed, bizarrely dysfunctional Bluth family, this is a bittersweet week. The good? Four back-to-back episodes of Arrested Development are on tap. The bad? No more are on the way—at least, not unless a cable network rides to the rescue. On Friday 10, Fox will dump, er, air the series’s final installment as token opposition to the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies on NBC.… To mark the sad occasion, we asked cast members to discuss their favorite episodes of the Emmy-winning sitcom and reveal what’s next for them.
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Development arrested
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…Last Friday night marked the bittersweet end to Arrested Development’s critically-acclaimed yet ratings-stagnant run on Fox that seems to be symbolic of the questionable tastes of American television viewers.
Dubbed by a host of critics as the best comedy in years and recipient of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 2004 Emmy Awards (nominated again in 2005), Mitchell Hurwitz’s comedy about an uber-dysfunctional, affluent family reeling from corporate scandal and skewed values has been dropped by Fox after only its third season. …
…In the defense of Fox and those who did not care for or gave up on the show, it is actually rather difficult to follow for those who did not catch the initial episodes. In addition, its subtle continuity is ill-formatted for a weekly show.
In fact, the show is infinitely better, in my mind, when viewed in DVD format. The ability to watch the episodes in multiple succession and in chronological order really allows the shows true brilliance to be showcased.
I highly recommend watching the show this way before you give up on it entirely. Though its existence on Fox has come to an end, Arrested Development does have a chance of being picked up for a fourth season with some other network, most likely with the Showtime Network, who has expressed interest in the show.
I think that this will only become more likely as notoriety and appreciation for the show continues to increase due to DVD sales. …
February 16, 2006
“Arrested Development’s” Family Ties
Here’s the bit that grabbed me in this (otherwise-oft-covered) bit of news:
Producer Brian Grazer told CNN last week that he is working feverishly to move the sitcom to another home.
“I think we’ll get picked up by some other network, possibly,” he said. “You never know.
“I can’t tell you anything other than I’m hoping it works out in the way that we want it to. But I’m optimistic.”
“Arrested Development’s” Family Ties – Dec 08, 2005 – E! Online News
February 13, 2006
USATODAY.com – If this is the end, a fond arrivederci to ‘Arrested’
These are possibly the three best articles I’ve seen about the end (or not end) of Arrested Development – very possibly the best comedy in television history.
The two articles about the show’s future (or not future) actually have seemingly relevant quotes from the show’s creator Mitch Hurwitz and star Jason Bateman. And the finale review (the first article below) strikes the right tone, without trying to explain too much of what happens plot-wise.
USATODAY.com – If this is the end, a fond arrivederci to ‘Arrested’
February 12, 2006
Arresting development of a great show
An article by a fanatic of Arrested Development, about fanatics of Arrested Development. (And now read by a fanatic of Arrested Development. Though not as bad as this guy)
The Trentonian – News – 02/10/2006 – Arresting development of a great show
If you’re a true American, you will not watch the Olympics tonight. You will instead watch “Arrested Development” on FOX.
Let’s nutshell this: Watch the Olympics, you’re a communist. Watch “Arrested Development,” you’re a patriot.
You do want to be a patriot, don’t you? Don’t you? Don’t you?!?!
All right, sorry. Perhaps I overstate the case, and yes, I admit I’m a little nutty about the show. But understand this: Unless a miracle happens — like the cable channel Showtime taking the show — tonight’s four episodes will be the last of the series.
The reason? Only about four million people watch the show any given week. In the world of primetime network television, that’s a lousy number. Really lousy.
But — and this is a big but — the people who watch the show are maniacal about it….
February 10, 2006
Laughs aren’t ‘Arrested,’ but Fox sitcom could be
Laughs aren’t ‘Arrested,’ but Fox sitcom could be
Last call for laughter.
Fox’s ‘‘Arrested Development closes its third season – and perhaps the series – with four episodes (beginning at 8 tonight on WFXT, Ch. 25).
If it is the end – Showtime is reportedly considering picking up the show but dickering over costs – the best sitcom of the past decade is going out with head held high, a drink in hand and one tipsy swagger.
You’ll find more jokes here than even 10 episodes of ‘‘My Name Is Earl – and about 3,000 more than any episode of ‘‘Two and a Half Men.
Fox didn’t do the show any favors this season, running it in bursts on Monday nights and then burying it again. Now it airs the final four on a Friday night – against a little thing called the Olympics.
Way to bury a show.
Oh, but don’t blame Fox, people.
Blame yourselves.
Why, why, why didn’t you watch this show?
In tonight’s two-hour finale (the network deviously released only the first three episodes to this delirious critic), the Bluth family tackles its legal troubles with a mock trial that brings in Judge Reinhold (yes, the actor) as the judge.
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