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WHAT! No! That can't be true! Name your sources! This is horrible. That's honestly the best show out there! Posts: 1789 | Registered: Jul 2003
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The smilie is a link. And it isn't being cancelled yet. They have decreased the order for this season from 22 episodes to 13. This will be that last season, and it makes me cry.
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That's so horrible. It's such a genius show. And I can't believe their replacing Arrested Development with Prison Break. That show can't be half as good as AD. It just doesn't make sense.
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I haven't seen "Prison Break," but Arrested is one of my favorite shows. And I can't believe its being cancelled.
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Arrested is such a great show. I love the fact that they keep running gags, such as Buster's hand. I guess we should have seen this coming, since they've been threatening to cancel it for a while, but that's still not cool.
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Send them an e-mail or something. Or e-mail one of the othe networks and try to convince them to buy Arrested from Fox.
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The problem is not enough people watch it. However good it may be, it doesn't make money for Fox.
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My thoughts were thus exactly. I have Season One on DVD, but I haven't had an oppurtunity to purchase Season Two yet. Maybe if a lot of people buy the DVD's and the show is aired as re-runs on another station, FOX will revive it like they revived Family Guy.
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That's a good point. Arrested is as funny (I think) as Family Guy, so hopefully it will come back on the air. We can only hope I guess.
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quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: Why does everything have to be about money?
<blink> You're serious? Maybe because there isn't enough food on all the trees and bushes to feed us all, and was actually need to give some people a reason to raise excess food so that we don't all die.
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I'm not sure I ever liked Arrested Development. I've watched every single episode, like an addict. It's sort of... well, it's sort of like picking a scab. You know it's a bad idea, but you can't get yourself to stop.
It's not that enjoyable, but I feel compelled to see what happens. I think part of the problem is that there's no humor in the show. Just wit. Now... wit can add a lot to a show. It can turn a show with humor from goofy and dumb to fun and enjoyable. It can cut the ice on dramas, too. And some people enjoy wit for wit's sake. But wit can't carry a show all by itself. It's never going to. And if you take away the wit, there's nothing left in Arrested Development. I'm amazed that it lasted this long.
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That show kind of frustrated me a bit... It had its funny moments but shows with embarassing make me crindge.
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But - Buster . . . and . . . Mother . . . . noooooooo. NOOOOOOOO! Bad Fox! You know, I personally don't watch Fox because I can't handle it when those little people come on and babble about how their stories are "fair and balanced". New network is needed for AD, I think.
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I usually don't watch that much TV, but I really tried to watch that one. I guess I won't have much reason to watch TV now. Except to watch South Park , of course. Posts: 6026 | Registered: Dec 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Evie3217: That's so horrible. It's such a genius show. And I can't believe their replacing Arrested Development with Prison Break. That show can't be half as good as AD. It just doesn't make sense.
While I'm a big fan of AD, I do have to pipe in: Prison Break is actually an incredibly fun show.
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Arrested Development is like my favorite show nowadays. I loved the 1st and 2nd seasons... I hate Fox
My life won't be complete without Bonster... I mean Buster, GOB, the song "Final Countdown" (The song GOB plays on his magic acts) and their respective chicken impersonations.
"Chiclet seņor?" "I'm not a chiclet, you're the chiclet!"
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I don't think you can blame FOX for this one. They have kept the show on for three seasons, in the midst of very low ratings. It wasn't mishandled nearly as badly as Firefly, Wonderfalls, and the Inside. Blame the American viewing public who would rather watch another insipid season of Will and Grace or Two and a Half Men than quality comedy.
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Actally it may not be qone for good. though it almost definatly will NOT be on fox they are pitching it to HBO (in episode 8 refered to as Home builders organization)
Per Variety, series creator Mitch Hurwitz is planning an episode that will poke fun at Fox's decision to reduce the show's episode order from 22 to 13, effectively canceling it. In the episode, titled "S.O.B." for "Save Our Bluths," the Bluth clan considers throwing a fund-raiser to save their construction company from shutting down. In one scene, Jason Bateman's Michael notes, "Our backs are against the wall... It's just hard for me to accept that it's really come to begging." There's even a conversation about whether the Home Builders Organization - HBO - might be willing to come to their rescue. That idea is quickly nixed though, leading George Sr. to say, "I guess it's Showtime. We'll put on some kind of show at the [fund-raiser] -from spoilerfix.com
also i don't know how fox thinks they can attract viers if a- they never show it and b-they never run adds 4 it
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The exectutives at FOX are morons. That's all there is to it. They could have an amazing, fun, smart network, but instead they give these good shows a tiny chance, don't promote them at all, and then wonder why the ratings suck.
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In all fairness, as one who totally loved the show, if I was an executive concerned for his or her job I would've made the same call. I mean, its ratings were absymal. This isn't a repeat of Firefly. They gave AD a chance. It didn't make it. All I wish for now is that its plotlines are concluded--because, when you think about it, the show did feel like a mini-series. The only true blow would be killing it without an ending.
Great television rarely gets good ratings. HBO's THE WIRE--undoubtedly the single best cop drama in the last dedcade, a show that is intellectual and tragic and funny--gets poor ratings. But HBO execs can afford to renew it again and again because of how HBO is structured.
FOX doesn't have the same structure so they can easily get Cancel happy. After all, if not too many people are watching, why should they care?
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Bad Fox! You know, I personally don't watch Fox because I can't handle it when those little people come on and babble about how their stories are "fair and balanced". New network is needed for AD, I think.
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