Arrested Development Ongoing thread (1 Viewer)

[Patrick Sun]

Yes, it's shown in 480p.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Is AD shot in EDTV (stupid Fox)? I've never noticed.

I’m not sure what it is shot in, but it is telecast in EDTV (480p, 16:9).

edit--oops, sorry Patrick, I did not notice your reply.

 

[Lee Jamilkowski]

It was also nice to see Henry Winkler again as the attorney. And besides Heather Graham, upcoming episodes will have guest stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Lipton. Not that this show even needs to rely on stunt casting - but it will still be funny to see these actors in such a bizarre series.

Speaking of which, anyone know how the show is doing in the ratings?

 

[Shane D]

i thought i read somwhere the julia louis dreyfus thing isnt' happening, she wanted more money than they wanted to pay, i thought they went with heather graham instead or something?

 

[Lee Jamilkowski]

Originally, the asked Julia Louis Dreyfus, and she demanded too much money, so they decided not to go that route. But after a little while, Ms. Dreyfus changed her mind, so they ended up finally getting her to agree to do the show. She will be playing a blind attorney; Heather Graham will be George Michael's ethics teacher and potential love interest for Michael; James Lipton will be a warden.

 

[Rob Speicher]

Speaking of which, anyone know how the show is doing in the ratings?

I'm curious to know too. I also wanted to know how many episodes Fox ordered. That it's been shown in the same time slot for almost 13 weeks straight is a good sign, I'm thinking.

 

[teapot2001]

The show isn't doing well in the ratings. I think it's ranked in the 70's or 80's.

~T

 

[LarryDavenport]

Since Boomtown was cancelled and Friends and Angel is ending after this season, if Arrested Development gets cancelled I'll just get rid of cable and use my TV as a monitor.

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

Never mind. Wrong thread

 

[Patrick Sun]

But Arrested Development is on Fox, which gets 30 million for American Idol, so it's not a matter of not enough Fox affiliates nationwide.

 

[RubenL]

No episode tonight...it was replaced by a repeat of the Simpsons.

Ugh, Fox pisses me off. I hope it isn't cancelled.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Ruben: This is a scheduled hiatus. The price of having new episodes when everyone else is repeats is that on occasion you need to be off when everyone else is new.

The show will return two weeks from today with the Heather Graham episode.

 

[Jeff_Standley]

This is another great unseen show. 70's or 80's, thats dissapointing for a show like this.

 

[Dan Hitchman]

I hope it hasn't been cancelled. Fox has been known to cancel shows even better than this one (although, come to think of it, the only other great shows Fox has ever had IMHO were The X-Files and Family Guy; however, one was allowed to die a horribly painful death for ratings and the other dumped without giving it a chance).

If this show is cancelled I don't think I'll watch anything but Oliver Beane (which still is cancelled, unfortunately; they're just running last season's unaired episodes) and Malcolm in the Middle on Fox anymore. Their "reality" shows are despicable.

Dan

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Fox has had a lot of great shows. The X-Files was indeed creatively raped for the ratings, but Fox gave Family Guy two or three restarts before finally dropping the Axe.

 

[David WS]

Family Guy was one of the best Cartoons on TV EVER! I'm a long time Simpsons fan but I never laughed at the Simpsons like I did the Family Guy. This coming from a guy that has over 30 Video Tapes of the Simpsons dating back to 1991. I stopped recording once they annouced the DVD releases.

Arrested Development is getting critical acclaim from what I hear. Hopefully Fox will let it ride for a while. Especially with Friends going off the air next year and NBC having no great new replacement for it. There should be a chunk of viewers up for grabs.

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

From The Futon Critic:

FOX is looking to give its ratings-challenged comedy "Arrested Development" an extra boost, as the network announced today it has scheduled a new installment of the series for Wednesday, March 17 at 9:30/8:30c following an expanded one-hour "American Idol" results show.

The news marks the fifth time the network has used "American Idol" to highlight one of its series this season. FOX used a one-hour "Idol" on Wednesday, February 4 to launch the second season of "Oliver Beene" and plans to do so again next Tuesday for "Forever Eden" and on Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10 for the two-night debut of the midseason comedy "Cracking Up."

So, in place of "The O.C" (on a two- or three- week hiatus), they'll be premiering new series. This is good news for the show, as the post-"American Idol" time slot is very sweet. It's certainly been good to "O.C.", which I don't think has dropped below 3rd on Weds. nights. Let's just hope this isn't another example of Fox's time slot tango that killed shows like "Undeclared".

 

[Patrick Sun]

Just a warning that tonight's episode (with Heather Graham) has been reported as listed as a "Repeat" in Tivo and ReplayTV channel guides. It is for my ReplayTV listings, so I thought it deserved to be mentioned in case we have some Tivo users who don't have their Tivo's record "repeats".

 

[ScottH]

It is for my ReplayTV listings, so I thought it deserved to be mentioned in case we have some Tivo users who don't have their Tivo's record "repeats".

Patrick, as someone who's been screwed by this before, thanks for the heads-up!

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

[at school prom] "Hey, Lisa."
[looking at picture of Sadaam in bathing suit] "That lawn ornament looks exactly like the one out back."
"Mr. Daniels had a stroke." [laughs]
"I wanted someone really shocking ... I even asked Mr. Daniels, but all I got was some heavy breathing and the line went dead."

And then of course we have George Sr. inadvertantly ruining the case against him by taking a little grope at a boobie.