The Hollywood Reporter is running a mouthful of a story about the ongoing drama of getting the comedy Arrested Development back in, uh... development. We all know the sad story, right? The show debuted and, like, no one watched. Despite the fact that the people who did watch the show (critics and 2 or 3 others) actually loved the show. I am one of the two or three others. I have never really been into the sit-com thing so much. When I was a kid it was Home Improvement this and Seinfeld that, or all those dumb shows on TGIF. And well, they all kind of sucked. But what is so great about television now is that producers are willing to shake things up a little. I guess that Scrubs show was kind of the first outta the gate with a high quality and funny show that is done in that one camera style (ooooh look at me, I'm an insider oooooh).
Well despite the fact that television is filled with mediocre Fat-Husband/Hot-Wife sitcoms, Arrested Development couldn't make the cut. Amazingly it did stay on the air for three years despite subplots involving incest and stuff. I mean the show actually created a new branch of behaviorial studies: the classic combo of an analyst and a therapist. The ANALRAPIST. Oh man that still makes my sides split.
So, um, what's this story about again? Oh yeah, the Hollywood Reporter is clearing up any rumors about Arrested Development. Despite being funny and all, the show has been deep sixed by FOX and now everyone is like all, "where is it gonna be on next?" A couple of weeks ago news broke that Showtime was interested and that they were going to order 26 episodes. Well I hate for the Hollywood Reporter to be the bearer of bad news, but that just ain't a done deal. Although it could be.
Apparently, creator and executive producer Mitch Hurwitz is just really burned out on all this Arrested Development crap. I can understand why. He's had three years of his life with a shotgun filled with duckshot pointed right at his brain. That shotgun is the heavy hand of cancellation. So the main reason we still don't have a deal with Showtime is because Hurwitz might be ready to just move on. There is still hpoe. Hurwitz has until June to get his ducks in a row. At that point he loses much of the cast and the talented yo-yos who wrote it all.
Take a deep breath, Mr. Hurwitz. You deserve to chill out. Let me rub your shoulders a bit. Okay, relaxed?
NOW MAKE THE DEAL! MAKE IT!
See y'all.
