I thought Fox's Arrested Development was simply brilliant. While I love comedies like Seinfeld for their over-the-top gags and humor, Arrested Development to me was one of the funniest shows I have seen on TV for its outrageous subtlety, if that makes any sense. Lines like "Buster, you're a grown man, you should be at home sleeping with your mother" are perfect examples of this. Too bad it was cancelled.
The good news is Mitchell Hurwitz, creator and executive producer of the show, and Richard Day, a former writer on the show, are teaming up to adapt the BBC's The Thick of It, for American audiences according to the Hollywood Reporter. Sony Pictures TV is currently shopping the idea around for the networks.
The BBC show centers on a "put-upon member of Parliament who is continually harassed by inept bureaucrats working for the prime minister and other politicians and civil servants." It won the Best New Comedy trophy at the British Comedy Awards.
Perhaps some of our UK readers can fill us in?
