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In Arrested Development's timeslot this week: The episode of The Simpsons where bart finds playdude magazines with the pictures cut out, and converts his treehouse into a swingers lounge.
They've shown this episode twice already in the past 3 months. This will be the third time. :( |
Well, not that complete trust is put into the heads at fox, but there's always this statement
Subject: RE: Arrested Development From: “Gail Berman” Date: Thu, February 10, 2005 2:30 pm To: [redacted] Dear Arrested Development Fans: Thank you for your e-mail and your passionate support of Arrested Development. While the show has finished production for its second season, contrary to the rumors you may have heard or read on the internet, it is NOT cancelled. We at FOX love Arrested Development and we look forward to having the Bluth family back on FOX in the future - hopefully for many years. You can help make the show a bigger success by getting as many people as possible to start watching the show this Sunday and every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Sincerely, Fox Broadcasting Company |
Yes, and why do I think we'll be filing it next to this statement:
re: Karen Sisco We love this show, but it has become increasingly obvious that it's not working on Wednesday nights. Rather than give up, we're going to complete production on the remaining episodes, and aggressively relaunch the series this March in a new time period. We're hopeful that this course of action will result in the show becoming as popular with viewers as it is with critics and ABC executives. Susan Lyne ABC President |
"We at FOX love Arrested Development and we look forward to having the Bluth family back on FOX in the future" ... in the future sounds vague to me :(
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Why does AD get this shabby treatment, yet the worse comedy to date, The Pitts, bot more promos and special time slots, up until the second it was cancelled?
What do the numbers look like for last nights repeat Simpsons versus last weeks New AD? |
At least Fox is giving us "Life on a Stick." That looks like a worthy replacement for Arrested Development!
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Move it to F/X!
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Originally Posted by Cusm
Why does AD get this shabby treatment, yet the worse comedy to date, The Pitts, bot more promos and special time slots, up until the second it was cancelled?
What do the numbers look like for last nights repeat Simpsons versus last weeks New AD? I don't see where folks are coming up with the idea that fox hasn't tried to push AD. They did very heavy promo slamming the whole time it was moved to the 8:30 slot and after the awards shows it got a ton of attention. The problem is that it's, for some reason, not getting the ratings. It's just to smart of a comedy that the folks who count and have the nelson ratings boxes aren't watching for some reason. |
Originally Posted by Jackskeleton
The problem is that it's, for some reason, not getting the ratings. It's just to smart of a comedy that the folks who count and have the nelson ratings boxes aren't watching for some reason.
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If Fox is depending on American Dad to bolster ratings in that time spot, boy will they be disappointed. The reason it had such a boost after the Super Bowl was because people love Family Guy and wanted to see the new show by the creators. However, everyone I've talked to was severely disappointed in it. I won't even bother watching any more episodes.
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Was Arrested Developement on last night? Did they move the show to a different time because I put Fox on at 8pm PST and had it running in the background till after 9 and I didn't see it.
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no new show for a couple weeks, then we get an hour-long episode.
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Originally Posted by Jackskeleton
I don't see where folks are coming up with the idea that fox hasn't tried to push AD. They did very heavy promo slamming the whole time it was moved to the 8:30 slot and after the awards shows it got a ton of attention. The problem is that it's, for some reason, not getting the ratings. It's just to smart of a comedy that the folks who count and have the nelson ratings boxes aren't watching for some reason.
But the only started promoting this into the second season, this show is a little hard to get into from half way through the second season. Last season they had little promo, however shit like the Pitts got promos every 30 seconds a month before it aired til the ending of the last show(I thought they were going to change their name to Pitts from Fox for a while), this is what my complaint is concerned about. It seems Fox is doing too little too late, and blaming the public for not watching a show mid run in it's second season. |
What's really irritating is that since December, Fox has not shown it consistently. You have to wait two or three weeks between episodes. How can you expect to get ratings when you don't commit yourself to showing it every week that you can. Obviously, it won't be shown during Super Bowl weekend. But last weekend was a joke. Showing a Simpson rerun in its timeslot for no reason? Come on!
Let the show air for four or five weeks straight and let it get a little momentum, then see what the ratings are like. |
Look at Blind Justice. That show doesn't even air for another two weeks and I already feel like it has been on for a year b/c of all the damn promos. That is the way to do it. ABC is doing it right. Fox should take note.
Did anyone catch the blurb in next weeks TVGuide? The ultimate TV comedy crossover, Scrubs and Arrested Development. Zach Braff is going to appear on AD, and Jason Bateman on Scrubs. :up: :up: |
I will watch the shit out of those two episodes.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Did anyone catch the blurb in next weeks TVGuide? The ultimate TV comedy crossover, Scrubs and Arrested Development. Zach Braff is going to appear on AD, and Jason Bateman on Scrubs. :up: :up:
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I don't think so. So it wouldn't technically be a 'cross-over' per se. It didn't say either way, but the way it read(using the actors real names vs. character) leans toward guest spots. You know how all writers for these rags try to be catchy and clever. If it were characters I would have expected to see something like "J.D. treats Bluth family," or something to the like.
Still very cool though. It said the AD episode has already been filmed and is scheduled for April. They are still working out the details for the Scrubs episode. |
And that would be why I would love to see these two comedies paired up.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Did anyone catch the blurb in next weeks TVGuide? The ultimate TV comedy crossover, Scrubs and Arrested Development. Zach Braff is going to appear on AD, and Jason Bateman on Scrubs. :up: :up:
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