Arrested Development
Arrested Development logo
Genre	Comedy
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	approximately 21 minutes
Creator(s)	Mitchell Hurwitz
Executive producer(s)	Brian Grazer Ron Howard Mitchell Hurwitz David Nevins
Starring	Jason Bateman Portia de Rossi Will Arnett Michael Cera Alia Shawkat Tony Hale David Cross Jeffrey Tambor Jessica Walter
Narrated by	Ron Howard (uncredited)
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Fox
Original run	November 2, 2003–February 10, 2006
No. of episodes	53
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TV.com summary

Arrested Development is a character-driven Emmy Award-winning American comedy television series that ran from November 2, 2003 to February 10, 2006, about a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family. The series is presented in a fashion reminiscent of documentary film/cinéma vérité, with omniscient narration (by Ron Howard), archival photographs, and historic footage. Although set in Newport Beach and Balboa Island, California, it was primarily filmed in locations around Culver City and Marina del Rey, about an hour drive north. Image File history File links Adlogo. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... A single camera setup is the name given to the filming procedure used to film motion pictures. ... Mitchell Hurwitz is the creator of the television program Arrested Development, and is a previous contributor to The John Larroquette Show and Golden Girls. ... 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The show was created by Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of The Ellen Show, and writer for The John Larroquette Show and The Golden Girls. Hurwitz, together with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and David Nevins (all part of Imagine Entertainment) are executive producers. It airs/aired on broadcast networks worldwide, including Fox in the United States and Latin America, G4 in the United States, TV3 in Ireland, BBC Two and Bravo in the United Kingdom, Global TV in Canada, in Asia on STAR World, in New Zealand on TV3 and in Australia on the Seven Network & The Comedy Channel. Mitchell Hurwitz is the creator of the television program Arrested Development, and is a previous contributor to The John Larroquette Show and Golden Girls. ... The Ellen Show was a television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that aired during the 2001-2002 season on CBS. It was DeGeneres second attempt at a sitcom, after her more successful These Friends of Mine/Ellen on ABC (1994-1998), but it was unable to garner strong ratings and was... The John Larroquette Show is a situation comedy that ran on the NBC network from 1993 - 1996. ... The Golden Girls was a popular American sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on NBC from September 14, 1985 to September 7, 1992. ... Ron Howard on the set of Ransom Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, film director and producer of Dutch, Scottish, English, Irish, German and Cherokee Indian descent. ... Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. ... Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... G4 or G-4 is the name of: Adrian was here G4 nations – four major nations seeking seats on the UN Security Council: Germany, Brazil, Japan, and India. ... TV3 Ireland is the sole commercial terrestrial television channel in the Republic of Ireland. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and Europes first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. ... Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Flextech. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... Star World STAR World is STAR TVs English language entertainment television channel in some parts of Asia. ... TV3 is a common name for television channels. ... The Seven Network (ASX: SEV) is an Australian television network. ... // Australia The Comedy Channel is a subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...

Since its debut, the series earned six Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a cult fan base. It was also recognized with the "Future Classic" award at the 2004 TV Land Awards. Despite the critical acclaim, however, the show struggled to find a wide audience throughout its run. An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... TV Land Awards logo The TV Land Awards are American television awards that generally commemorate shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys. ...

Fox aired the final four episodes of the third season in a block as a two hour series finale on February 10, 2006. In the United Kingdom, BBC Two picked up the series in September 2004, and started airing the third season on 24 September 2006. Bravo began airing the first season as a run in to another American import, the Adult Swim block of programming on the 30th of August. Showtime was rumored to have offered to pick up the show with at least 26 planned episodes following its release from the Fox Network. However, Mitch Hurwitz's decision not to continue with the show^[1] effectively ended any hopes for the series' continuation. A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. ... The Adult Swim logo Adult Swim, usually rendered [adult swim] on bumps, is the name for the adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network in the United States and Australia, and Bravo in the United Kingdom, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy in contrast to the more tame daytime... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Mitchell Hurwitz is the creator of the television program Arrested Development, and is a previous contributor to The John Larroquette Show and Golden Girls. ...

Origins

The discussions that led to the creation of the series began in the summer of 2002. Ron Howard had the original idea to create a comedy in the style of hand-held cameras and reality television, but with an elaborate, highly comical script resulting from repeated rewritings and rehearsals. Howard met with David Nevins, the president of Imagine Television; Katie O’Connell, a senior vice president; and two writers including Mitchell Hurwitz. In light of recent corporate accounting scandals, such as Enron and Adelphia, Hurwitz suggested a story about a "riches to rags" family. Howard and Imagine were immediately interested in using this idea, and signed Hurwitz on to write the show. The idea was pitched and sold in fall 2002. Over the next few months, Hurwitz developed the series' characters and plot. The pilot script was submitted in January 2003, and filmed in March. The finished pilot was submitted in late April, and the series was added to the fall schedule in May.^[2] In November 2003 the producers of the show were sued by hip hop group Arrested Development over the use of the name. [1]. Group vocalist, Speech told the press that members of the Fox TV network who were not working on the show actually thought that the show was about the music group. Ron Howard on the set of Ransom Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, film director and producer of Dutch, Scottish, English, Irish, German and Cherokee Indian descent. ... Mitchell Hurwitz is the creator of the television program Arrested Development, and is a previous contributor to The John Larroquette Show and Golden Girls. ... Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. ... Enron Corporation was an energy company based in Houston, Texas. ... Adelphia Communications Corporation (OTCBB: ADELQ), named after the Greek word for brotherhood, was the sixth largest US cable television operator before it filed for bankruptcy in 2002 due to internal corruption. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in order to recover a right, obtain damages for an injury, obtain an injunction to prevent an injury, or obtain a declaratory judgment to prevent future legal disputes. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Arrested Development is an American progressive hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. ... Look up Speech in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Music is a form of art and entertainment or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ...

Characters

Main article: Characters from Arrested Development

From left to right: GOB, George Sr., Lindsay, Tobias, Michael, Lucille, George Michael, Maeby, and Buster

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• Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) is the main character of the show; he is a relatively honorable character. Michael strives to do the right thing and keep his family together, despite their materialism, selfishness and manipulation. Michael is forced to take-over the family business after his father, George Sr., is arrested for white collar crimes.
• George Michael (Michael Cera), Michael's son, shares his father's qualities of decency. George Michael feels a constant pressure to live up to his father's expectations, and is reluctantly willing to follow his plans, even if they sometimes conflict with his own plans and values. There is constant sexual tension between George Michael and his cousin Maeby, and although this is obvious to the audience, the other characters are completely oblivious.
• George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), Michael's father and the patriarch of the family, is the founder of the Bluth Company, whose primary operations are building and marketing mini-mansions. At times dictatorial, George Sr. goes to considerable lengths to manipulate and control his family.
• Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter), Michael's Mother and George's wife, is equally manipulative, as well as materialistic, and hypercritical of every member of her family. In particular, she has a tight grip on her youngest son, "Buster".
• GOB (George Oscar Bluth II; pronounced /dʒoʊb/ "Jobe"), (Will Arnett), Michael's older brother , is an unsuccessful professional magician whose business and personal schemes usually fail. He primarily uses a Segway for transportation, and sometimes converses with others from it while stationary, as if it were a pulpit. GOB, constantly seeking validation of his father's love, is used by his father to undermine Michael's control of the family business.
• Byron "Buster" Bluth (Tony Hale) Michael's younger brother, studied cartography and other obscure things as a youth. He is extremely immature, unstable, socially inept and prone to panic attacks, which is probably a result of his mother's dominance and sheltering. Oscar (his father's identical twin brother) often implies that he is actually Buster's father.
• Lindsay (Portia de Rossi), Michael's twin sister, is a self-proclaimed activist, who is flamboyant and materialistic, continually desiring to be the center of attention. She enjoys being objectified, but also protests it.
• Tobias Fünke (David Cross), Lindsay's husband, is a "Never Nude," who became an aspiring actor after his psychiatrist's license was revoked. His language and behavior is characterized by his constantly inadvertent yet obvious homosexual proclivities.
• Mae "Maeby" Fünke (Alia Shawkat), the attention-starved daughter of Lindsay and Tobias, is the polar opposite of her cousin George Michael: skipping school, cheating on homework, and stealing money from the family's banana-stand business. The ever-rebellious teen, Maeby finds her chief motivation in going against her parents' wishes.

Several other characters regularly appear in minor roles. George Sr.'s identical twin brother Oscar (also played by Jeffrey Tambor) is a lethargic ex-hippie seeking the affection of George's wife Lucille. Lucille Austero, or "Lucille 2," played by Liza Minnelli, is Lucille's rival and Buster's love interest. Carl Weathers plays a parody of himself, as an unemployed, ultra-cheapskate actor. This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Jason Bateman Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969 in Rye, New York) is an American actor, born to an American father and a Maltese mother. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime has been defined by Edwin Sutherland ...as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. ... 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Other notable characters include: Annyong (Justin Lee), Lucille's adopted Korean child and Buster's rival; Kitty Sanchez (Judy Greer), George Sr.'s former secretary; Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler), the family attorney; Ann Veal (Mae Whitman), George Michael's deeply religious girlfriend; Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade), a schoolmate of George Michael and Maeby; Stan Sitwell (Ed Begley Jr.), George Sr.'s main business rival; and Scott Baio as attorney Bob Loblaw (comically pronounced, "Bah blah blah"), a replacement for Barry Zuckerkorn, in part, because he "skews younger" (an allusion to Baio's "Happy Days" character "Chachi," who was brought in to inject youth into the aging Winkler's "Fonzie."). Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Charlize Theron, and Amy Poehler also play recurring characters. This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Justin Lee as Annyong Bluth on Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Image:Judy Greer. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Henry Winkler as The Fonz in Happy Days. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Mae Whitman as Ann Veal. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Justin Grant Wade played Steve Holt in Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Edward James Begley, Jr. ... Scott Baio as Chachi on Happy Days in the 1970s. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Julia Louis-Dreyfus (right) as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld Julia Elizabeth Scarlett Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award-winning American actress and comedian. ... Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an Academy Award-winning South African actress and former fashion model. ... Amy Poehler on SNL Opening Credits Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971 in Burlington, Massachusetts) is an American comedienne and actress. ...

Casting

The most difficult part for casting the series involved finding people who would be believable as a family. Alia Shawkat was the first person cast. Michael Cera, Tony Hale, and Jessica Walter were cast from video tapes and flown in to audition for Fox. Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi both read and auditioned for the network, and were immediately chosen. The character of GOB was the most challenging to cast. When Will Arnett auditioned, he depicted the character in an interesting way, different from expectations. The casting for the role of GOB came down between two actors in the end — Will Arnett and Rainn Wilson (now appearing on the American version of The Office). Ultimately, the part went to Arnett. The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute Rainn Wilson, born January 20, 1968, is an American character actor who is known for his role as the neurotic Dwight Schrute on The Office (US). ... The cast of The Office (second series, UK) The Office is the name of two television comedy shows created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. ...

The characters of Tobias and George Sr. were originally going to have minor roles, but David Cross's and Jeffrey Tambor's portrayals mixed well with the rest of the characters, and they were given more significant parts.^[2] David Cross was originally approached to play Buster, but opted to play Tobias so he wouldn't have to spend as much time in Los Angeles, as the role was originally intended to only be a recurring character. Due to the character's popularity during test-screenings of the pilot episode, he was given a much bigger role, and is the only actor on the show to improvise a large portion of his dialogue.

Episode list

Main article: List of Arrested Development episodes

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Plot synopsis

First season

George Bluth Sr., while retiring as CEO of the Bluth Company, is arrested by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding investors and gross spending of the company's money for "personal expenses". His wife Lucille becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new president her youngest son Buster, who proves ill equipped. Seeing no other options, the family turns to Michael, the middle son, giving him control of the company. To keep the family together, Michael convinces his son and twin sister Lindsay's family to live together in a Bluth model home. This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... The Bluth Company logo. ... The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ...

Throughout the first season, different characters struggle to change their identities. Buster works to escape from his mother's control through brotherly bonding and love interests such as Lucille Austero. George Michael nurses a forbidden crush on his cousin Maeby while continually trying to meet his father's expectations. Lindsay's husband Tobias, a psychiatrist whose license has been revoked (and who might well be a closet homosexual), searches for work as an actor with the aid of actor Carl Weathers. Michael falls in love with his older brother GOB's neglected girlfriend Marta, and is torn between being with her and putting "family first." After he quarrels with GOB, Marta realizes that they do not share the same family values and leaves them both. Later, through an escalating series of dares, GOB gets married to a woman he knew for only one night but cannot get an annulment because he refuses to admit that he did not consummate the marriage. Kitty, George Sr.'s former assistant and long-time secret lover, tries to blackmail the company and survives the explosion of a yacht used in one of Gob's magic acts. After previous failed attempts, and a stint with Judaism, George Sr. finally escapes from prison by faking a heart attack. It is also revealed that George committed "light treason" by using the company to build mini-palaces for Saddam Hussein in Iraq. This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... The expression being in the closet has been used to describe keeping secret ones sexual behavior or orientation, most commonly homosexuality or bisexuality, but also including the gender identity of transgender and transsexual people. ... Carl Weathers Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor, formerly a professional American football player. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... 210. ... As a verb, consummate means to bring something to its completion, such as a transaction, concept, plan or action. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ... A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... For other uses, see Treason (disambiguation). ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majidida al-Tikriti (Arabic: ‎ [1]; born April 28, 1937[2]), was the President and dictator of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...

Second season

Tobias (David Cross) dresses up as a British woman, Mrs. Featherbottom, to get closer to his family (the plot to Mrs. Doubtfire)

Because of his father's latest lie about a heart attack, Michael decides to leave his family and company behind. Lucille appoints GOB to be the new Bluth Company president, but he proves incapable and the position reverts back to Michael (although GOB retains the figurehead title of president for some time). George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar (also played by Jeffrey Tambor) moves in with Lucille in an attempt to rekindle a previous love affair. After faking his death in Mexico, George Sr. returns to the family model home, where he hides in the attic. Meanwhile, Lucille signs Buster up for the Army, but he escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose seal. He bonds with his uncle Oscar, who is revealed as Buster's presumptive biological father. George Michael begins dating a deeply religious girl, Ann Veal; his father does not like her, and tries to disrupt their relationship. Michael fails to break them up, but George Michael sees a chance for his crush on Maeby to bear fruit, and the pair kiss while the living room of the model home collapses under them. Image File history File linksMetadata Arrested_Development_-_Tobias_as_Mrs_Featherbottom. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Arrested_Development_-_Tobias_as_Mrs_Featherbottom. ... David Cross (born April 4, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an Emmy-winning American actor, writer, and comedian. ... Mrs. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub Twins in animal biology is a case of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy. ... Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae A Pacific walrus A leopard seal on Kerguelen Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ...

Maeby inadvertently cons her way into a film studio executive position. While helping her father spread the Fünke name around the studio to help him land a part, she bumps into Mort Meyers (Jeff Garlin) who mistakes her for the Fünke everyone has been talking about. Tobias repeatedly paints himself blue in a futile attempt to join the Blue Man Group, originally believing them to be a support group for depressed men. Throughout the season, various blue paint marks can be seen around the family's house and on the back of Tobias's neck when not in full makeup. After being kicked out of the house by Lindsay, Tobias dresses up as "Mrs. Featherbottom" to be around Maeby and prove to the family that he is a good actor. This is an explicitly-narrated reference to Mrs. Doubtfire. Although it is obvious to the whole family that Tobias is in disguise, they enjoy using him to clean up after themselves. Kitty returns to steal a sample of George Sr.'s semen to make her own Bluth baby. George Sr., in revenge for twin brother Oscar's affair with his wife, exchanges appearances with an unconscious Oscar, who is mistakenly sent to prison in the place of George Sr., who flees again. Jeff Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is a comedic actor from Chicago, Illinois. ... Blue Man Group founders (L to R) Phil Stanton, Chris Wink & Matt Goldman Blue Man Group (BMG) is a creative organization centered on a trio of mute performers, called Blue Men, that present themselves in blue paint, latex bald caps, and black clothing. ... Mrs. ... Human semen Horse semen being collected for breeding purposes. ...

Third season

Rita (Charlize Theron) wearing one of her various hats

In the third season, Michael once again begins searching for his runaway father. GOB gets an invitation to a father/son reunion outing, and believes it to be George Sr. trying to contact him. In reality, the invitation was meant to reunite Gob with Steve Holt, son of Eve Holt, one of GOB's former intimate partners. Meanwhile, George Michael and Maeby deal with their previous kiss by avoiding each other. ImageMetadata File history File links Arrested_Development_-_Rita. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Arrested_Development_-_Rita. ... Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an Academy Award-winning South African actress and former fashion model. ...

George Sr., in an attempt to remain in disguise, joined the Blue Man Group. Michael discovers this, and arranges to have his father placed under house arrest. George Sr. claims that he was set up by an underground British group. Michael goes to Wee Britain, a fictional British-themed city district, to investigate, and in the process meets new love interest Rita (Charlize Theron). Michael and the audience are led to believe that Rita is a mole for the underground British group, working for a man named "Mr. F". In the end of the episode titled "Mr. F," it is revealed that Rita is actually an MRF, or "mentally retarded female". The unknowing Michael proposes to her, and the couple run off to be wed. Michael eventually finds out the truth, however, and the two decide to end their relationship just as they are about to walk down the aisle. Meanwhile, Tobias and Lindsay variously seek legal help from Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio) concerning their troubled marriage. Blue Man Group founders (L to R) Phil Stanton, Chris Wink & Matt Goldman Blue Man Group (BMG) is a creative organization centered on a trio of mute performers, called Blue Men, that present themselves in blue paint, latex bald caps, and black clothing. ... In justice and law, house arrest is the situation where a person is confined (by the authorities) to his or her residence. ... Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an Academy Award-winning South African actress and former fashion model. ... Scott Baio as Chachi on Happy Days in the 1970s. ...

In light of FOX's possible cancellation of the show, the first episode of 2006 parodied various gimmicks that other shows had used during November sweeps in 2005. Thinly-veiled allusions were made to the possibility of HBO or Showtime picking the show up in the event of its cancellation. The episode took shots at frequently cited reasons for the show's failure in the ratings, such as complex storylines that are hard to follow, obscure references that may go over viewers' heads, and unlikeable, unrelatable main characters. A gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something stand out from its contemporaries. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... This article needs to be updated. ...

Disturbed by both Lindsay's and Tobias's advances, Bob Loblaw chooses to no longer represent the Bluth family. Attorney Jan Eagleman offers to represent the family, on the condition that they participate in a mock trial in a new reality courtroom show, presided over by Judge Reinhold. Meanwhile, Maeby and George Michael perform in a mock wedding which is accidentally conducted by a real priest, and the two become legally married. Judge Reinhold Judge Reinhold (born May 21, 1957 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American actor best known for co-starring in movies such as Beverly Hills Cop and Ruthless People. ...

The family members are afraid to testify at the mock trial and deposition, so Buster fakes a coma, Lindsay and Lucille fake entering rehab, and GOB flees the country to perform in a USO Tour in Iraq. All of the deceptions are uncovered by the prosecution, and in Iraq, GOB is arrested for inadvertently inciting an anti-US riot. Buster and Michael travel to Iraq to rescue GOB, and while there, uncover evidence that the mini-palaces George Sr. built in Iraq were actually ordered and paid for by the CIA for wiretapping purposes. After this discovery, the US government drops all of the charges against George Sr.. The United Service Organizations The United Service Organizations (USO) is a volunteer organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military worldwide. ...

To celebrate, the Bluths throw a shareholders' party on the Queen Mary. During the preparation of the party, it is revealed that Lindsay was an adopted child, meaning that George Michael and Maeby are not blood relatives. At the party, the Bluth's other adopted child, Annyong, reappears. He reveals that he is there to avenge his grandfather's deportation, an event orchestrated by Lucille Bluth. Annyong has turned over evidence implicating Lucille in the Bluth Company's accounting scandals. Before the police arrive, Michael and George Michael flee on GOB's yacht, the 'C-Word', and depart to Cabo with half a million dollars in cashier's checks, finally leaving the family to fend for themselves. However, it is revealed in the epilogue that George Sr. is also on the yacht, having lured his brother Oscar into taking his place once again. Also in the epilogue, Maeby tries to sell the television rights to the story of the Bluth family to Ron Howard, who tells her that he sees it as a movie rather than a series. RMS Queen Mary was a Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line) ocean liner that sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967. ... Ron Howard on the set of Ransom. ...

Themes and other characteristics

The show focuses on the tension that developed between the members of the Bluth family, primarily from their diminished spending power. Each show pulls from a serpentine mix of sibling rivalries, unresolved oedipal conflicts, sexual incompatibilities, personal identity crises, adolescent trauma, aging, pride, miscommunication, lying, guilt, subterfuge, determination, manipulation, mutilation, social status anxiety, incest taboo, and countless other themes. The Oedipus complex or Oedipus conflict is a concept developed by Sigmund Freud to explain the origin of certain neuroses in childhood. ... Erik Erikson, the psychologist who coined the term identity crisis, believes that the identity crisis is the most important conflict human beings encounter when they go through eight developmental stages in life. ... American high school students Adolescence (Latin adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up) is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific, manhood or womanhood). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Much like other quirky family comedies such as Malcolm in the Middle, The Simpsons, Roseanne, and Married... with Children, the family unit is depicted as necessary for the survival of the individual. Much of the comedy comes from the quirks of the characters and the patterns that developed within the family structure. Malcolm in the Middle was an American situation comedy created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Roseanne Roseanne (born on November 3, 1952) is an American actress, writer, talk-show host, and comedian. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... In common speech, the word individual most often refers to a person, or, by analogy, to any specific object in a group of things. ...

Unique presentation

Arrested Development uses several elements that are rare for American live-action sitcoms. Like a documentary, it often cuts away abruptly from scenes in order to supplement the narrative with false documents like security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, and archive films. Flashbacks are also extensively used to show the Bluth family in various stages of their lives. The show does not employ a laugh track, allowing for uninterrupted back-and-forth dialogue and permitting more time for plot development and jokes. An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard) ties together the multiple plot threads running through each episode, and provides tongue-in-cheek commentary. Wordplay is abundant, for humor and plot; a character may misinterpret an ambiguous phrase with embarrassing or disastrous results. Perhaps most startling for new viewers is the pace, which throws complex, often subtle humor and plot details at the viewer with little breathing room. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A false document is a form of verisimilitude that attempts to create in the reader (viewer, audience, etc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ... Ron Howard on the set of Ransom. ...

"On the next…"

Nearly every episode ends with an epilogue segment called "On the next Arrested Development," in which lingering stories are wrapped up or extended humorously. These segments portray events that do not actually appear in the subsequent episodes, but remain part of the series' canon. However, on some rare occasions (typically in the first half of a two-part episode), scenes from these portions are worked into the following episode; also, the segment occasionally shows a significant plot twist (e.g. Maggie Lizer's deception, Buster's accident, Steve Holt's discovery). The second episode of season three reversed this by having "On the last..." featuring the resolution of the cliffhanger and nearly an entire episode of plot changes within thirty seconds. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The first two season finales changed the segment to "On the next season of Arrested Development…" and in the third season finale (which was also the series finale), it became "On the epilogue…"

Intertextuality and reflexivity

The show is highly intertextual and reflexive, features commonly associated with postmodernism. For example, Arrested Development often alludes to the past work of its cast and crew through the restaging of familiar scenarios, such as Henry Winkler's jumping the shark from Happy Days, and by casting former collaborators in small bit parts, including many cast members from Mr. Show. Guest stars frequently appear from other lauded television comedies such as The Daily Show, Seinfeld, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Upright Citizens Brigade and The Simpsons. The show willfully employs the method of theatre; Verfremdungseffekt, a type of alienation effect on the story. Most of the show's intertextual flavor comes from television culture, but there are other examples, such as the famous falling wall stunt from Buster Keaton's silent feature Steamboat Bill Jr. reenacted by Buster Bluth in the episode "The One Where They Build a House". In the work of Roland Barthes, intertextuality is the concept that the meaning of an artistic work does not reside in that work, but in the viewers. ... The Ouroboros something reflexive refers to itself. ... Andy Warhols iconic Marilyn Monroe // Postmodernism is an idea that has been extremely controversial and difficult to define among scholars, intellectuals, and historians, as it connotes to many the hotly debated idea that the modern historical period has passed. ... Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water skis. ... Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Mr. ... The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is a Peabody- and Emmy-winning half-hour American satirical news television program produced by and run on the Comedy Central cable television network. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Scrubs is an American sitcom that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American sitcom starring Seinfeld writer & co-creator Larry David. ... The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicagos ImprovOlympic. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. ... The alienation effect (from the German Verfremdungseffekt) is a theatrical and cinematic device by which the audience is alienated from a play or film. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... The One Where They Build a House is the twenty-fourth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development. ...

Scene referring to Burger King and product placement:
Tobias: "It's a wonderful restaurant!"
Narrator: "It sure is!"

The show's reflexiveness may be literal or subtle. In the episode "For British Eyes Only," Michael tells George Sr., who he believes is trying to convince him of a lie, "You're a regular Brad Garrett." This is in reference to the cast member playing George Sr., Jeffrey Tambor, who had lost the Emmy for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" to Brad Garrett right before the episode aired. The series has acknowledged its competition (Desperate Housewives), commercial sponsor (Burger King), its struggle to go after an "idiot demographic," its use of dramatic moments as act breaks, and Fox's cutback of the second season to 18 episodes. The episode "S.O.B.s" made numerous references to Arrested Development's attempts to remain on air by parodying typical television ratings ploys and hinted at the attempts of other networks to purchase the series from Fox. In addition, narrator Ron Howard has made several references to his experiences on The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days. ImageMetadata File history File links Arrested_Development_-_Burger_King. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Arrested_Development_-_Burger_King. ... Burger King, Seoul, South Korea Burger King is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... Product placement(PPL) is a promotional tactic used by marketers in which a real commercial product is used in fictional media, and the presence of the product is a result of an economic exchange. ... For British Eyes Only was the forty-second episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. ... An Emmy Award. ... Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960 in Woodland Hills, California, USA) is a three-time Emmy Award-winning, American actor and comedian best known for his role as Robert Barone on the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... This section does not cite its references or sources. ... Burger King, Seoul, South Korea Burger King is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... S.O.B.s was the forty-ninth episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. ... The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ...

Topicality

Arrested Development plays with divisive, controversial social and political issues. Writers have turned references to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the U.S. Army's recruiting crisis, the non-existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" photo-op into jokes. In that same vein, George Sr. has appeared as Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. It has also poked fun at the decadence of American white collar criminals, religious protest campaigns, controversy over public display of the Ten Commandments, and the restriction of protesters to "free speech zones". Other references include "Girls with Low Self-Esteem" (a parody of Girls Gone Wild), low-carb diets, and "Star Wars Kid" Ghyslain Raza. Map of Iraq highlighting Abu Ghraib Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse images The Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب; also Abu Ghurayb) is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. ... Weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a term used to describe a munition with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of human beings. ... President George W. Bush addresses sailors during the Mission Accomplished speech, May 1, 2003. ... A photo op, short for photo opportunity, is a carefully planned human event that results in a memorable and effective photograph. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957 [1]), most commonly known as Osama bin Laden is a militant Islamist and one of the founders of al-Qaeda. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majidida al-Tikriti (Arabic: ‎ [1]; born April 28, 1937[2]), was the President and dictator of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... White-collar workers perform tasks which are less laborious yet often more highly paid than blue-collar workers, who do manual work. ... This 1768 parchment (612x502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Decalogue at the Esnoga synagogue of Amsterdam The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the... The free speech zone at the 2004 Democratic National Convention Free speech zones (also known as First Amendment Zones or derisively as Free speech cages) are areas in the United States that are set aside for political protesters to exercise their right to free speech. ... Girls Gone Wild logo The Girls Gone Wild franchise, created by Joe Francis, is a series by the production company Mantra Entertainment. ... Shops now include a no carbs label on some food items Low-carbohydrate diets or low carb diets, are food diet programs for weight loss and dietary health that advocate restricted carbohydrate consumption, based on research that ties carbohydrate consumption with increased blood insulin levels, and increased insulin with obesity. ... Ghyslain redirects here. ...

Even Gob's name (an acronym for his full name George Oscar Bluth II) is a parody of the name Jeb Bush (John Ellis Bush), also a son in a wealthy, powerful family.^{[citation needed]} John Ellis Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, is the forty-third and current Governor of Florida. ...

Continuity

The plot regularly features callbacks to previous episodes (e.g., GOB's recurring use of the phrase "Come on!," repeated use of family members' "chicken dances,", the use of "I've made a huge mistake" and the interrogative, "Her?") and will often use what creator Mitch Hurwitz has termed "call-forwards," wherein plots or events will be foreshadowed in extremely subtle ways. A callback, in terms of comedy, is a joke which refers to one previously told in the set. ...

Music

GOB on stage, performing to "The Final Countdown"

Besides the short ukulele-based theme song composed by David Schwartz, which is also used as Lindsay's cell phone ringtone, a couple of other songs are featured prominently in Arrested Development. GOB uses Europe's 1986 hit single, "The Final Countdown" in his magic acts, attempting to increase the audience's excitement through improvised dancing and rapid-fire magic tricks. The dramatic, synthesized chords, combined with GOB's high energy and overacting are a clear parody of modern magic acts. "The Final Countdown" is also GOB's ringtone. In the second and third seasons of the show, GOB's duet with his puppet Franklin, titled "It Ain't Easy Being White," has also become a repeated joke. The duet parodies Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney's "Ebony and Ivory." ImageMetadata File history File links GOB_on_stage. ... ImageMetadata File history File links GOB_on_stage. ... This article is about a song by Europe. ... Ukulele The ukulele (ʻukulele in Hawaiian and standard Hawaiian English; pronounced , or the Anglicised ), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ... Composer David Schwartz attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Europe is a Swedish hard rock band originally assembled as a progressive rock group; they later added keyboards to their sound in order to soften it, in hopes of gaining radio airplay. ... A song which has charted in one of the worlds music charts, or (if a specialist genre of music) had proven popularity. ... This article is about a song by Europe. ...

"Free at Last," written by David Schwartz and Gabriel Mann, and performed by Mann and Maxayn Lewis, is used in conjunction with parties, protests, or other events involving gay men, transvestites, or male strippers. A recurring gay crossdresser holds a "Freedom" sign of various sizes under this music. An original song called "Big Yellow Joint," apparently written about the Bluth Banana Stand, sounds almost identical to Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" and is often used in scenes with aged hippie Oscar Bluth or his stash of marijuana. "Gonna Get Together," by Leroy, is used in many instances to convey a sense of excitement by George Michael about his cousin, Maeby. Nikka Costa's "Everybody Got Their Something" is also used in the score for energetic segues.^[3] In episode, "The Sword of Destiny", Tony Wonder, a magician, mentions "some band has got the rights to Use Your Illusion" referring to him not being able to use the name "Use Your Illusion" for a future video release of illusions performed by him, instead calling them "Use Your Allusion". Guns N’ Roses released two albums named Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. For other articles with similar names, see Gay (disambiguation). ... For a discussion of the history and current usage of the term transvestite, see transvestism. ... A striptease dancer performing. ... A press photo of Arlo Guthrie. ... The former church where Alice and Ray lived and where the story begins; the restaurant itself is roughly six miles north in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... Nikka Costa (born Domenica Costa, June 4, 1972), is an American singer whose music combines elements of funk, soul, and blues, among other genres. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Short clips of music are also used to highlight recurring comedic themes in the series. For example, during George Sr.'s stints with religion, or other religious experiences, whether real or feigned, a duduk moans in the background. "Christmas Time Is Here," Vince Guaraldi's piano theme from A Charlie Brown Christmas, plays when George Michael Bluth is depressed. Mentions of Mexico get a Spanish guitar riff, and displays of Balboa Bay Window magazine are accompanied by upbeat elevator music. The same dramatic soap opera style music can always be heard (and abruptly cut off) whenever Oscar makes a hint about being Buster's father. A duduk A duduk player The duduk (pronounced /doo-dook/) is a traditional woodwind instrument popular in the Caucasus region. ... Vince Guaraldi (July 17, 1928 - February 6, 1976) was an American jazz musician and pianist best known for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Cover from the soundtrack album for A Charlie Brown Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) is the first of many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the guitar family. ... Elevator music, also known as piped music or Muzak, refers to the gentle, bland instrumental arrangements of popular music designed for play in shopping malls, grocery stores, telephone systems (while the caller is on hold), cruise ships and elevators. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

Response

Ratings

The show was critically acclaimed, but did not gain a sizeable audience. According to the Nielsen Ratings system, U.S. ratings in the second season averaged about six million viewers, while the third season averaged about four million viewers.^[4] To promote their re-broadcast of the animated series Family Guy, FOX announced that it would halt the production of the second season at eighteen episodes – four episodes short of the planned season. Despite rumors that this was a prelude to cancellation, the network defended its actions, claiming that the show would fare poorly during network sweeps period, and that it was simply a procedural matter. For the third season, FOX positioned the show directly opposite Monday Night Football. Ratings were even worse than previous seasons. David Cross alluded to poor marketing of the show by FOX on the second season DVD. On November 9, 2005, FOX announced that the show would not be airing in November sweeps, and that they had cut the episode order for Season Three from 22 to 13. FOX ended up showing the last four episodes in a two-hour timeslot — directly opposite the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The ratings for the final episodes were poor. FOX has officially cancelled the show. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... In the United States the sweeps period determines local advertising rates. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United States the sweeps period determines local advertising rates. ... Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. ...

Future

Despite months-long rumors of Arrested Development having been picked up by the Showtime Network, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on March 28, 2006 that creator Mitch Hurwitz will not be returning.^[5] As Showtime had made it clear that Hurwitz's involvement was a requirement for the continuation of the show, Arrested Development is considered by both its creators and fans as having reached its end on television. Rumours of a possible full-length film had circulated since the show's final episode, and in an August 2006 TV Guide interview, Michael Cera indicated that he "[thinks] Hurwitz wants to [do a film]," and that he had been tentatively contacted about participating. ^[6] Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

On July 27, 2006, it was announced that Microsoft's MSN.com and the cable channels G4 and HDNet have purchased the syndication rights to the show, allowing it to be re-aired through 2009, despite only having 53 total episodes^[7] (the threshold for a show to be re-aired in syndication is generally considered to be 100 episodes). G4 bought the cable rights to the show, and on Monday, September 4, 2006, began a nightly airing of the show at 11:30 pm EDT. HDNet, which bought the exclusive HD rights to the show, will air back-to-back episodes on Wednesday nights, beginning September 2006. For other uses, see MSN (disambiguation). ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... G4 is an American cable and satellite television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12–34 and devoted to the world of video games and the video game lifestyle. ... HDNet is a high-definition television channel broadcasting in the United States. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... 100 episodes is considered to be the general threshold at which point a television series produced for the United States becomes viable for syndication. ...

Critical reviews

"Is it beating a dead horse to once again state that this underappreciated gem is the best sitcom on TV? Too bad. 'Arrested Development' is the best sitcom on TV!"

—Tim Stack, Entertainment Weekly, 14 October 2005, p.133^[8]

"If you're not watching this series on Fox, the least you can do is buy it on DVD. You'll love it, and it's such a dense show (in the best sense of the word) that it rewards repeated viewing. Like Scrubs and the British version of The Office, it's the sort of show that truly deserves to be seen uninterrupted, several episodes at a time, for maximum enjoyment. The laughs-per-minute quotient here is insanely high, making it great value as a home library purchase."

—David Bianculli, New York Daily News, 12 October 2005^[9]

"As Hollywood agents worry about the demise of the town's lowing cash cow, the multi-camera, staged sitcom, here to save the day is Arrested Development, a farce of such blazing wit and originality, that it must surely usher in a new era in comedy."

—Alison Powell, Guardian Unlimited (UK), 12 March 2005^[10]

"This lampoon about a wealthy American family trying to survive while its patriarch is in jail for fraud is one of the funniest shows on telly."

—Marc McEvoy, The Age (Australia), 17 October 2005^[11]

"As oddball as Arrested is, it's also humane. A flawless cast — from Will Arnett's breathy, bombastic Gob to Jessica Walter's boozy Lucille — grounds it, aided by Ron Howard's affable narration. Of course, the center of sensibility is good son Michael (Jason Bateman) and his even better son, George Michael (Michael Cera). Bateman and Cera give the best reacts around — the former all weary exasperation, the latter adorably bunny-stunned. Together, they're the sweetest, awkwardest straight men on the smartest, most shockingly funny series on TV...which is likely canceled, despite six Emmy wins. It's a perversion not even the Bluths deserve."

—Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly, Best of 2005 Issue naming Arrested Development the best TV show of 2005

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Nominations and awards

For the first season, the show won five Emmy Awards in 2004, including "Outstanding Comedy Series," "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series," and "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series," both for the pilot episode written by Mitchell Hurwitz and for direction by brothers Joe and Anthony Russo. In 2005, the second season brought eleven Emmy nominations in seven categories and one win, for "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" for the season finale "The Righteous Brothers," written by Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely. For its truncated third season, the show received four 2006 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Will Arnett as GOB Bluth), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Ocean Walker," and Outstanding Comedy Writing for the episode "Development Arrested."[2] An Emmy Award. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Other awards include:

• The Television Critics Association 2004 Awards for "Outstanding Comedy" and "Outstanding New Program," and the 2005 award for "Outstanding Achievement in Comedy."
• The 2005 Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy" for Jason Bateman.
• The 2004 Writers Guild of America Award for best teleplay in an episodic comedy, for the first season episode "Pier Pressure," written by Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Valley.
• The TV Land Award for "Future Classic."
• In 2004, for season one, the Golden Satellite Award for "Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical," along with best performance by an actor/actress in a supporting role, comedy or musical awards for Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter. In 2005, for season two, Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi won best actor and actress in a series, comedy or musical. Jason Bateman also won the same award for the third season.

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Broadcast history

The first season of Arrested Development premiered in the U.S. on November 2, 2003, on Fox. The time slot was repeatedly changed in attempts to increase its ratings. Three seasons, totalling 53 episodes, were produced. The final 4 episodes of season 3 of Arrested Development were shown back-to-back in a special two hour block on February 10, 2006 from 8-10pm ET/PT on Fox. The final episodes were aired opposite of the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on NBC. November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ...

The series also aired in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, among others. In Canada, the show usually aired Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET on either Global or CH. The series began airing in the UK on 29 September 2004, initially on both BBC2 and BBC4. Mid-way through the second season, however, the show was dropped from BBC4, while the time slot for BBC2 was repeatedly changed. The second season typically aired on BBC2 on Sunday nights at around 11:30 pm, and the third season is now being broadcast in a similar timeslot. Bravo has now picked up the UK repeat rights to the show, and will air them Fridays at 10pm from 25 August 2006. The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... CH is a system of six local television stations across Canada, all but one owned by the Global Television unit of CanWest Global. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital TV (Freeview, satellite and UK. Contents // Categories: Stub | BBC television channels | British TV channels ... Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Flextech. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Australia, the series premiered on November 30, 2004, on the free-to-air Seven Network at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. It was later moved to the 11:00 p.m. timeslot on Monday nights on Channel 7, with the second season starting on November 28, 2005. Season 3 premiered on April 25, 2005 on Channel 7 at 12:00 a.m. with The Cabin Show. It is also shown at 8:00 and 10:00 pm, Monday to Friday on Foxtel's Comedy Channel, with the first two seasons on rotation in production order. It premiered on Foxtel in August 2005. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... The Seven Network (ASX: SEV) is an Australian television network. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cabin Show was the forty-first episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... // Australia The Comedy Channel is a subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...

Other international markets which have aired the show include the following, listed here with premiere dates: Argentina, March 2, 2004; Italy, April 8, 2004; Ireland, August 5, 2004; Turkey, September 6, 2004; Finland, February 2, 2005; Sweden, February 14, 2005; Iceland, August 12, 2005; South Africaon etv Season 1 2004 and Season 2 14 May 2006 and the Netherlands, September 3, 2005. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: !ke e: xarra ke  (Ç€Xam) Unity In Diversity (literally Diverse People Unite) Anthem: National anthem of South Africa Capital Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial) Largest city Johannesburg Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda Government Parliamentary democracy  - President Thabo Mbeki Independence... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DVD release

Season Releases

Fans of the show hope that DVD sales will influence the fate of the show, as was the case with the previously canceled series Family Guy—now back in production—and Firefly, which was brought back as the feature film Serenity. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Firefly is an American science fiction cult television series that premiered in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. ... Serenity is a 2005 space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. ...

The first two seasons have also been released on DVD outside of the U.S., including in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, mainland Europe, Canada and Australia.

Celebrity guests

Well-known actors appearing in guest roles and cameos include:

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Broadcasters

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References

1. ^ Series Creator Mitch Hurwitz Says No More Arrested Development. Retrieved on April 28, 2006.
2. ^ ^a b Interview: Katie O’Connell. Retrieved on November 24, 2005.
3. ^ Episode transcript of pilot, retrieved July 5, 2006
4. ^ Die-hard Arrested Development fans already feeling sting of loss. Retrieved on November 23, 2005.
5. ^ San Francisco Chronicle: "R.I.P., Arrested Development". Retrieved on March 28, 2006.
6. ^ TV Guide: "George-Michael gets 'Arrested' once more". Retrieved on September 6, 2006.
7. ^ "Arrested" breaks out on 3 fronts. Reuters (2006-07-27). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
8. ^ EW DVD Review. Retrieved on November 21, 2005.
9. ^ New York Daily News: Box sets that make great gifts. Retrieved on November 21, 2005.
10. ^ Guardian Unlimited: "A Family Affair". Retrieved on November 24, 2005.
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• Arrested Development. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz. 2003–present. Broadcast and DVD.
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