From
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr..._id=1000791397:
Quote:
Fox shakes up Sundays for 'Dad'
Fox Broadcasting Co. plans to shuffle its Sunday comedy lineup in May to make room for the addition of "American Dad" on May 1. As part of the schedule change, the network has opted to reduce the episode order on "Arrested Development," but the specifics still are being worked out. As of May 1, "American Dad" will slide into "Arrested's" 8:30 p.m. slot behind "The Simpsons." For the first three weeks of the month, "Dad" will be followed at 9 p.m. by another original "Simpsons" episode. (Staff report)
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From other stuff I've read, getting an episode order reduced is usually a first sign of a show with a cancellation looming on the horizon.
From
http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/tv/...rds-032711.php:
Quote:
David Cross made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote Arrested Development. After he and Kimmel ticked off all of the awards the show has won, Cross revealed that he “found out on the internet” that production of the show had been shut down. He then speculated about what kind of animated/reality/midget/Who’s Your Daddy? hybrid project would replace his show::
"I hope Fox puts in its place, like, you know, America’s Cutest Retards. What’s left for them to do? We got midgets trying to pull an elephant. What’s left? We’ve got orphans trying to figure out who their dads are…come on. Let’s go with retards. OK? Let’s do it"
If you’re planning on directing angry phone calls to Fox’s Gail Berman about Arrested Development’s fate, wait until tomorrow. We have a feeling she’ll be tied up today scouring assisted-living communities for the talent that will stock the network’s surefire midseason hit.
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I know Cross is often sarcastic so I'm not sure how much faith I put in what he says (and the fact that he would learn about this on the internet), but coupled with the episode reduction and the bad Nielsen ratings that I keep hearing Arrested Development is still getting, it doesn't look great.
I think fall tv lineups are announced in late May, so I would imagine that the decision to renew or not would take place a decent amount of time before then.
I know it's all speculation and the show almost got cancelled after last season and still ended up sticking around, but I figured I'd post about what I'd read on other boards, including the Arrested Development official site discussion board.
Hopefully, they would consider moving the show to FX (another Fox company) along the likes of Nip/Tuck and The Shield. I don't think ratings have to be quite as good to survive on basic cable and all the fans of Arrested Development might add up to be enough viewership to keep the show on TV.