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Arrested Development episode order reduced again. Cancellation on horizon?
Crap!!!
From Variety.com:
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Bad news for 'Arrested'
Net sweeps out 'Kitchen,' 'Development'
By JOSEF ADALIAN
"Arrested Development" may have finally played its last get out of jail free card.
Fox has cut back its episode order on one of TV's most critically praised shows to just 13 segs, down from 22. SkeinSkein, from 20th Century Fox TV and creator Mitch Hurwitz, has also been pulled from the schedule for the rest of the month, another sign that the network may have finally given up on trying to bring an audience to the show.
News was nearly as grim for "Arrested's" Monday night companion, the Darren StarDarren Star-produced "Kitchen Confidential." It's also been pulled for sweeps, and producers have been told the show won't be getting a full-season pickup.
On the positive tip, ABC has given a full-season pickup to Warner Bros. TV-produced frosh laffer "Freddie." Skein has consistently built on its adults 18-49 lead-in since bowing last month.
As for "Arrested," skein returned from a month's hiatus this week, while "Kitchen""Kitchen" was slated to return Monday. Despite tough competition from a high-rated "Monday Night Football" matchup, "Arrested" performed about as well as it had been in the timeslot before baseball. Ratings for "Prison Break," however, took a notable dip, which is what likely prompted worried Fox execs to reverse their previous plan to keep "Arrested" on the air through year's end.
Instead of the two laffers, Fox will air repeats of drama "Prison Break" in the 8-9 p.m. Monday slot for the rest of the sweep.
"Arrested" and "Kitchen" will return to the skedsked Dec. 5. Come January, net is expected to stick with its original plan of moving "House" into the Monday-at-8 slot.
Fox wasn't commenting Thursday, and for now, nobody's using the word "cancellation." But in the case of "Arrested," the handwriting appears to be on the wall.
"Arrested" is in the middle of its third season. Skein has never produced a full season of 22 episodes, with Fox cutting the order for the show every season it's aired.
Date in print: Fri., Nov. 11, 2005, Los Angeles
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Reading this just makes me want to punch someone. This Monday's episode got me laughing so hard at the Godzilla sequence at the end that I fell into a coughing fit for the next few minutes after it. The fact that a show this funny could be in danger of cancellation boggles the mind.
My one hope is that a deal might be made for another network to pick it up and continue the show.
Previous thread about this happening last season: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=83148
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