Arrested Development episode order reduced. Sign of pending cancellation?
 

From http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr..._id=1000791397:
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:
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.

I've only caught it once, and i liked it, but David Cross is way too funny to be stuck writing for broadcast TV. When is HBO going to give him another show?

It would be unfortunate if it was cancelled. It's my favorite television show. (One of the few television shows I watch regularly).

I don't think he's even doing any writing on the show. He definitely needs to do something else on HBO or Showtime (or any other station where there's little to no restraint on what you can do). Mr. Show was great and his standup special was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

If Fox cancels this show they are idiots. The show they are moving into the slot is by a guy who's first project(Family Guy) they dumped because it wasn't getting enough ratings but it was the best thing on their network. If they do get the axe I hope they move it to some other channel or better yet some other network picks the show up. That show is hillarious I just think a lot of people haven't given it a chance because if you watch it for the first time it's a little quirky but after you get into it you see the greatness. Actually now that I think about it I would probably stick it some place during the week it would clean up on a week night I think like Thursday.

One of the only smart, funny and well written shows on TV today. I will be upset if this falls by the wayside for some more of the generic reality garbage that permeates our tv line-ups in this day and age. I really miss good quality sitcoms and its not cool to have this one taken away before its time.

This shocks me. Arrested Development is the best half hour comedy on TV. It received an Emmy for best comedy just last year. I would be surprised if another network did not snatch up this show. With a strong lead-in this show could gain the audience it deserves.

Very well written, funny show. If they stick with it they've got a potential Seinfeld on their hands. Give it a chance to gather an audience, you idiots!

Wouldn't surprise me if Fox cancelled another show that is doing well... :P

It would be very unfortunate though that is my new favorite show since it came out last year!

From http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15904,00.html:

That's too sad.

I think it's utter crap that 'American Dad' was given the slot as I think Arrested Development is the better show.

Fox has a had a horrible history keeping around good shows and Arrested will probably end up canceled. To add insult to injury, American Dad (I didn't laugh once watching the premiere) will probably end up replace it permanantly.

It'll get axed as well and they'll replace it with a rip off of something from ABC.

They showed a few of the episodes in Australia, late as hell, but I stayed up to watch them because they were actually good.

Then one day it just disappeared...

love arrested development, but I have a nagging feeling it is going to go the way of Family Guy.

I maintain that Arrested Development is the funniest and smartest TV show on the air right now. If they cancel it, I will lose all faith in the medium of television.

The fact that they used a Charklie Brown visual gag that turned into a motif one show should buy them at least two more seasons.

I hope they replace Arrested Development with the return of Family Guy. I've watched the show several times and it just tries too hard. Comparing this show to Seinfeld?!!? Don't get me started. I realise I am the only one here saying that they don't like the show but maybe there are just more people like me out there that don't care for it.

I think that was probably the funniest thing this season. Funny stuff

I wouldn't be surprised if it was cancelled. It's too good of a show. Fox has cancelled so many good shows (Family Guy, Firefly, etc). Fox execs are a bunch of morons.

I hope Arrested Development stays for a long, long time. I was deeply underwhelmed with American Dad. It felt like Family Guy with a slightly tweaked concept and shallowed-out characters.

great great show, probably the only one on tv right now that i have an actual interest in (besides futurama and home movies re-runs.)

i can see why it doesn't get viewers though, it builds so much on past things that it would be difficult to start watching midway through. i actually don't have a TV so catching 1 or 2 episodes a season is as much as i could get, and i'm reluctant to do that because i don't want to give away things from past episodes that i haven't seen yet.

hopefully, the DVDs will sell really well.

Wow, I hadn't read this anywhere, but apparently it's a bit of old news... I really enjoy the show, hopefully they won't end up cancelling it, although doing what they did never seems to end well. I think David Cross is hilarious, and the show in general is great. OH well, since when do networks keep the GOOD shows? I'm sure they'll cancel it and replace it with some lame reality show.

i like this show. i hope it isnt cancelled.

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead but this is the first i've heard of this and had to respond. If arrested development gets cancelled, i'm gonna be mad. That has to be one of the best tv shows today. I saw the preview of American Dad when it did air on fox (after superbowl i thinK) and it is no substitute for Arrested Development. If it does get taken off the air i hope they keep on making the dvds.

Did anyone catch that new Fox show "The Sketch Show" (apparently Kelsey Grammer's pet project)? It was friggin AWFUL. The most predictable retread lame gags I think I've EVER seen on a sketch show (I watched probably the first 10 minutes and had to turn it off). The fact that FOX greenlights something like this while they reduce episode orders on Arrested Development just pisses me off.

That show looked so crappy I didn't even bother.

Last week's show was hillarious though. The Abu Gharib "spoof" wonderful setup.
Hmmm FX could potentially pick it up maybe perhaps?

I love Arrested Development because everything ties in together. The Abu Gharib "spoof" was funny as hell. I also like the episode where they find George Bluth senior in the Saddam bunker.

Releating to the Kelsey Grammer's show, i thought it was trash. Most of the sketches were less than a minute too. I hope that gets taken away.