Arrested Development's Death Rattle

[adam]

Yeah, I wasn't serious, dub. But I think it's odd that you guys think the characters have no personalities, because they seem pretty well-developed to me. I mean, yes, they're all absurd, but that doesn't mean they're not fleshed out.

I'm wondering if another network won't pick this up if Fox cancels it. You'd think with Ron Howard behind it, and the awards and everything, that it might not go without a fight.

[b.miller]

Originally Posted by adam

I'm wondering if another network won't pick this up if Fox cancels it. You'd think with Ron Howard behind it, and the awards and everything, that it might not go without a fight.

that's the hope on the AD forums and such... the almightly saving hand of HBO or like USA or something... WHo knows... we can hope

i dunno, i find GOB to be a very complete character. He often kinda makes me sad while I am laughing at him I mean for a comedy, a half-hour network sitcom, they do pretty amazingly well with their characters i think. Judge them against 2 and a half men or Joey or even Everyone Loves Raymond and Scrubs and Friends... every character in a sitcom is always a vehicle for jokes, but at least the AD folks are interesting...

anyway, I'd like to get all polemic and urge everyone to stop watching Fox, but I don't think anyone here has a nielson box anyway so...

[holden]

i don't know if these petitions will help, but they probably won't hurt, either...

http://www.petitiononline.com/GOBLUTH/petition.html

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/718678800


i really like the delicate wording of the first letter!

[dubman]

Originally Posted by b.miller

that's the hope on the AD forums and such... the almightly saving hand of HBO or like USA or something... WHo knows... we can hope

i dunno, i find GOB to be a very complete character. He often kinda makes me sad while I am laughing at him I mean for a comedy, a half-hour network sitcom, they do pretty amazingly well with their characters i think. Judge them against 2 and a half men or Joey or even Everyone Loves Raymond and Scrubs and Friends... every character in a sitcom is always a vehicle for jokes, but at least the AD folks are interesting.

i guess all sitcoms suck, come to think of it.

i am bummed a bit that it's getting cancelled though. i may not have gone with it, but it was far better than other fare which is mostly embarassing.

i mean, i could watch a whole season of it, right?

[Malt Refund]

I'm wondering if another network won't pick this up if Fox cancels it.

Nope.. if Fox owns the rights to it, and cancels it, they will never release it to competition. Fox is famous for it, Firefly is a perfect example of a show they cancelled and didnt let anyone else have. The only way for the creators to continue it was in movie form under a different name since they owned the rights to the characters but not the show.