move it back to sundays.

"the war at home" sucks....replace that.

11/14/2005 10:36:24 AM

Quote :

"The award-winning (it received an Emmy for best comedy show last year) and critically praised Arrested Development, which Fox has stuck with despite low ratings, may be about to see its further development arrested. The network announced on Friday that it will pull the show from its schedule during the November sweeps and plans to air reruns of its new Prison Break in its Monday time period instead. Reporting on the network's action, Reuters said on Friday, "Removing a struggling show during sweeps, while falling short of outright cancellation, is usually a sure sign a network has given up hope on a series." One writer posted a message on MediaWeek's "Programming Insider" site commenting: "The cancellation of Arrested Development is a perfect example why the 18-34 audience is leaving the broadcast networks in droves. The nets produce a very limited number of series that appeal to us, under-promote them, move them around, and then cancel them. I can't count how many times this has happened to great shows in the last few years. Everyone I know in this age group -- everyone -- watches and loves Arrested Development. If the ratings aren't showing this, maybe there is be a problem with the sample. This show is a yuppie phenomenon.""

wow

11/14/2005 3:58:56 PM

Quote :

"Everyone I know in this age group -- everyone -- watches and loves Arrested Development. If the ratings aren't showing this, maybe there is be a problem with the sample. This show is a yuppie phenomenon."""

hell yeah

11/14/2005 4:56:42 PM

fuckers. it probably didn't help when it wasn't on for three weeks because of baseball.

11/14/2005 4:56:57 PM

yea this still has me furious

11/14/2005 7:39:03 PM

You know why this sucks twice as hard? Someone has kept a thread about the pitiable "The War at Home."

11/14/2005 8:46:46 PM

I'm Oscar.

(dot com)

11/14/2005 11:47:26 PM

Arrested Development Seasons 1 + 2 for $32 at Amazon.com

Canceled! Use "Buy Both and Save" to get Arrested Development Seasons One and Two for $32 with free shipping.

11/15/2005 8:26:46 PM

Quote :

"Amazon has Arrested Development Seasons One & Two for $32 shipped."

I got in on this excellent deal. Spread the wealth!

11/15/2005 9:43:57 PM

sun of a butch

that is less than half of what i paid

11/15/2005 9:51:00 PM

I'm $32 poorer now, but I'll be much happier in 5-9 days.

11/15/2005 10:08:16 PM

Damn....wish I had seen that deal....would have bought both and sold season one to some poor schlub on half.com.
I said the same thing about The War at Home before, it doesnt even fit in with the other Sunday night shows, plus its just not that funny. Kitchen Confidential was a good pairing with AD, but having a struggling Arrested lead off a night, any night, was a mistake. Unsurprisingly, all of the multi-camera sitcoms on FOX are in ideal timeslots, while the single-camera, non-laughtrack comedies are either on hiatus or shipped off to Friday night.

11/15/2005 10:43:41 PM

monday was a terrible night to put it on

actually anyweek night would be a terrible night fo AD

saturday too

why in the hell did they move it from sunday?

stupid family guy shit

11/15/2005 10:53:36 PM

yay.....new episode tonite!

12/5/2005 2:51:37 PM

I'm just praying to all manner of deities that NBC picks up AD and sticks it with The Office/Earl/Scrubs.

12/5/2005 4:31:18 PM

man, i am so sorry i ever doubted that she is mentally challenged

this is the first episode i've seen since the second episode of the charlize run

12/5/2005 8:11:22 PM

did anybody else catch the pop pop comment....

12/6/2005 12:12:51 AM

but of course

they used the line twice

12/6/2005 12:52:41 AM

.....that's my ILLUSION!!!

12/6/2005 2:22:13 AM

^ Use Your Allusion

12/6/2005 2:58:58 AM

I seriously can't believe I fell for the illusion line.

As it was fading to white I was like "WTF, IT WASN'T THE TRICK?!?!?!"

12/6/2005 3:06:01 AM

what a hilarious episode!

the charlize theron "monster" photo was hilarious.

12/6/2005 3:38:29 AM

Also, Tobias at the end...

"WHY AM I NOT UNDERWATER!?!"

12/6/2005 3:49:52 AM

Anyone know anything about the rumors of Arrested being cancelled or at least having the last half of its season not renewed (and if those are different)?

12/6/2005 7:05:19 AM

Read the thread. FOX has not picked up the back nine episodes of season three as of yet, and shows no signs of doing so, meaning the effective death of Arrested Development. With that said, FOX has also not committed to cancelling the show. In addition, NBC appears to have put in motion the cancellation of "Joey," and are reportedly planning to move "The Office" and "My Name is Earl" to Thursday nights. It's definitely a long shot, but there's a chance that NBC might pick up AD to throw on to Thursday as well if FOX decides to cut it loose. The one thing that's certain is that no cable network outside of the premiums (HBO/Showtime) has the cash to produce AD in its current scope.

12/6/2005 7:20:14 AM

what a great episode last nite.

its a shame the season wont get finished...i think its the best one yet.

this is hands down my favorite show on tv rite now.

12/6/2005 8:14:22 AM

too bad we don't matter to advertsiers

OH NO WAIT
WE'RE THE KEY FUCKING DEMOGRAPHIC
AND WE ALL FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW

YOU CAN'T SHOW A GOOD EPISODE OF THIS TO SOMEONE OUR AGE AND NOT HAVE THEM HOOKED

FUCK YOU FOX
AND FUCK YOU NIELSEN

FIX
YOUR
SHIT

12/6/2005 9:21:10 AM

is there talk of NBC picking it up or are we just hoping? There's got to be someone out there that will pick it up. What about HBO? It seems like the type of show that they would put on the air.

12/6/2005 9:50:37 AM

hbo seems more like an innovator, not a second home for displaced shows

does Imagine have any shows on NBC currently?

12/6/2005 9:52:23 AM

Yeah, i know that HBO is more of an innovator, still just seems they could find a place for it.

Wasn't ALI G a show in europe first?

12/6/2005 10:21:33 AM

AD, quite unfortunately, is cancelled after this season.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/11/television.shows.reut/

12/6/2005 10:42:00 AM

Quote :

"too bad we don't matter to advertsiers OH NO WAIT WE'RE THE KEY FUCKING DEMOGRAPHIC AND WE ALL FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW"

so nerds are the key demographic?

12/6/2005 10:55:54 AM

Yes, basically.

12/6/2005 10:57:41 AM

oh look

big papa called us nerds

but yes, basically

12/6/2005 11:05:40 AM

yeah, i was thinking about that recently too. If Nielson doesn't track digital (including HD) or satellite viewership they are really screwing over the advertisers that rely on their numbers, and viewers who are effected by programming decisions based on their numbers.

What has always been (or at least for the last 30-40 years) they key demographic for advertisers? 18-34 year old (sub)urbanite men. Why? because they generally have the most disposable income and are apparently easily influenced into buying shit through advertisements (although this group I think is increasingly becoming blind and callous to advertising - but nonetheless it's still the group with the most money to burn).

So what demographic would most nerds/geeks/technophiles fit into? 18-34 year old citydwelling men. They love to spend money on gadgets and toys, and anyone with an HDTV and digital cable has disposable income, so ratings groups and advertisers should be catering to us..... errr, I mean them....

12/6/2005 11:30:42 AM

nielson doesn't track digital or satellite or HD users? We're the ones I would want to advertise to if I were in that business. Hell, I get duped on everything from Samsung's DLP commercials to Domino's 555 deal.

12/6/2005 11:36:24 AM

^ha, i've def been duped into that 555 deal

its so not a deal when its 5 days later and you still have pizza in your fridge

instead of investigating the BCS, congress should investigate the ratings process...

i mean, there are easier and more accurate ways of finding out who is watching what without having to have 1 person represent 18,000, or whatever the latest figures are...

12/6/2005 11:43:50 AM

Dear llboyd,

Learn how to read.

Love,

vinylbandit

12/6/2005 11:48:15 AM

im not a nerd and love this show

but i also love Curb Your Enthusiam

12/6/2005 11:50:25 AM

^ you sir, are in denial

12/6/2005 12:03:44 PM

12/6/2005 12:21:48 PM

Quote :

"This was also not the first time oscar was knocked out by a powerful lid"

nice

12/12/2005 8:19:41 PM

i seriously got pissed at the end of the 8:00 episode

because i realized "Yes, Dear" has been on tv for like 8 fucking seasons

and this shit, this glorious wonderful groundbreaking program, doesn't even get 60 episodes

12/12/2005 8:57:15 PM

12/12/2005 9:24:21 PM

I heart this show.

[Edited on December 13, 2005 at 12:05 AM. Reason : ?]

12/13/2005 12:05:04 AM

somethings got to happen here!

12/13/2005 9:52:16 AM

something seriously does. it baffles me how this show isn't getting its due (besides the emmys, in which it still doesn't get enough). probably the best series i've ever seen, and america and Nielsen are too stupid to handle it.

12/13/2005 10:54:48 AM

END GVH TODAY!

12/13/2005 12:07:58 PM

I'd rather give to TBA.

12/13/2005 12:32:50 PM

Quote :

"G.O.B.: Graft versus Host. Sounds like a tennis match between Steffi Graf and Happy Days star Donny Host. Narrator: It's Most."

I think the time between instances of Ron Howard-makes-a-comment-about-a-show-he-was-on is decreasing exponentially.

12/13/2005 1:05:52 PM