"Arrested Devlopment" on the ropes again

[AmericanErrorist]

Arrested Development has a batch of Emmys, a devoted following and, now, an early spring vacation.

The award-winning but ratings-challenged Fox comedy series wraps its season a month early, sitting out the May sweeps (as it did last year) and, at the network's behest, producing fewer than the usual 22 episodes.

Bad signs or no, TV's messed-up Bluth clan have not been handed their walking papers. Yet. Fox has three more months to mull the series' fate before the new fall schedule is announced in May.

"We at Fox love Arrested Development and we look forward to having the Bluth family back on Fox in the future--hopefully for many years," Fox Broadcasting entertainment president Gail Berman said in a statement Thursday.

The comedy remains in production with about two more episodes yet to be filmed. There would be even more episodes to shoot, but Fox cut the order, the Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.

The move came after Fox opted to slide American Dad into Arrested Development's 8:30 p.m., Sunday slot, starting May 1.

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

And here is a petition to save it:

http://www.imdb.com/ri/LINK10_HP/BOT_BUCKET/15913/http://www.petitiononline.com/Arrested/petition.html

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. I like both of those shows...

isn't it possible that Fox could somehow find room for both!?! They show nothing but re-runs after 9 on Sunday's anyway. Simpsons at 8, Arrested Development at 8:30, American Dad at 9 and Family Guy at 9:30

That's a solid gold TV line-up, they should put me in charge over there!

[Toucano]

2. If Fox drops it, I hope it goes over to HBO or Showtime.

It is the only network show since Seinfeld that makes me laugh out loud.

The pay networks could provide it with quite a nice home and increase the size of their Emmy cabinet.

On edit:

added "network"