Arrested Development’s Unknown Fate Causes Unrest In The Middle East. Religion Does Too.

If you listen really closely you can hear a very heavy woman singing - and it’s the world’s saddest song at that. The lyrics are about a TV show’s untimely demise. It’s an awkward song though, as she thinks time-tested dishevelment rhymes with Arrested Development.

When Fox studios announced they were stunting the third season of Arrested Development, the poop hit the fan. A big part of that fan hitting were fans sending tons of petitions and tear stained bananas to the rude gusses down at Fox, hoping it would be enough to stay their hand  It wasn’t.

Then came the rumours that ABC and Showtime were gonna duke it out over the much loved series.  ABC though, seems to have just had a passing fancy, as their bid quickly faded to nothing. Then there were the most recent rumours that Arrested Development on Showtime was a definite go, and they’d all but inked the deal for two more full seasons and the option for a third.   

Those rumours were false, as Arrested Development’s creator Mitch Hurwitz has announced he’d not be returning. Dab your tears people, dab your tears.

Several months ago, the president of Showtime Robert Greenblatt
was chomping at the bit to get Arrested Development () to skip on over to
his channel. He did stipulate though, that if he took the show, it had
to be with it’s creator Mitch Hurwitz on board - a package deal. The
Hurwitz part of that package is walking. 

It would seem to be a done then, right? Showtime said "only with Hurwitz",
Hurwitz says he’s done, and that’s a wrap. Who can blame Mitch, the
guys tired. He’s lived the past three years not knowing if he was
gonna have a job at the end of the week. The good news is all Arrested Development can finally rest at night. There’ll be no more tossing and
turning, no more wondering if Buster was left off just before getting his other hand bitten off, or if the cousins ever file for divorce. Jason Bateman, who played the main role of Michael had
this to say about the demise: 

"I’m so proud of it and so like it as a
TV fan that I’m happy we’re not going to get a chance to screw it up."

Take a deep breath people, and let it go. Pop in your already worn
down DVDs, as that’s the only place you’ll ever see Arrested Development again.
The series still had a lot of episodes to go before they had enough to
launch it in the rerun market. Please excuse us as we rifle through
our medicine cabinet looking for something with which to self medicate.

But wait! Don’t throw out your bananas just yet, there have been several hope-giving comments from those in the know! Imagine TV’s (They produce the show) David Nevins said there are:

"a few avenues left to explore.  I wouldn’t write the obit."

That, plus Mitch Hurwitz is done being the primary force behind the
show - that’s what he’s walked away from. He’d still like to keep on
as a creative consultant, maybe that’ll satisfy Showtime. He also told
Variety he’d be interested in making a movie out of the Bluth family exploits. 

Lastly, and least excitingly, Fox said:

"While there are no plans to
resume production at this time, we know all too well from our
experience with Family Guy — another brilliant comedy which
didn’t find its audience in its first network run — that anything is
possible. We’ll always be a little hopeful that this is not quite the
end for this amazing show."

There you have it. Remember what we said about finally being able
to rest easy? About not being kept up at nights wondering what could
have been? Well forget it. You’ll probably be tired tomorrow morning
too. The big news here is that there is absolutely no news. Maybe Arrested Development is done, then again, maybe it’ll get swept up by NBC, who happens to be on a brilliant comedy hot streak at the moment. What a line-up that would be - My Name Is Earl, The Office, Arrested Development, and Scrubs - all on one night.

Something that good’s bound to usher in a millenium of peace. If nothing else, let’s do it for those in the Middle East.

Read more:

‘No plans’ for more ‘Arrested Development’ - DigitalSpy 

[story by Shawn Lindseth]