The Bluth family will return.
In a first-of-its-kind deal, Fox has licensed all 53 episodes of its much-loved comedy Arrested Development to MSN, HD Net, and G4. This is the first time a Web portal has grabbed rights to a recent show, and the first time a show will run simultaneously on the Web and cable.
MSN and HDNet will begin airing the show in September, and each has a three-year rights window. MSN will offer the show free to its subscribers and plans on creating a community-driven Web space around the show. HDNet will air the series in high definition.
G4 will begin running Arrested in October, also with a three-year window.
Arrested Development told the tale of the highly dysfunctional Bluth family, headed by prison-bound George (Jeffrey Tambor) and held together by long-suffering Michael (Jason Bateman). The series ran on Fox for three seasons and always attained critical acclaim, winning the Emmy for best comedy in 2004. It never received high ratings, though, and Fox pulled the plug this year.
Comments (15)
I love this show. In desperate need of new episodes.
Here, here, every little bit helps!
They should jst make new episodes already, Why this show was cancelled with the fanbase i've witnessed is beyond me...
Yahoo!
The big yellow joint is back!
this calls for an AD marathon celebration :)
time for a stew on!
The Cornballler is back! But, i want new episodes...
There's always money in the bananna stand.
Rock on.
Iam so so so so so so so happy about this
Fire up the Cornballer in celebration! :D
Freakin awsome
I am the GM of MSN Entertainment & just want to clarify one thing that some news outlets have gotten wrong - you don't have to be a subscriber to watch Arrested on MSN. It's free to all who come to our Arrested Development site (launching later this year). Here's to bringing back the Bluths...
This is the first step.
It'd be great if they actually came out with new episodes. I miss Arrested.