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by **bacon warrior** » March 28th, 2006, 3:26 am

R.I.P., 'Arrested Development' -- critics' fave not given room to grow

The Bluths are out of business.

"Arrested Development," the critically praised but low-rated Fox show that won an Emmy for outstanding comedy series, as well as Emmys for writing, will not be resurrected on Showtime as rumors circulating for months have suggested.

A source close to the negotiations said that creator Mitch Hurwitz had decided after a lengthy period of debating an offer from Showtime that "Arrested Development reached its end, creatively, as a series."

Reached on his cell phone while filming a movie in Toronto, star Jason Bateman said he had mixed emotions about the news, saying he was sad for the series to end but happy that the beloved series will live on DVD for people to enjoy.

"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," he said, in the deadpan style of his character, Michael Bluth, about the only sane member of the dysfunctional Bluth clan. "Our luck wouldn't have held. There would have been cast fighting. We would have messed it up."

by **titus** » March 28th, 2006, 6:50 am

oh bleep. This sucks.

Is this comfirmed?
bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep

by **scottja** » March 28th, 2006, 10:17 am

Taste the sad.

...taste the sad.

by **Wamzlee** » March 28th, 2006, 11:06 am

*short pause while Mitch walks by*

BASTARD!!

*grabs his hair and pulls him down*

(metaphorically speaking of course)

by **MuseRWF** » March 28th, 2006, 11:07 am

Today, I will walk with my head hanging, hearing the piano music of Schroeder.

Good Grief! How could he quit now?

by **Gimpace** » March 28th, 2006, 11:11 am

...that is all

by **Habitue** » March 28th, 2006, 11:12 am

Mitch needs to be beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries.

by **Wamzlee** » March 28th, 2006, 11:20 am

This just in on the wire...Mitch has had second thoughts and now wants to continue the show!!! An announcement will be made in the next 48 hours!!

**2 weeks later**

I'm just kidding.

by **pertifly** » March 28th, 2006, 12:18 pm

So, so sad. I apparently had more stock in the series continuing than I thought. :cry:

by **1stWifeTracey** » March 28th, 2006, 12:20 pm

!@*(^$(*&$%(*^%(*^%(^^%(

there are no words.

by **BlenderChild** » March 28th, 2006, 1:04 pm

if you clean up my exact thoughts, it isnt really a sentence.

by **No Touching!** » March 28th, 2006, 1:13 pm

Sad! That's all.

by **so's your face** » March 28th, 2006, 1:37 pm

well, as sad as it is... i'm not surprised or too disappointed.
life with 53 arrested developments is MUCH MUCH better than life with NO arrested developments.

and like john elway(the [spoiler]bleep[/spoiler]), they went out on top of their game.

by **SomeoneTakeWig** » March 28th, 2006, 3:11 pm

Not cool at all.

At the very least they could have had a complete final season instead of the rushed (but still surprisingly good) series finale.

by **Gob** » March 28th, 2006, 5:25 pm

Maybe if they bougt Mitch 100 george michaels he could teach to drive, he would come back. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

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