We love this show, have even rented the first season on DVD, and giggle uncontrollably several times per episode. Who knows why smart comedies so often don't make it, while dreck like Survivor get continuously renewed.
Fox Appeals to Fans, Hoping to Salvage a Comedy Series:
A Fox campaign seeks to save “Arrested Development,” the Fox comedy, which has low ratings despite winning three Emmy Awards last September.
Now a campaign seeks to save “Arrested Development,” the Fox comedy, which has low ratings despite winning three Emmy Awards last September. But, in an example of a corporation co-opting the power of protest, the campaign is being run by Fox itself. (Fox is owned by the News Corporation.)The network set up a site at www.getarrested.com, where visitors are urged to sign an “Arrested Development Loyalty Oath.” Signatory fans pledge their “never-ending loyalty and allegiance to the best comedy on television today.” They promise, moreover, to invite all their friends and family members to join the “Arrested Nation.” As of last Friday, a counter on the site said that more than 42,000 people had electronically signed.
