Looks like the best comedy on the air is getting canned.
CNN.com - 'Arrested Development' gets the ax - Nov 11, 2005
The Bluth clan of Fox's ratings-challenged “Arrested Development” is also headed for the exit after Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning comedy to 13 episodes....As for the demise of “Arrested,” it comes just as the acclaimed comedy came back this week after a hiatus to make room for Fox's baseball coverage. The two back-to-back episodes averaged a paltry 4 million viewers Monday, sending Fox to fifth place in the 8 p.m. hour...There is a possibility that the show will be shopped around, but its high cost is expected to be prohibitive for a cable network.
Fox said Thursday that it will pull “Arrested Development” ...off the schedule for the remaining three Mondays of the November sweep, replacing them with a rerun of the previous episode of “Prison Break” leading into an original episode of the serialized drama.“Arrested” [is] set to return to their time slots with original episodes December 5, following the fall finale of “Prison Break” on November 28.
Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm is a close second, but we'll miss Arrested Development.
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