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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/en...172195800.html

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 and putting a dent on the ratings of its lead-out, the rookie drama "Prison Break."

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" and "Kitchen Confidential" 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" and "Kitchen" are set to return to their time slots with original episodes December 5, following the fall finale of "Prison Break" on November 28.



This just ruined my day. Fuck.

This sucks.

I wonder what makes it expensive. Do they film on location or something?

ETA: I thought it was cancelled last month, because it wasn't on for so long and Tivo said there were no upcoming episodes a few weeks ago. I was wondering why there wasn't a board uproar about it.

One of the nice things about Tivo is that I don't have to pay attention to schedules. I have no idea when it came on. On the other hand, unless they're advertising during football or baseball games, I have no idea if a cool new show is being promoted, since I don't watch commercials, cancelled my subscription to US Weekly during their Bennifer obsession and otherwise have stopped paying attention to what's on TV. My sole source of info on pop culture is NFH.