This sucks.
Yahoo! News: "In a move that will likely spell the end of a TV show that critics love but never drew big audiences, the Fox network said on Friday it pulled offbeat comedy 'Arrested Development' from its schedule for the rest of the month.
Fox plans to air reruns of its popular new jailhouse drama 'Prison Break' in place of 'Arrested Development' through the end of November 'sweeps,' when networks go all-out to boost their ratings for the sake of local TV stations' ad sales.
Removing a struggling show during sweeps, while falling short of outright cancellation, is usually a sure sign a network has given up hope on a series.
In addition, Fox, a unit of News Corp. Ltd., said it had cut back its production order for 'Arrested Development' to 13 episodes from 22 episodes for the season.
A network spokesman said the show would return to prime time in December but the show's future beyond that had not been decided."
Fox plans to air reruns of its popular new jailhouse drama 'Prison Break' in place of 'Arrested Development' through the end of November 'sweeps,' when networks go all-out to boost their ratings for the sake of local TV stations' ad sales.
Removing a struggling show during sweeps, while falling short of outright cancellation, is usually a sure sign a network has given up hope on a series.
In addition, Fox, a unit of News Corp. Ltd., said it had cut back its production order for 'Arrested Development' to 13 episodes from 22 episodes for the season.
A network spokesman said the show would return to prime time in December but the show's future beyond that had not been decided."
1 Comments:
I am more sorry to hear of 7th Heaven being canned than Arrested Development.
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