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Fox brings back 'Idol' as curtain falls on sitcoms - Yahoo! News: "Fox television, roaring back to prime time with mega-hit 'American Idol' on Tuesday, said it was likely to scrap Emmy-winning ratings dud 'Arrested Development' even as other networks made bids to pick up the comedy.
Speaking hours before the premiere of a fifth edition of 'American Idol,' the No. 1 U.S. TV show last season, Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori voiced disappointment that 'Arrested Development' was headed for the chopping block.
'It's highly unlikely the show is coming back, but no definitive final answer has been made on that,' Liguori told a gathering of TV critics in Pasadena. 'It's regrettable we couldn't find an audience that the show deserves.'
A spokesman for the network's sister studio, 20th Century Fox Television, which produces the show, said two other networks -- ABC and Showtime -- had approached producers with bids to carry the series next year.
'We are currently considering the offers on the table,' the spokesman, Chris Alexander, told Reuters.
Added Liguori: 'It ('Arrested Development') is a studio property, and there is interest at other networks. It's the studio's right and (the executive producer's) right to put that up to bid.'
He suggested that 'Arrested Development' might be an especially good fit for premium cable channel Showtime, where the comedy's current average audience of just over 4 million viewers would rank it as a major hit.
'From a numbers standpoint, if Showtime were able to migrate the numbers 'Arrested' gets on Fox to Showtime, that would be by far its No. 1 show,' he said.
The quirky comedy about a dysfunctional family has been a critical favorite since its launch in 2003, but has continued to flounder in ratings. A two-hour season finale, which is expected to be the show's swan song, is slated to air February 10."
Speaking hours before the premiere of a fifth edition of 'American Idol,' the No. 1 U.S. TV show last season, Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori voiced disappointment that 'Arrested Development' was headed for the chopping block.
'It's highly unlikely the show is coming back, but no definitive final answer has been made on that,' Liguori told a gathering of TV critics in Pasadena. 'It's regrettable we couldn't find an audience that the show deserves.'
A spokesman for the network's sister studio, 20th Century Fox Television, which produces the show, said two other networks -- ABC and Showtime -- had approached producers with bids to carry the series next year.
'We are currently considering the offers on the table,' the spokesman, Chris Alexander, told Reuters.
Added Liguori: 'It ('Arrested Development') is a studio property, and there is interest at other networks. It's the studio's right and (the executive producer's) right to put that up to bid.'
He suggested that 'Arrested Development' might be an especially good fit for premium cable channel Showtime, where the comedy's current average audience of just over 4 million viewers would rank it as a major hit.
'From a numbers standpoint, if Showtime were able to migrate the numbers 'Arrested' gets on Fox to Showtime, that would be by far its No. 1 show,' he said.
The quirky comedy about a dysfunctional family has been a critical favorite since its launch in 2003, but has continued to flounder in ratings. A two-hour season finale, which is expected to be the show's swan song, is slated to air February 10."
3 Comments:
I'm so glad to hear other networks do want it. This series' biggest problem wasn't a lack of audience but that it was so good that people preferred buying the full season. And it was a bit too smart for average America.
It's too easy to wait for the DVD's anymore. No commercials, and you can watch the entire season in 3 or 4 days. Why wait for the next show every week when you can just wait a year and then rent it at the library and watch the entire thing? Guess that's a problem though, because then they don't have the incentive that those ever-important "ratings" provide.
I hope showtime doenst get it....the language would be horrendous. I think its funnier when they bleep it out and you can imagine what they are saying. Some comedy is funnier when you can personalize it. American Idol? Wow, thats a pretty dumb show, it doenst take any thought and its not FUNNY.
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