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About
Arrested Development[1] is an American television sitcom that began airing on the Fox Network in 2003. Despite it’s positive critical acclaim and cult-like fan following, the show was cancelled in 2006 after three seasons. In 2011, Netflix agreed to release an additional fifteen episodes to be exclusively distributed via their streaming service, which will premiere in May 2013.
History
The show was driven by an idea of director and producer Ron Howard[3], who wanted to create a comedy series filmed with one camera in the style a reality television with an elaborate, over the top comedy script.[4] Howard and a group of producers met with two writers, including Mitchell Hurwitz[2] who suggested a family with a “riches to rags” story, in light of the 2001 Enron Scandal.[5] He was quickly chosen to write a pilot script, which was submitted in January 2003 and filmed that March. The pilot details the events of a party in which the protagonist Michael Bluth is charged with piecing his family’s company back together after his father, George Bluth Sr., is arrested for using company money for his personal gain. It premiered on Fox on November 2nd, 2003 to 7.98 million viewers.
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I’ve Made a Huge Mistake
Tobias Fünke’s Blanket
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External References
[1]Wikipedia – Arrested Development
[2]Wikipedia – Mitchell Hurwitz
[3]Wikipedia – Ron Howard
[4]The O.P. – Interview: Katie O’Connell
[5]Wikipedia – Enron Scandal