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Arrested Development is one of those brilliantly quirky shows that left us all asking, why did it end so soon? After just three seasons, Fox pulled the plug, even though the show was showered with critical love, its debut season bagged 5 Emmy wins out of 7 nominations!

Jason Bateman in Arrested Development [Credit: 20th Century Fox Television]

Although many people said many things, the real reason behind the cancellation was finally spilled by creator Mitch Hurwitz. Though Netflix gave the Bluths a second life in 2013 with a fourth season, the original run still felt tragically short. So, what went wrong? Here is a break down.

Real Reasons Arrested Development Was Canceled

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"Arrested Development" is one of the best TV comedies of all time. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, it's a show filled with memorable dialogue, expertly written and delivered punchlines, and enough running gags and callbacks to make it reward multiple viewings. Most of all, the dialogue is so good it simultaneously feels improvised yet too well structured to be improvised. In fact, the original plan was for all the dialogue on "Arrest Development" to be improvised, but the scripts turned out to be too good for that.

Narrated by Ron Howard, "Arrested Development" centers on the formerly wealthy and always dysfunctional Bluth family, who made a fortune in property development. The show follows what happens when they lose everything and their eldest son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) tries to keep the family together after their patriarch goes to prison.

While "Arrested Development" has plenty of great and otherwise memorable installments, there's one,...

Before web series and streaming platforms took over, it was shows like Arrested Development where all the rage was. With six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe to its name, Mitchell Hurwitz’s show is truly one of a kind. While picking one aspect of the show as a favorite seems practically impossible, we believe the cake goes to Ron Howard and his role as the all-knowing narrator.

Jason Bateman in Arrested Development | Credits: 20th Century Fox Television

From summarizing the plotlines to mocking the characters, Ron Howard kept the show alive throughout its seasons. While everyone has unique inspirations behind their ideas, the director shocked us all by revealing the very unlikely area of the entertainment industry he got his motivation.

What Inspired Ron Howard’s Narration in Arrested Development? A still from Arrested Development | Credits: 20th Century Fox Television

Ron Howard’s narration in Arrested Development never...

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Frasier is one of the best classic multi-cam sitcoms with one of the best cast of characters. Based on the character from the hit series Cheers, Frasier follows Dr. Frasier Crane as he moves to Seattle to reset his life after finalizing his divorce. Dr. Crane thinks that he is getting a new life but his plans are interrupted when his father moves in with him. The comedy of the series came from the highly dysfunctional relationship between Frasier and his father Niles Crane. Frasier provided laughter to its audience for 11 eleven brilliant seasons and ended its run in 2004. Eighteen years later we go a great revival and new life for Frasier Crane on Paramount+ with him living with his son. So, if you loved the cringe comedy and compelling characters in the original and the new revival...

Seinfeld was the biggest sitcom on television during the time it aired on NBC. Created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the show About Nothing was loved by everyone and it made the careers of Jerry Seinfeld who played himself, Julia Louis-Dreyfus who played Elaine Benes, and Jason Alexander who played the universally loved George. The series mostly followed four people hanging out and going on weird and absurdly comedic adventures. So, if you miss the hilarious comedy, unconventional but relatable characters, and timeless stories in Seinfeld, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm is a cringe comedy series created by Larry David. The HBO series revolves around Larry David, a popular TV writer and producer as he gets into various misadventures in Los Angeles with his actor friends. Curb Your Enthusiasm stars Larry...

Invention Studios has launched two film and television development programs in Australia and Kenya dedicated to supporting top local writers and creators and bringing their projects to the world market.

Repped by CAA, Invention Studios was founded by CEO Nicholas Weinstock, the well-established producer of hit series such as “Severance” and “Escape at Dannemora.”

“We are thrilled to be expanding our international work to find the greatest emerging creators capable of developing wildly original and world-class movies and shows,” said Weinstock. “The talent, smarts, and ambition of writers and directors in fast-rising markets like Australia and Kenya are obvious. We’re proud and excited to be building innovative launchpads to help those creators generate game-changing films and series that can take the world by surprise — and by storm.”

In Australia, Invention is launching a comedy incubator program devoted to furthering the Australian comedy tradition of classics like “Kath & Kim,...

Exclusive: Artists First has signed comedian and actress London Hughes for representation, Deadline has learned.

In 2019, Hughes became the first British Black woman to be nominated for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s Best Show Award for To Catch a D*ck, which was released on Netflix as her debut comedy special in December 2020.

Exec produced by Kevin Hart, To Catch a D*ck recounts Hughes’ adventures in dating. A film spin-off, Jezebels, is currently being developed with Hartbeat Productions and Semi-Formal. Hot Mess, her second film in development, is being produced with Will Packer Productions.

Currently, Hughes is also in development with Netflix on her first original TV project, Good Sense of Humor, which she will write, star in and produce alongside Clerkenwell and Hartbeat Productions. She released her first book, Living My Best Life Hun, in the fall of 2023 and will soon begin touring her next stand-up show, To Catch a Bouquet.

Exclusive: Artists First has signed Nancy Moscatiello, the investigative journalist and Emmy-nominated producer whose most recent investigation spurred the hit podcast Scamanda, for which she was creator and EP. Going forward, the management and production company will look for opportunities to help her translate stories, old and new, for film and TV, while supporting her other endeavors.

Topping Apple’s podcast charts upon its release last year, Scamanda was more recently nominated for both Podcast of the Year and Best Crime Podcast at the iHeart Podcast awards. For the series, she spent years documenting and investigating blogger Amanda Riley’s inconsistent stories surrounding her cancer journey, working to uncover the truth. Currently, the project is in development both as a documentary and a scripted limited series with Lionsgate.

Specializing in true crime over the last three decades, Moscatiello previously garnered two Daytime Emmy nominations as a supervising producer for Crime Watch Daily,...

Struggling to recall the last time the internet seemed like a force for good in the world? Yancey Strickler can cite the exact date: March 13, 2013.

That’s the day that Kickstarter’s co-founder and former CEO Strickler and writer/director Rob Thomas launched the “Veronica Mars” Movie Project on the then-four-year-old crowdfunding platform. Within 11 hours, tens of thousands of “Veronica Mars” fans opened their wallets to quickly hit the $2 million goal to bring Thomas’ low-rated high school detective series starring Kristen Bell as the eponymous teen gumshoe back from the TV graveyard as a feature film, which opened in theaters 10 years ago on March 14, 2014.

“It was just love — that’s what it felt like,” Strickler told IndieWire about being in the room with Thomas when the “Veronica Mars” campaign launched, and the fan-raised funds rolled in en masse. “There was a documentary crew there filming; the cast kept calling us,...

Exclusive: Following a brief stint working on her own, Amalea Chininis has joined Artists First as a Manager, working out of the company’s Los Angeles office.

She brings with her clients including Charlie Barnett, Corbin Reid (Run the World), Yuriy Sardarov (Chicago Fire), Frankie J. Alvarez (Looking), Rico Paris (The Corps), Taylor Blackwell (Resident Alien), Chris Mansa (Chicago Fire), and Auli’i Cravalho, with whom she’s been working for her entire career.

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Chininis began her career in representation at Cesd Talent Agency before making the move to management in 2017, first working at Framework Entertainment, and more recently at Stagecoach Entertainment.

“We are excited for Amalea to join Artists First,” partners at the company said. “She has incredible taste in talent and fits right into the culture at our company.”

Other notable clients of Artists First,...

The late Carl Weathers only appeared in four episodes of the critically acclaimed and beloved comedy series "Arrested Development," but the impact he had on the series feels much larger than that low episode count might imply. Playing a heightened version of himself -- an out-of-work actor who's obsessed with mooching off others -- Weathers frequently stole scenes out from under the hilarious Tobias Fünke (David Cross), as the hopeless man's acting teacher, most notably in a hilarious interaction that introduced the phrase, "Baby, you got a stew goin'!" into the cultural lexicon. 

In a series that featured a revolving door of terrific guest stars, Weathers was one of the funniest and most memorable. According to "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz, we have Weathers himself to thank for the direction and tone of his character on the show. In a 2013 interview with Vulture, Hurwitz explained their original idea for including...

Exclusive: Artists First has signed Latin-American superstar Rodolfo Salas for representation across all areas.

Salas is a Venezualan born actor and model. He has become one of the central faces of Netflix’s Latin American expansion, as he most recently starred in the platform’s hit series Fake Profile which follows a woman who creates a sexy profile on the online dating app Spice looking for the man of her dreams. Her dreams quickly turn into nightmares, and Camila ends up falling into a web of sex, lies, and deception. The show is headed into production on its second season in Colombia.

Prior to Fake Profile, he lead the Mexican limited series Pact of Silence for Netflix. Next, he will star in the Lifetime original movie Padres, which is set to premiere in 2024. Salas was also a mainstay of Telemundo after emigrating to the United States in 2014. He starred in their series La Fan,...

Exclusive: Rising British actress Leo Hatton has inked with Artists First for management.

The move comes ahead of the Season 2 premiere of No Man’s Land, the Hulu/Fremantle series examining the Syrian civil war, which she’s boarded as a season regular.

The thriller created by María Feldman and Eitan Mansuri looks at the war through the prism of a man searching for his missing sister. As he navigates through the chaos, he encounters a diverse group of characters, as well as a web of secrets and betrayals, coming to grips with moral complexities surrounding the ongoing conflict. Hatton’s part of an ensemble that also includes Mélanie Thierry, Souheila Yacoub, James Krishna Floyd and Zed Josef, among others.

Also coming up for the thesp is the Israeli-American indie The King of Sunflowers, directed by Emil Ben Shimon.

Described as a talent on the verge of her big break, the...

Exclusive: Amidst one of the most creatively fertile periods in his career to date, actor Michael Cera has taken on new agents at CAA.

The in-demand Canadian actor is coming off of a standout role in Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s triumphant live-action take on the Mattel doll for Warner Bros, which has thus far grossed over $1.4B worldwide and seems likely to figure heavily in the awards race to come.

In addition to the highest-grossing film of the year, the fantasy comedy penned by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach has set records as the top-grossing title ever released by Warner Bros, and the highest-grossing film from a solo female director. Starring alongside Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, Cera portrayed Allan, the lovably awkward best friend of Ken who, unlike the central characters, has no counterpart in his universe.

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Exclusive: Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, a rising writer-producer coming to television from the world of theater, has signed with Artists First for management.

Chisholm most recently created, exec produced and served as co-showrunner for AMC’s comedic sci-fi series Demascus, produced by Gran Via. While his original pilot was picked up to series and shot its entire first season, it was one of a number of projects axed at the network amid a push for cost-cutting.

The show, which recently screened in part at SXSW, was set to follow a 33-year-old Black man of the same name on a mission of self-discovery amid the burgeoning field of digital psychiatry that might be the key to defining his truest self. It’s been described as a genre-fluid coming-of-age story with a reality-bending premise that explores the gulf between Black male perspectives, while also attempting to answer Demascus’ personal question: “Who am I?...

Exclusive: The team at Artists First has continued to expand with the addition of Will Douglas as Talent Manager. The appointment follows Artists First’s promotion of Caroline Soss, as well as its hiring of Curtis Shaw Flagg for the same role.

Douglas brings with him clients including Ritu Arya, Uli Latukefu (Young Rock), Abraham Popoola (Atlas), Tobi Bamtefa (Mayor of Kingstown), Tyler Lepley, Rory Cochrane, Dakota Beavers (Prey) and Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort).

He built out his roster of diverse, international artists during his seven or so years in management at Grandview/Automatik, where he helped found the Talent Department. He began his career as an assistant at the Kohner Agency, before moving over to Paradigm, where he rose through the ranks to become an agent in the Talent department. The New York native graduated from Cornell with his B.

Netflix has decided it’s keeping “Arrested Development” on its platform, reversing a previous announcement that indicated the series would depart in March.

All five seasons of the sitcom starring Jason Bateman were slated to leave the streaming platform on March 15. The Netflix landing page originally confirmed the last day to watch the series as Tuesday, March 14.

But Netflix and 20th Television reached a new licensing deal for the show, keeping it on Netflix. Hulu will also give up streaming rights to the show’s first three seasons later this year, exclusively uniting all of the series under the Netflix roof.

Arrested Development, from 20th Television and Imagine Television, was one of Netflix’s first original comedies. The series, which aired for three seasons on Fox, was brought back to life on Netflix in 2013 with a fourth season and a fifth season that was split into two parts in 2018 and 2019.

From creator Mitch Hurwitz,...

Netflix will be the exclusive streaming home to all five seasons of Arrested Development in the U.S. later this year, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Friday.

Though the final two seasons of the sitcom were created as a co-production between Netflix, 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment, Netflix was previously expected to lose all five seasons of Arrested Development on March 15 due to the end of a licensing deal, but the show was ultimately never removed.

The renegotiated deal, first reported by Vulture, will result in all five seasons remaining on Netflix, while the first three seasons will leave Hulu, a spokesperson for the Disney-operated streamer told THR. It’s not immediately clear what date the show will exit Hulu. According to Vulture, Disney — whose 20th Television controlled the rights — will have the ability to sell the linear TV rights to its own cable networks or an outside company.

Netflix is going back to the banana stand.

“Arrested Development” is actually staying on Netflix, the streamer announced on Friday. Back in February, Netflix said that all seasons of the show would leave on March 15. But, surprise! “Arrested Development” won’t be leaving after all.

Netflix revealed the news on Twitter, writing: “The Bluths aren’t going anywhere! ‘Arrested Development is staying on Netflix!'”

The Bluths aren’t going anywhere!

Arrested Development is staying on Netflix! And there’s only one way to celebrate: pic.twitter.com/NlrSoBYk8t

— Netflix (@netflix) March 24, 2023

The comedy series initially ran on Fox for three seasons before the network canceled it in 2006. In 2012, Netflix revived the series, and a fourth season aired in 2013. The show’s fifth and final season released in two installments in 2018 and 2019.

This is certainly welcome news at an uncertain time for streaming, during which a slew of original...

Sitcom favorite “Arrested Development” isn’t leaving Netflix after all, thanks to a new deal with Disney.

The exit of the series, which began on Fox and was continued at Netflix, was reported last month, with both editions of the Bluth family saga set to be removed entirely on March 15. Eagle-eyed fans noticed that the series, which starred Jason Bateman, Jessica Walter, Michael Cera, Tony Hale and Jeffrey Tambor, was still available.

Netflix will now become the exclusive subscription streaming home of the Mitchell Hurwitz-created series, which means that Hulu will have to give up rights to the sitcom’s first three seasons, according to Vulture.

The Bluths aren’t going anywhere!

Arrested Development is staying on Netflix! And there’s only one way to celebrate: pic.twitter.com/NlrSoBYk8t

— Netflix (@netflix) March 24, 2023

“Arrested Development” ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and was revived by Netflix in 2013 for two additional seasons.

Exclusive: Artists First has today announced its promotion of Caroline Soss to Manager, and its hire of Curtis Shaw Flagg in the same role.

Clients of recently appointed Talent Manager Soss, who specializes in developing global artists, include Lyrica Okano (Marvel’s Runaways), Dan Leahy (Reboot), Katie Parker (The Haunting of Hill House), Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Nicholas Ralph (All Creatures Great and Small).

The Philadelphia native started at Artists First as an intern in 2015 and, after graduating from Syracuse University;s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, joined Artists First full-time assisting Kimberlin Belloni and Maggie Haskins (who was promoted to Partner last year). Soss then moved on to work for Co-President David Gardner, also serving as the company’s Drama Talent Coordinator prior to her latest promotion.

Illinois native Flagg studied Bioinformatics at Marian University before moving to Chicago and pivoting his career to live entertainment...

If you’ve been thinking about catching up on Arrested Development on Netflix, you might want to do it quickly. All five seasons of the sitcom starring Jason Bateman are leaving the streaming platform on March 15. The Netflix landing page confirms the last day to watch the series is Tuesday, March 14 and sources have confirmed the news.

Arrested Development, from 20th Television and Imagine Television, was one of Netflix’s first original comedies. The series, which aired for three seasons on Fox, was brought back to life on the streamer in 2013 with a fourth season and a fifth season that was split into two parts in 2018 and 2019.

The first three seasons, which aired on Fox, are available to stream on Hulu, but seasons 4 and 5 have been exclusive to Netflix.

From creator Mitch Hurwitz, Arrested Development follows wealthy dysfunctional family the Bluths.

Season 5 wrapped up pretty much all of the loose ends for the series,...

All five seasons of Arrested Development are set to leave Netflix next month as part of a licensing agreement that is set to expire by March 15, a Netflix spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.

The hit comedy series, which starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat, received an Emmy award in 2004 for best comedy series but was canceled by Fox in 2006 after three seasons.

In 2013, Netflix revived the show with an additional two seasons as a co-production with 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment. The final season was released in 2018 and 2019 in two parts.

The show was created by Mitchell Hurwitz, with Ron Howard attached as an executive producer and narrator before making an appearance on the show in later seasons.

Fans will have until March 14 to watch Arrested Development on Netflix before all seasons and episodes,...

Netflix will remove all episodes of “Arrested Development” from its platform, TheWrap has learned.

According to the show’s landing page and as confirmed by a source familiar with the matter, the last day to watch on the streamer will be on March 14 as the streamer’s licensing agreement is slated to expire.

The Emmy-winning comedy series, which was initially canceled in 2006 after three seasons on Fox, was revived by the streamer in 2012. Netflix produced the series’ fourth and fifth seasons alongside 20th Television and Imagine Entertainment. Season 4 premiered on Netflix in 2013, while the fifth and final season premiered in two installments between 2018 and 2019.

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The series, which revolved around the wealthy Bluth family, starred Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Tony Hale and David Cross. Ron Howard served as the narrator as well as executive producer.

Looks like the money in Netflix’s banana stand has run out. All five seasons of “Arrested Development” — including the two seasons produced specifically for Netflix — will depart the streamer on March 15, a Netflix spokesperson confirmed to IndieWire.

Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, “Arrested Development” initially ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006, getting canceled after its third season. The show was revived, with the entire cast returning, in 2013, with Netflix premiering a fourth season that August. The revival was one of Netflix’s very first dives into original programming, coming the same year as the premiere of “House of Cards.” A fifth and final season split into two parts premiered on the streamer in 2018 and 2019.

The Fox seasons of the celebrated sitcom are currently streaming on Hulu. It is unclear if the revival seasons will be able to move to Hulu or another streamer, or if they will become unavailable online (the...

All episodes of “Arrested Development” are set to be removed from Netflix on March 15 — including Seasons 4 and 5, which Netflix produced itself.

After initially running on Fox for three seasons, “Arrested Development” was canceled in 2006. In 2012, when Netflix was still relatively new to producing its own projects, the streamer elected to revive the series. Co-produced with 20th Television and Imagine Entertainment, Season 4 premiered in 2013 and the fifth and final seasons premiered in two installments between 2018 and 2019.

While the “Arrested Development” landing page on Netflix is already alerting viewers that March 14 is the last day to watch the series, that still seems to be subject to change. Norwegian crime drama “Lilyhammer,” which was billed as the first-ever Netflix original, was announced to be leaving the service last year, but a licensing renewal at the last hour allowed the series to continue streaming. But if the removal of “Arrested Development does go through,...

Siri, play “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel.

All five seasons of Arrested Development are set to leave Netflix on Wednesday, March 15, TVLine has confirmed. (The series’ Netflix landing page warns subscribers that the last day to watch is Tuesday, March 14.)

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Arrested Development originally launched on Fox, where it ran for three seasons before...

Comedy fans would say Netflix is making a huge mistake.

The streaming service is removing all five seasons of the Emmy-winning comedy series “Arrested Development” on March 14, as reported by What’s on Netflix. It will be one of the most significant removals of a Netflix Original series to date.

“Arrested Development,” a single-camera comedy from creator Mitchell Hurwitz, ran for three well-regarded but low-rated seasons on Fox between 2003 and 2006. After its cancellation, its reputation as a cult classic grew, thanks in no small part to its availability on Netflix’s then-nascent streaming platform. It became so successful on Netflix that the streaming service commissioned a fourth season, which premiered in May 2013. A “remix” of Season 4 hit Netflix in 2018, followed by a fifth and final season released in two halves in 2018 and 2019. The revival seasons did not reach the critical heights of the original run, and the fifth season was...

Exclusive: Artists First on Friday announced its signing of boxing Hall of Famer, Sugar Ray Leonard.

Leonard enjoyed an elite, 20-year career in the ring before being inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1997, winning three National Golden Gloves titles, two Amateur Athletic Union championships and the 1975 Pan-American Games crown. He first got into boxing at age 14 and turned professional after winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympic games, in a last-ditch effort to help his family with medical bills incurred from his father’s hospitalization with meningitis.

Leonard won his first professional fight at age 20, then going on to defeat some of the greatest boxers of the modern era, from Wilfred Benetiz to Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, from whom Leonard won the world middleweight title. His boxing career also saw him win world titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight division,...

If you've seen Rose McIver or Utkarsh Ambudkar on Stephen Colbert, CBS Mornings, or various other stops on the press circuit lately, it's because they are now the stars of a big TV show in Ghosts.

Adapted from a British TV show by Joe Port, many viewers might not have had a lot of hope for the show considering the mixed history of British TV spin-offs and the fact that it was dumped onto network TV rather than an edgier network.

However, the show was network television's highest-rated new comedy last year.

It has also continued to build its audience after its first season success: Variety reported that Ghosts was the network's top comedy on both live viewing and the Paramount Plus streaming site, and the show has helped lift the slate of CBS sitcoms above the competition.

But why has this show broken through from such a disadvantaged start?...

When "Arrested Development" first aired, it epitomized underrated television. Unceremoniously ending with its truncated, 13-episode third season, the show never got the contemporaneous credit it deserved. While critics at the time were positively beaming with praise — with The New York Times even remarking the premiere episodes proved "sharply satirical" — it lasted a while before the powers that be relegated "Arrested Development" to the realm of forgotten cult classics. That is, of course, until Netflix picked up the series in 2011, premiering a fourth season in 2013, a decade after the first.

In the time since, "Arrested Development" achieved almost mythic status, ranking 37 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 best television comedy series ever. That's right. The little sitcom that could is sandwiched between "Hill Street Blues" and "I Love Lucy," as good an indication as any that creator Mitchell Hurwitz achieved something special here. While the first three seasons are remarkably accomplished,...

Dean-dong! Attention fans of Greendale Community College. After a seven-year silence, lovers of Dan Harmon's heartfelt and beautifully meta series "Community" finally got the news they'd been waiting for ever since the phrase "six seasons and a movie" was first uttered way back in the show's second season. That's right. Earlier this year, Harmon officially sent the internet into a tizzy — well, the part that was already obsessed with his flight-of-fancy-loving study group — by revealing that a "Community" movie is officially on the way.

For those unaware of why this is such a big deal, do yourself a favor and revisit the "Rick and Morty" co-creator's much-loved 2009 series. In it, he introduced us to a classic sitcom formula (six strangers are thrown together by circumstance and eventually become unlikely BFFs) before swiftly skewering this familiar format and audience expectations. Instead, Harmon whisks us away on ingeniously written adventures that...

Netflix launched its ad tier Thursday, and several popular series are missing from the streamer’s library due to licensing restrictions, including originals House of Cards and Arrested Development.

While the titles still appear in the Discover tab and the search function, a small lock icon appears in the top right corner to indicate that subscribers of the Basic with Ads plan do not have access.

As expected, several other series are also not available with the ad tier, including Peaky Blinders, New Girl, The Magicians, The Last Kingdom, The Sinner, Good Girls, Queen of the South, The Good Place, and Friday Night Lights as well as a number of movies from various studios.

House of Cards was Netflix’s first big statement of intent in the originals space. From David Fincher and Beau Willimon, the series, which starred Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood, landed a two-season order and launched...

We all know "The Sopranos" was one of the best shows in history, but we don't talk enough about how it also had some of the best cameos in TV history. Many of the great ones involved famous figures playing themselves, like when Christopher (Michael Imperioli) pitches a project to Sir Ben Kingsley or when Frank Sinatra Jr. and David Lee Roth attend poker games alongside Tony (James Gandolfini). But there were also some noteworthy cameos from actors who hadn't made it big yet when they appeared on David Chase's crime opus, including a pre-"Arrested Development" Tony Hale.

At this point, Hale has had a varied and lengthy comedy career, appearing in shows like the hilarious political satire "Veep" and "Harley Quinn," and films like "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Hocus Pocus 2." The actor is best known, though, for his turn as Buster Bluth on the cult favorite sitcom "Arrested Development.

Casting directors typically work offscreen, sifting through dozens, if not hundreds, of self-taped auditions and in-person sessions to find the perfect performers for each pivotal role. But what if the perfect performer is the casting director? What if they’re asked to act on not one, but two Emmy-nominated HBO comedies? What if, rather than sitting behind a desk, they’re asked to sit behind a desk in front of a camera?

Well, if you’re Allison Jones, you do your job — even if its unconventional accompaniments aren’t exactly enticing.

“She approached it somewhere between getting a lethal injection and a root canal,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” showrunner Jeff Schaffer said about Jones’ appearance in Season 11. “She’s like, ‘Really? You don’t need me to do this.’ We’re like, ‘No, no, we do. We do.'”

In her day job, Jones is an industry titan. She’s responsible...

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

It’s co-star versus co-star in the Lead Actor race this time around, as Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris battle for the gold, while This Is Us stars Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia face off again for the second year running. Brown won that round in 2017—but will Ventimiglia prevail in the rematch? The category also sees the return of Matthew Rhys of The Americans, which is looking at its final chance for glory this year, and making his debut in the category is Jason Bateman, who also has a directing nomination for first year Netflix series Ozark.

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Bateman has been nominated twice previously—in 2005 and 2013 for Arrested Development. But he was overlooked for Mitchell Hurwitz’s series this time around and made the switch instead to Drama. The actor finds himself up for two Emmys,...

Mitchell Hurwitz is deep in post-production on Arrested Development’s fifth season, at the show’s edit suite inside La’s Kttv Fox 11 studios, when we first meet. It’s early April and the first three episodes of the new season are about to play for outside eyes for the first time. But if he’s nervous about showing them off it isn’t obvious. Really, the word for Hurwitz today is ‘serene’. He never thought he’d be here, 15 years after this show first debuted on Fox, and 12 years since its unceremonious cancellation after three seasons. It’s even been a whole half-decade since Season 4 debuted on Netflix, which made returning Arrested to screens a key early play in its push toward original content.

The problems producing this show are twofold. First, Arrested Development must be one of the most complex comedies on television to write. What began,...

Exclusive: Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz has spoken out for the first time about the on-set argument between Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter, which caused controversy as the fifth season of the show launched on Netflix.

In an interview with Deadline, Hurwitz detailed the incident from his perspective for the first time and expressed his regret for not realizing its severity when it occurred. “I’m guilty of not realizing how deeply upsetting that was for Jessica,” Hurwitz admitted. “I heard about it and saw parts of it in the dailies, although the part I saw didn’t seem that—I don’t know—momentous. But fights and outbursts always start with things that are smaller.”

The incident stemmed, he said, from the differing approaches Tambor and Walter took to a scene. “It was something minor, like he was doing a speech and Jessica wanted to redo something in her speech,...

It’s been five years since the latest season of “Arrested Development.” That means it’s been roughly 1,829 straight days of “Getaway” resting comfortably in the subconscious of the show’s fans.

As composer and songwriter David Schwartz told IndieWire, he’s well aware that some of his music might just be lodged in your brain right now.

“It gets stuck in there. A lot of people get angry at me about that, an ‘I have your music stuck in my head’ kind of comment. They’re not really angry, but I hear that a lot in the ‘Arrested’ offices, which is nice,” Schwartz said. “Somehow I guess I’m more successful at clearing it out than not. It’s sort of requirement to start the next piece. And there’s always another piece to write, you know?”

Though Schwartz’s contributions are heard but rarely seen, it’s impossible...

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Gold Derby was on-hand recently at Netflix’s Fysee space at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood for the premiere of “Arrested Development” season five, which was followed by a Q&A with creator Mitchell Hurwitz and stars Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, David Cross, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter. Listen to the entire 19-minute Q&A above.

The Emmy winning series about the highly dysfunctional Bluth family originally aired on Fox from 2003-2006 before it was cancelled. But it developed a passionate fan base, so a fourth season was commissioned by Netflix in 2013 as the online outlet was starting to produce original content. Now five years later fans will finally be treated to further (mis)adventures with the Bluth clan.

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“I am stunned by the performances,” said Hurwitz, who also moderated the Q&A.

Oh no. Ouch. Yeesh. Is this what people who never liked Arrested Development see when they watch Arrested Development?

As a die-hard fan of the Bluths’ unique brand of family dysfunction — I’m even in the tiny minority that actually liked Season 4 — I squealed like Lucille seeing Gene Parmesan when Netflix announced it was producing a fifth season. But after watching the first six episodes (Season 5’s first half debuts on Tuesday), I feel more like George-Michael trudging home, Charlie Brown-style. Limping badly out of the gate, the new season is disappointingly lackluster, often awkward, oddly paced… and I just...

Netflix recently premiered the eagerly anticipated fifth season of “Arrested Development” to press and select audience members. Gold Derby was on-hand at the streaming service’s Fysee space at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood and snagged red carpet interviews with stars Jason Bateman, Tony Hale, David Cross, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter. Scroll down and click on the links at the bottom of this post to be taken to their full interviews.

Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, the series centers on the highly-dysfunctional Bluth family. It originally ran on Fox from 2003-2006 before it was cancelled. But it gained a cult following, so a fourth season was commissioned by Netflix in 2013 when the online outlet was just starting to produce original content. Five years after that revival fans will finally be treated to further (mis)adventures with the Bluth clan.

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In November of last year, we reported that Jeffrey Tambor’s assistant Van Barnes accused him of making lewd comments, groping her, and subsequently threatening to sue her if she spoke up. These were claims that, at the time, Tambor denied but ultimately lead to his dismissal from the critically-acclaimed hit Amazon series “Transparent.”

When these allegations arose, Tambor had already wrapped on Season 5 of “Arrested Development” and Mitchell Hurwitz, the show’s creator, and the cast members expressed support for Tambor.

Sorry, “Arrested Development” fans. We know you’ve been waiting for Season 5 for a long time and now you’re about to wait even longer. Well, to see how it ends, that is.

The upcoming fifth season will be split in half, with the first eight episodes launching on the previously-announced May 29 premiere date, with the back eight coming at a later date, a spokesperson for the streaming service tells TheWrap. This news comes on the heels of the recent reveal that Season 5 was coming at us very soon.

The ensemble comedy’s creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, took to Twitter earlier this month to tease fans with that tidbit and that a remix of Season 4, titled “Fateful Consequences,” would be dropping on May 4 aka the “premature holiday the Bluth family know as Cinco de Cuatro.” The new iteration (which ended up dropping a day early because why not?) reimagines the installment...

George Bluth Sr. will be back.

Despite the swirl of harassment allegations against him, actor Jeffrey Tambor will appear in the upcoming fifth season of “Arrested Development,” Variety has learned. A Netflix spokesperson confirmed the news about “Arrested,” which is set to return to the streaming service later this month.

Speculation had been rampant about whether the actor would still be featured on the show, given the turmoil around his role on Amazon’s “Transparent.” Tambor officially left that series in February ahead of its fifth season, following multiple misconduct allegations against him by his former personal assistant, Van Barnes, as well as guest star Trace Lysette. Those charges led to an internal investigation by Amazon.

Tambor has denied the harassment allegations, saying, “I am profoundly disappointed in Amazon’s handling of these false accusations against me.”

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This year at the Emmys, everything old may be new again in Best Comedy Series. Several TV revivals from yesteryear are back in contention, including NBC’s “Will & Grace,” ABC’s “Roseanne,” HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and, pending a release date, Netflix’s “Arrested Developement.” The good news for these shows is that three-time champ “Veep” won’t be eligible at the 2018 Emmys. Neither will “Master of None,” back-to-back winner for Best Comedy Writing. The bad news? The other five nominees are all looking strong to return: “Atlanta,” “Black-ish,” “Modern Family,” “Silicon Valley” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

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Netflix has neglected to pick up a third season of Maria Bamford's biographical comedy series, Lady Dynamite...

Netflix has opted not to pick up a third season of Maria Bamford's excellent comedy Lady Dynamite, effectively cancelling the show. The eight-episode season two, which debuted on November 10th of last year, will be the show's final outing. 

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Lady Dynamite told the highly stylised and exaggerated story of Bamford's life as a comic suffering with bipolar disorder. The show bounced through various time periods in Bamford's life, and ultimately charted her long journey back to sound mental health. It also somehow found the time for jokes like a talking pug with Werner Herzog's accent and featured no fewer than three characters named Karen Grisham. 

The show also snagged Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz, and long-time South Park producer Pam Brady. It was...

Every day, it seems, we’re confronted by reminder after reminder that the world is a dumpster fire, so it’s a genuine relief to have a new season of “Lady Dynamite” premiere this weekend. Reality is dumb, but life inside Maria Bamford’s brain is a blessing.

The series, created by Mitch Hurwitz and Pam Brady, is based on Bamford’s life to a deeply felt degree, celebrating her quirks as it chronicles her misadventures as an actor and comedian with plenty of meta touches and occasional dashes of the profane. Inside Maria’s brain, the rules of time and space are constantly in flux, pugs can talk, and even the darkest truths feel bearable, especially when her issues with manic depression and bipolar disorder flare up. At times, “Lady Dynamite” goes down some dark paths. But because the show is so throughly grounded in Bamford’s innate goodness,...

The official trailer for Season 2 of Netflix’s “Lady Dynamite” shows us that no matter how illusory Maria Bamford’s comedy appears, this series is also achingly real.

Following the release of her hour-long Netflix special, “Old Baby,” it’s clear that Bamford isn’t slowing down anytime soon as the star continues to tackle the stigma of mental illness — in an unconventional way, of course. Season 2 continues the story of how Maria (Bamford) struggled with mental illness while also struggling with the reality of being a working actor in Hollywood. Guest stars announced this morning include Andy Samberg, David Spade, Fred Armisen, Jason Mantzoukas, Jenny Slate, Judd Apatow, Judy Greer, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Like its first season, the show appears to continue its standard of blindingly bright, yet charming visuals to engage the audience in the story. However, we now know that the experiments are far from over,...