Arrested Development (TV series)

Arrested Development is a character-driven comedy television series about a wealthy and dysfunctional family. The show is presented like a documentary, complete with narration, archival photos, and historical footage. Although set in Newport Beach, California and Balboa Island, it is primarily filmed on location around Culver City and Marina Del Rey.

Response

The show is a hit with critics but has not yet gained a sizeable audience. Despite its low ratings, the series has been renewed by Fox and will return for a third season during 2005-06.

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It won five Emmy Awards in 2004, including "Outstanding Comedy Series", "Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series", and "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" for the pilot episode. It also won the Television Critics Association Award for "Best Comedy" and "Outstanding New Series", the TV Land award for "Future Classic", and the Golden Satellite Award for "Best Comedy". Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth) and Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth Sr.) also won Golden Satellites for their performances.

Related Topics:
Emmy Award - 2004 - Television Critics Association - TV Land - Golden Satellite Award - Jessica Walter - Lucille Bluth - Jeffrey Tambor - George Bluth Sr.

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In 2005 it was nominated for eleven Emmys in seven categories and won one, "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series", by Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely for the season two finale "Righteous Brothers". Jason Bateman also won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy" in 2005.

Related Topics:
2005 - Golden Globe Award

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Due to low audience turnout and to promote their highly anticipated re-broadcast of the animated series Family Guy, Fox announced that it would halt the production of the second season at 18 episodes, 4 episodes short of the planned season. (This cutback was satirized in the episode "The Sword of Destiny", in which the Bluth Company had an order to build 22 houses reduced to 18.) Despite fears that this was a prelude to cancellation, the network defended its actions claiming that the show would fare poorly during network sweeps period, and that it was simply a procedural matter.

Related Topics:
Family Guy - Network sweeps

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