THEY CAN'T GET ARRESTED

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THEY CAN'T GET ARRESTED
Monday, November 14 2005

The award-winning (it received an Emmy for best comedy show this year) and critically praised Arrested Development, which Fox has stuck with despite low ratings, may be about to see its further development arrested. The network announced on Friday that it will pull the show from its schedule during the November sweeps and plans to air reruns of its new Prison Break in its Monday time period instead. Reporting on the network's action, Reuters said on Friday, "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." One writer posted a message on MediaWeek's "Programming Insider" site commenting: "The cancellation of Arrested Development is a perfect example why the 18-34 audience is leaving the broadcast networks in droves. The nets produce a very limited number of series that appeal to us, under-promote them, move them around, and then cancel them. I can't count how many times this has happened to great shows in the last few years. Everyone I know in this age group -- everyone -- watches and loves Arrested Development. If the ratings aren't showing this, maybe there is be a problem with the sample. This show is a yuppie phenomenon."