One of my (actually Dan's) best-loved Christmas gifts this year was the DVD's of Season 1 and Season 2 of Arrested Development. If you haven't checked this show out, you really should must. I think I got most of my family hooked on it - we watched most of Season 1 (not all in a row), and by the fifth or sixth show they would all come into the living room when the theme music started. It's the best least-watched Emmy-winning comedy on television.
Two episodes were on tonight (one new, one old) and they were excellent. If you haven't heard, the show is under threat of cancellation - Fox reduced its order from 22 episodes to only 15. The new show poked fun at everything that shows under threat of cancellation do - celebrity guest stars with little to no role except to be in the promos, a live final 5 mintues, and they're even making jabs in the dialogue. They also linked to this website - SaveOurBluths.com (which is actually from when they were threatening to take it off the air after the second season, but still has good info).
I'm doing my part to try and save the show by lending out my DVD's to friends (if you know me IRL I'd be happy to lend it to you as soon as I get them back!) and posting here. If you have netflix, give the first disk of Season 1 a try - if you like it, you can go back for the second and then join me in trying to persuade Fox that they would be making a huge mistake by giving up on this show.
Now back to your regularly scheduled (ok, intermittently scheduled) knitting blog.
Posted by Sarah at January 2, 2006 11:22 PM | in: general | PermalinkSo sad isn't it? One of the best shows out there - I thought the new episode last night was hysterical! Seemed like there were a lot of "digs" at the fact that there might not be any more A.D. I heard that other channels are bidding for it, even before FOX has released it! So maybe there is hope!
Happy New Year!
I am in the midst of renting Season One at Netflix - watched the first disc and the second just came in the mail today. What a great show! I thought it was canceled - when is it on and what station?
Posted by: ann on January 4, 2006 08:56 PM