# Arrested Development renewed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081 "2005-05-16T16:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/1 "2005-05-16T16:11:59Z")
From [TV Guide](http://tvguide.com/news/entertainment/) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/2 "2005-05-16T16:15:45Z")
Looks like FOX was intimidated by my Hands Off Our Show [HOOS] campaign. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/3 "2005-05-16T17:19:39Z")
FWIW, Kristin at [E! Online](http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Archive2005/050513.html) says that _AD_ was going to be renewed for not one, but two full seasons, “to keep the licensing fee down” (WTF? The licensing fee is high for a show that has been limping along ratings-wise since the beginning?). That plan has since been changed to one season, but it will be renewed. The network “up-fronts”, where they reveal their fall schedules to advertisers and the media, are this week. Fox’s turn is on Thursday, so that’s when we’ll get official word. \*ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease . . . \* ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/4 "2005-05-16T17:51:05Z")
Thank Og. It’s the new Seinfeld. It’ll be a money maker if they hold onto it long enough. That being said, I can’t blame them for dumping it. They couldn’t have possibly positioned it in a better time slot. If it doesn’t get viewers there, then it’s never going to get any. That’s not a time slot to waste on a money pit. But I’m glad they have faith that viewers will come to love the quirky and sometimes obscene style, which is probably offputting or at least confusing to Middle America. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/5 "2005-05-16T18:26:50Z")
:d ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/6 "2005-05-16T18:27:53Z")
How did that happen? I used the friggin side button. :smack: Allow me to rephrase. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/7 "2005-05-16T22:24:16Z")
Yay! This is plucking great! For once, the show I’ve been recommending to everyone won’t be cancelled before they can catch it on TV (see: Undeclared, Freaks and Geeks). ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/8 "2005-05-16T22:57:46Z")
It might be official! [FOX DOES MORE TIME WITH “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT,” ORDERING A FULL THIRD SEASON](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20050516fox03) (Press release from Fox) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/9 "2005-05-16T23:04:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > But I’m glad they have faith that viewers will come to love the quirky and sometimes obscene style, which is probably offputting or at least confusing to Middle America. They ought to Schedule it right after _The OC_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/10 "2005-05-17T03:04:16Z")
Finally, evidence of the existence of God. (Salt-stain Mary doesn’t count). ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/11 "2005-05-17T03:23:17Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Finally, evidence of the existence of God. (Salt-stain Mary doesn’t count). In_deed!_ I hoped and I prayed this spring, but I had all but reconciled myself to the sad truth of FOX tossing another great show down the tubes. When suddenly! A light! A light of AWESOMENESS! WOO-HOO! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-renewed/304081/12 "2005-05-17T11:51:44Z")
EXCELLENT! And for the full season! No 13 episode committment! I believed they would, but I wasn’t sure.