Hadn’t an official cancellation been announced a month or two back, or was that just the announcement that Fox was taking AD off the schedule (not the same thing)?
In any case, I’m pretty psyched that they will be showing the final four episodes, and I can see hosting a Goodbye Arrested Development party that night, complete with a menu of frozen bananas, hot ham water, and favorites from Burger King (which really is a great restaurant).
Don’t forget the chicken with chicken sauce. You live near a hospital, right?
I don’t see the conflict with the Olympics as a big deal for AD. Whether they’re up against the Olymipcs or MASH reruns, the show isn’t going to get big ratings. The fans the show does have will be watching regardless.
Choosing between 4 episodes of **Arrested Development ** or the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics is like choosing between Angelina Jolie and Olympia Dukakis.
I never watch the opening ceremonies anyway – they’re tacky and silly. I also suspect most AD fans won’t miss them (and the few that might can tape AD). And since it’s unlikely that any ratings would be good enough to keep the show on, it’s not going to hurt anything.
The only announcement I remember was the episode reduction, from 22 down to 13. I could be wrong.
Anyway, Friday is a better TV night for me than Monday (production and tennis), so I’ll get together with my youngest brother - or Weird Brother of Prime Rib, as I’m calling him - and we’ll enjoy two hours of AD along with some frozen bananas with chocolate and nuts. “Give me a GOB!”
With apologies, we’ve banned a previously-banned multiple-name jerk. He had posted here, including personal insults, so we have “disappeared” the post and responses. This is our standard policy in dealing with such trolls – they need to know that all their work and all responses will vanish. We hope that will make them understand that it’s futile to sneak in that way. It does cause a minor hiccup in the historical record, of course. Blame him, not us.