One last sucker-punch to Arrested Development
In a fitting end to one of the best shows on television, Fox has scheduled the final four episodes (a two-hour block) of Arrested Development to run tonight… against the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
That’s just mean. This is the one-last-hurrah (and chance to garner additional viewers) for this excellent show, and the mean-spirited folks at Fox have stacked it up in one huge block against what MSNBC estimates to be a likely audience of 2 billion people watching the Olympics. They’re clearly just trying to flush it out all at once so they can be rid of it. And given the rest of Fox’s (undoubtedly highly rated) schedule, it’s just a shame. I don’t know whether to be mad at Fox, or at the random television-watching idiots who decide what should be on TV by watching the absolute crap that is most shows and boosting their ratings.
That said, fully intend to watch both, thank you Windows Media Center Edition. Plus, I fully intend to buy the 3rd season on DVD. And hopefully the 4th and 5th as well, if some other network picks up the show.
James said,
February 11, 2006 at 12:58 pm
If it’s any consolation, I watched it. I even missed the Colbert Report re-run to see it; there just aren’t enough of us to go around…
For a while Arrested Development was my Friday night pastime.
Does this mean we’re getting old?