Save Arrested Development!

There are some shows out there that I question as to why they are still around [insert reality television show title here]. Meanwhile there are others that deliver high quality each week [insert Arrested Development here].

Sunday, April 17 saw the season finale and possible series finale of the dysfunctional sitcom. How many shows must FOX let go to realize maybe they should hang on to what little quality programming they have? Remember Titus? Firefly? Futurama? Well who can forget Family Guy, which is returning in May due to the outcry from the fans and the skyrocketing sales of the DVDs. Now Arrested Development, a show that has proven critically and commercially of being a huge success, is at risk of heading to the chopping block.

The second season of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning series suffered quite the ratings drop compared to its preceding year. Other factors determining the fate of the show is the change of management. Gail Bergman, FOX entertainment chief who gave the Arrested Development another go with its second season, is leaving for a Paramount Studios job. Hopefully her successor, Peter Liguori, will have a soft spot for that lovably dysfunctional family but we won’t know until the 2005/06 line-up is announced.

Luckily, my television programming isn’t completely shot to shit. I can still look forward to when CBS broadcasts the wedding of former Survivor contestants Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich [insert big fat fucking can of sarcasm here]!