Note: Alternative title for this post, had I not heard Yo La Tengo's cover of "How Much I've Lied" this morning on the way to work, would have been Arrested Development A Victim Of Arrested Development.
There have been dark days, there have been darker days, and then there have been the day you find out Arrested Development is about to get cancelled. Oh, but better still, cancelled to make room for American Dad. Now, I'll admit that lately I've gotten a chuckle or two out of Family Guy when I've had to sit through it to get to the rest of Adult Swim. But I still never really liked the general conceit or the creative team's comedic style. And American Dad (which will never get the AD acronym for me) received almost universal derision after its Post-Super-Bowlian premiere and, I've heard, not even the greatest numbers.
All that's confirmed is that they reduced their order of episodes (heartbreaking enough) down to 18 in order to finish the season off before May Sweeps. You can find the relevant TWOP thread here. It includes addresses, petition links, and collective mourning.
As David Cross so astutely put it on Kimmel last night: "No, this is actually a great day. America won...You won, America, we're off the air."
If there was ever any news in my tender twenty-four years of life that makes me hate something so completely, this is it.
Posted by: Dan Dickinson | February 10, 2005 at 11:14 AM
That about sums up my day, too. Well put.
Posted by: Benjamin | February 10, 2005 at 11:16 AM