Jeffrey Tambor to Appear in "Arrested Development" Season 5 after "Transparent" Ouster
by Nellie Andreeva
May 4, 2018


"Arrested Development" co-star Jeffrey Tambor will appear in the cult comedy series’ upcoming fifth season on Netflix, a spokesperson for the Internet network said.

While Tambor is a key original cast member of "Arrested Development" who was in the first revival season on Netflix — the series’ fourth overall — there were questions surrounding his return for Season 5 following the actor’s February dismissal from his Amazon series "Transparent", following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him.

Netflix is yet to announce a premiere date for Season 5, but creator Mitch Hurwitz wrote on social media earlier this week that it will be coming soon.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/arrested-development-jeffrey-tambor-season-5-after-transparent-ouster-1202382598/

Arrested Development creator: We couldn't cut Jeffrey Tambor out of Season 5 because "there would be no show" (http://ew.com/tv/2018/05/17/arrested-development-creator-stars-season-5/)
The news that Tambor was being investigated for sexual harassment on the Transparent set broke on Nov. 8 (http://deadline.com/2017/11/jeffrey-tambor-sexual-harassment-claims-amazon-1202204220/). Mitch Hurwitz wrapped filming on Season 5 at the end of November, and says Tambor was "as surprised by it as I was" by the allegations. Hurwitz says he checked with Arrested's cast and crew, as well as Netflix and studio 20th Century Fox, to see if Tambor had been the subject of any sexual misconduct complaints. Tambor wasn't fired from the Amazon series until Feb. 15 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jeffrey-tambor-officially-fired-transparent-wake-harassment-claims-1085236). So given the information Hurwitz had at the time, he said he proceeded with Tambor on the show. “We were done shooting — there was no version of cutting him out of the show, or there would be no show,” Hurwitz explains, adding: “Am I going to cut Jeffrey out of the show, based on allegations that he disputes, that Amazon hasn’t shared, and that we have never experienced any complaints about? No, of course I am not going to…. I’m going to support Jeffrey.”

Jeffrey Tambor made his post-sexual harassment scandal return to the red carpet to promote Arrested Development (https://www.etonline.com/jeffrey-tambor-feels-great-at-first-red-carpet-since-transparent-harassment-allegations-exclusive)
“It feels great,” he told Entertainment Tonight, adding: “I'm excited to be here.”

Jeffrey Tambor has always been one of my favorites. He is an excellent actor who does both drama and comedy exceedingly well. Is both serious and hilarious.

What I have read about Transparent is that the people in the show didn't like Tambor because he was straight and wasn't "LGBT", and that basically was discriminated against, with the people wanting a tranny person to play the role.

Jeffrey Tambor: I apologized to my Arrested Development co-stars over "distraction" of Transparent sexual harassment scandal (http://ew.com/tv/2018/05/21/arrested-development-jeffrey-tambor-transparent-apology)
“I sent an email around and said an apology to these people I love so much for the distraction, and you’ll be asked questions, and things like that," Tambor said in an interview Monday with EW radio. "I gave a rather in-depth interview to The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lines-got-blurred-jeffrey-tambor-an-up-close-look-at-harassment-claims-transparent-1108939). I’m no longer playing Maura, I’m going to miss her very much, I’m going to miss that cast that I love so much, and I wish them all the best. But I’m here now as a fan of this wonderful, wonderful group. I’m a little nervous, but I am so excited about this — and such a fan of these people — it is our best season, and these actors just knock it out of the park.”