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JamesG · 02-25-2013, 09:51 PM

"Arrested Development" Not Getting Second Netflix Season
2/25/2013
by Jordan Zakarin

"Arrested Development's" stay at Netflix will be a short one.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors Monday that his company would only broadcast one new season of the cult comedy series, which is being brought back after an original run on Fox that lasted from 2003-06.

The return of the oddball comedy was announced in October 2011, and the next month, Netflix announced that it would exclusively broadcast the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television series. The Mitch Hurwitz-run show, which stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor, will stream 14 episodes on the service this spring.

After that, the series will need to find a new home.

"Arrested is a unique property, we don’t anticipate being able to do season five, six and seven," Hastings said.

"We have less of a stake in it. It is really a fantastic one-off, which is coming together incredibly. I think it will be amazing for us, but think of it as a nonrepeatable amazing, whereas the other thing that we are doing is to trying to figure out a real mechanism where we can build shows and develop franchises over the long term. In that way, Arrested Development is a wildly successful tactic, as opposed to fundamental to the strategy."

The CEO name-checked several other series that he considered more "fundamental," including the Ricky Gervais comedy "Derek". The company recently debuted "House of Cards", its glossy, $100 million political drama led by Kevin Spacey.

A company official told The Wall Street Journal that it would be difficult to reunite again the entire "Arrested Development" cast, which also includes Porta de Rossi, Jessica Walter, David Cross, Alia Shawkat and Tony Hale.

It remains to be seen if a proposed film version of the show will be produced.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-season-424376

robyrob · 02-25-2013, 10:29 PM

what I expect is that the "ratings" for this will determine its future - I am sure that Netflix will be able to easily track how many streaming downloads the show gets and if it can turn that into something it can either syndicate or get advertising dollars from then they will probably bring it back.

02-25-2013, 09:51 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,120	Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Says Not To Expect More "Arrested Development" *"Arrested Development" Not Getting Second Netflix Season* 2/25/2013 by Jordan Zakarin "Arrested Development's" stay at Netflix will be a short one. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors Monday that his company would only broadcast one new season of the cult comedy series, which is being brought back after an original run on Fox that lasted from 2003-06. The return of the oddball comedy was announced in October 2011, and the next month, Netflix announced that it would exclusively broadcast the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television series. The Mitch Hurwitz-run show, which stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor, will stream 14 episodes on the service this spring. After that, the series will need to find a new home. "Arrested is a unique property, we don’t anticipate being able to do season five, six and seven," Hastings said. "We have less of a stake in it. It is really a fantastic one-off, which is coming together incredibly. I think it will be amazing for us, but think of it as a nonrepeatable amazing, whereas the other thing that we are doing is to trying to figure out a real mechanism where we can build shows and develop franchises over the long term. In that way, Arrested Development is a wildly successful tactic, as opposed to fundamental to the strategy." The CEO name-checked several other series that he considered more "fundamental," including the Ricky Gervais comedy "Derek". The company recently debuted "House of Cards", its glossy, $100 million political drama led by Kevin Spacey. A company official told The Wall Street Journal that it would be difficult to reunite again the entire "Arrested Development" cast, which also includes Porta de Rossi, Jessica Walter, David Cross, Alia Shawkat and Tony Hale. It remains to be seen if a proposed film version of the show will be produced. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-season-424376

02-25-2013, 10:29 PM	#2
robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,189	what I expect is that the "ratings" for this will determine its future - I am sure that Netflix will be able to easily track how many streaming downloads the show gets and if it can turn that into something it can either syndicate or get advertising dollars from then they will probably bring it back.
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