Arrested Development

[SkinnyBenny]

I get all of them.  I is a brane.

But seriously, though.  Dumb people don't laugh as much at it.  gMafb.

[Rick Daris]

jesus christ..."I loved arrested development but america didn't because they were stupid and I am smart!!!" gmafb w/ this garbage.



arrested development was absolutely fantastic but failed because it was on fox at a crappy time and got moved around too much. if that show would have debuted at thursday night on NBC it would still be on and be a huge hit. fact. gmafb w/ every single arrested development lover (but me) thinking they are some sort of comedic genius for "getting" the show.


Edit to Add:
you want to talk about comedic tragedies on the fox network, let's discuss Greg the Bunny getting pulled after like five episodes in favor of The Bernie Mac Show 

i never said "they" were stupid.  i'd include myself in the "only getting half of the writer's jokes" crowd, thank you very much.

see...now i feel bad. wasn't singling anyone here out, we're all fantastic. i've just had to hear/read "gosh that was one  great show. lord knows i watched it and laughed every single week. guess it was just "too smart" for the average american." one to many times.


sometimes funny shows just don't last cause they're on the wrong network, at the wrong time and the network doesn't have a clear idea of what they want to do w/ it, ie -Greg the Bunny.

[waks]

jesus christ..."I loved arrested development but america didn't because they were stupid and I am smart!!!" gmafb w/ this garbage.



arrested development was absolutely fantastic but failed because it was on fox at a crappy time and got moved around too much. if that show would have debuted at thursday night on NBC it would still be on and be a huge hit. fact. gmafb w/ every single arrested development lover (but me) thinking they are some sort of comedic genius for "getting" the show.


Edit to Add:
you want to talk about comedic tragedies on the fox network, let's discuss Greg the Bunny getting pulled after like five episodes in favor of The Bernie Mac Show 

i never said "they" were stupid.  i'd include myself in the "only getting half of the writer's jokes" crowd, thank you very much.

see...now i feel bad. wasn't singling anyone here out, we're all fantastic. i've just had to hear/read "gosh that was one  great show. lord knows i watched it and laughed every single week. guess it was just "too smart" for the average american." one to many times.


sometimes funny shows just don't last cause they're on the wrong network, at the wrong time and the network doesn't have a clear idea of what they want to do w/ it, ie -Greg the Bunny.

Meh. I still think it has to do with the fact that I'm smarter than most Americans.

[BigCat]

With Family Guy, I remember watching the first episode and laughing my ass off, then never watching it again. With AD, I'd never seen it in an original broadcast... For me, I'm not a regular television viewer. Which is why tivo is so great, because I tape the 1.5 shows a week I actually try and follow, and could care less about the rest.

Just a theory, but I think peoples' short attention span and busy schedules are what have killed good tv the most. Hell, even 30 Rock (as of last season) was struggling for viewers. Glad they kept it going. When was the last time you worked your schedule around 'must see TV'?

The writing of AD amazes me because they clearly wrote in extremely subtle jokes and references (even in the first few episodes) that manifest themselves much later in the series.

"I was the world's first analyst and therapist!"

"Yeah, and those business cards almost got you arrested."