It was on the bubble. It was critically acclaimed, but it was granted a reprieve by USA Today and Fox.

Arrested Development has been renewed. (Variety via bugmenot.com)

News was particularly good for many (but not all) skeins that had been hanging by a thread.

Fox told 20th Century Fox and Imagine TV that "Arrested Development" will be back for another season, while "The Bernie Mac Show" also got a surprise renewal. ABC had good news for 20th's John Stamos laffer "Jake in Progress," which is headed back for a second season, and vet comedy "Less Than Perfect," which many had written off as dead. Alphabet also ordered another season of "The Bachelor," which is expected to return sometime in 2006.

n addition to "Arrested" and "Bernie," Fox has renewed midseason laffer "Stacked." News doesn't appear to be good for laffers "Quintuplets" or "Life on a Stick."

At the WB, Frog is moving forward with Warner Bros. TV's "Supernatural," the spooky road-trip drama starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as brothers who encounter unusual phenomena on the back roads of America; as well as the studio's "Related," about four sisters (Laura San Giacomo, Lizzy Caplan, Jennifer Esposito and Laura Breckenridge) in Manhattan.

Jack and Bobby got the boot, The West Wing was moved to Sundays, and expect yet another "blue collar" television show with Ron White.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:05 PM

Ron White is the best out of that goof troop. He's fucking hilarious.

Evanx

Grand Rapids, MI

June 2003

MAY 17, 2005 12:06 PM

Didn't they only commit to 8 new episodes of Arrested. We were talking about this last week in the TV Group.

[Edited on May 17, 2005 by EvanX]

mistressmissy

Grand Rapids, MI

March 2003

MAY 17, 2005 12:09 PM

i can't believe they renewed stacked
does anyone actually watch that show?

akl

Sacramento, CA

February 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:11 PM

at least they committed to some new AD; with shows like that you end up being thankful for everything you can get, imo

FallFromGrace

Seattle, WA

March 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:11 PM

OK. Now hopefully they will bring back Firefly.

mat8drb

United Kingdom

October 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:15 PM

The West Wing was moved to Sundays

Is that a good thing or not?

JoshXXX

Northborough, MA

March 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:35 PM

mat8drb said:

The West Wing was moved to Sundays

Is that a good thing or not?

It's major competitor is Fox's animation block, and I don't think they're pandering to the same audiences... Sunday should be safe for the West Wing.

Hey, as long as I still have Scrubs and Smallville, I'll be happy with next season.

bbechard

Carrboro, NC

February 2003

MAY 17, 2005 12:39 PM

Great news on Arrested Development. Can't believe that such a wonderfully cracked show stays on. Gives me some hope for TV. Hope they renew Tru Calling too.

Koenigsegg

I'm lost

July 2004

MAY 17, 2005 12:55 PM

Azazello

I'm lost

March 2005

MAY 17, 2005 01:12 PM

'Laffer'? 'Alphabet'? I hate Variety and their crack addled wanker babble.

FallFromGrace said:
OK. Now hopefully they will bring back Firefly.

They're making a movie. Made, actually. There's a trailer.

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAY 17, 2005 01:12 PM

As Jared Padalecki in Supernatural as much of an insufferable whiny little bitch as he was on The Gilmore Girls?

Sticks

United Kingdom

June 2011

MAY 17, 2005 01:30 PM

FallFromGrace said:
OK. Now hopefully they will bring back Firefly.

^^^ this

mcmidas

I'm lost

December 2004

MAY 17, 2005 03:02 PM

FallFromGrace said:
OK. Now hopefully they will bring back Firefly.

i never saw firefly. and i can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not; but i thought it would be interesting to note that there is a firefly movie in post production. it's under a different title, but the trailers are already playin in theaters.

mat8drb

United Kingdom

October 2004

MAY 17, 2005 03:05 PM

JoshXXX said:

mat8drb said:

The West Wing was moved to Sundays

Is that a good thing or not?

It's major competitor is Fox's animation block, and I don't think they're pandering to the same audiences... Sunday should be safe for the West Wing.

Cool, cos it's like at 7.35pm on a Friday here and that's a stupid time for it.

Cairo

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

MAY 17, 2005 11:23 PM

TV hasn't meant shit to me since they took Futurama off the air...and I know they'll never bring that precious gem back.

Oh, and:

mcmidas said:

FallFromGrace said:
OK. Now hopefully they will bring back Firefly.

Trust me, he wasn't being sarcastic and he knows about the movie. He's just an adorable fanboy.

Psybolt

Santa Barbara, CA

February 2005

MAY 17, 2005 11:28 PM

Forget all those shows. Everyone needs to be up in HBO's grill for cancelling Carnivale.

EndedBen

Grand Rapids, MI

August 2004

MAY 17, 2005 11:34 PM

I stopped reading after "Arrested Development has been renewed."

Every other show on network TV can be cancelled for all I care.

Rosscoe

I'm lost

March 2005

MAY 17, 2005 11:59 PM

I shall definately be watching the new season of Arrested Development.

doghouse_reilly

I'm lost

February 2004

MAY 18, 2005 10:02 AM

Meh. Network television is irrelevant.

HBO renewed The Wire for a fourth season. Combined with new Venture Brothers, that's the only television broadcasting necessary.

Koenigsegg

I'm lost

July 2004

MAY 18, 2005 10:04 AM

don't forget to join the arrested dev group, if you haven't already

i'm sure there will be lots and lots to talk about between now and the beginning of season 3

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