Lazlowrocks. Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 LOS ANGELES (Nov. 11) - The Camdens will bid farewell to viewers in May when the WB Network's top-rated family drama "7th Heaven" ends its run after 10 seasons in what sources said was largely a cost-cutting move. The Bluth clan of Fox's ratings-challenged "Arrested Development" is also headed for the exit after Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning comedy to 13 episodes. Also getting the ax at Fox is "Arrested's" companion on Monday, the freshman comedy "Kitchen Confidential," whose order will not be extended beyond the initial 13 episodes. "7th Heaven," whose debut on August 26, 1996, marked the first-ever Monday broadcast of the then-fledging WB Network, will bow out as the longest-running family drama on television. After 10 seasons, the show is still a top draw for WB, averaging 5.1 million viewers this season to date. Creatively, the show also will go out in style, creator Brenda Hampton said. "I think this is the best season we've ever had, and we're planning a very exciting and heartwarming conclusion to the series," she said. "On the show, we talk about choosing your feelings, and we chose to feel happy and blessed to have been on the air for so long." There is talk about a potential "7th Heaven" spinoff, but Hampton admits that would be hard to do. "('7th Heaven') is a family show," she said. "I think the success of the show is that the family is intact with the mom, the dad and the children, so it is a very difficult show to spin off. Sources indicated that the reasons to take "7th Heaven" off the air were primarily financial. As series age, they get more and more expensive, with the price tag especially high for a show with a large cast like "7th Heaven." The cancellation of the long-running series also comes during a process of extensive cost-cutting across all Warner Bros. divisions. As for the demise of "Arrested," it comes just as the acclaimed comedy came back this week after a hiatus to make room for Fox's baseball coverage. The two back-to-back episodes averaged a paltry 4 million viewers Monday, sending Fox to fifth place in the 8 p.m. hour and putting a dent on the ratings of its lead-out, the rookie drama "Prison Break." There is a possibility that the show will be shopped around, but its high cost is expected to be prohibitive for a cable network. Fox said Thursday that it will pull "Arrested Development" and "Kitchen Confidential" off the schedule for the remaining three Mondays of the November sweep, replacing them with a rerun of the previous episode of "Prison Break" leading into an original episode of the serialized drama. "Arrested" and "Kitchen" are set to return to their time slots with original episodes December 5, following the fall finale of "Prison Break" on November 28. Source @ Arrested - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLorenzo Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Come on, Arrested Development f*cking rawks. And what could they possibly replace it with that's remotely worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlowrocks. Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Unless it's more Simpsons, House or Family Guy, nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Unless it's more Simpsons, House or Family Guy, nothing. Not even that. Fox f*cking sucks. Watch some obscure cable channel picks up the re-runs for arrested development and they get more ratings there then fox ever had, and then fox gets rights to new episodes. The show is f*cking Emmy award winning, and they are just killing it. I'm sure one of the networks that know how to keep a show will show interest. Fox needs to shape the f*ck up, and realize what a good show is. I guarantee replacing it with prison break will be the worst decision they've made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Jones Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Come on, Arrested Development f*cking rawks. And what could they possibly replace it with that's remotely worth it? Porn . Put some more Mike Judge in there. So either more King Of The Hill or Beavis & Butthead. They've been advertising Beavis & Butthead a lot, might as well put some episodes in there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlowrocks. Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 D, B&B was never on fox in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly_Madman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 yeah, but beavis and butt-head is back on the air, on comedy central weekdays at 7pm (except monday, I believe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovy Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 yeah, but beavis and butt-head is back on the air, on comedy central weekdays at 7pm (except monday, I believe). For the past year or two, it's been shown on MTV2. There was also this infomercial type thing for the new DVD set on MTV2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The comedy in Arrested Development is so elementary...so unfunny...that people that watch it start believing its funny because its different. Want to know why its different? Because it should be gone already...cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The comedy in Arrested Development is so elementary...so unfunny...that people that watch it start believing its funny because its different. Want to know why its different? Because it should be gone already...cancelled. I love it when people are convinced their opinion is fact. That is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliGangstar Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The comedy in Arrested Development is so elementary...so unfunny...that people that watch it start believing its funny because its different. Want to know why its different? Because it should be gone already...cancelled. The opinion of someone whose probably never seen more than a single episode. Theres a reason why Arrested Development won so many awards. The comedy was smart and funny and didnt need to rely on some piece of sh*t laugh track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-shaDow Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Somehow this series has managed to consistantly be one of the greatest shows I get to watch every week. So many awesome subliminal jokes, such great writing, oh how I'm gonna miss thee. And shove it Jordan, maybe you'd sound more convincing if you weren't constantly being so f*cking arrogant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta_player5 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 arrested was good at first but then started to get a little boring and slightly repetitive. example: The father bluth Sr. is running away every other show, i know its apart of the show plot but its gets old and is expected. i think House should fill the voided time slot where it was. And this thread was helpful because i was unaware of the finale date of the show Prison Break now i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cice Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Man that blows. Arrested Development is awesome, few shows even come close to it, and it's hardly even shown here in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimov Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 argh another quality show cancelled by FOX. what is wrong with them? cancelling of futurama almost reduced me to tears and now this. time to send them another angry letter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) Come on, Arrested Development f*cking rawks. And what could they possibly replace it with that's remotely worth it? Didn't Arrested Development stoped in the middle of the second season some months ago? DAMN, I really loved that show, I have the first season DVD, probably gonna watch it again this vacations. edit: Oh apparently I was wrong, there's even a second season DVD... wow gonna buy that thing right away! Edited November 17, 2005 by _-playero-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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