November Sweeps Kills Fox
From Reuters...
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.
Also Prison Break won't be back until May, good job Fox, way to kill that show.
On the WB after ten seasons 7th Heaven gets canceled, I don't care about that show but it had a good run.
It's a friggin' shame that FOX is taking off the air one of the funniest and smartest comedies in a long time (and, I'm not talking Kitchen Confidential). I can't figure out why people didn't watch this show other than it must have been too smart for them. I'm going to miss Arrested Development ALOT. Thank god I have the DVDs...
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