Possible Firefly resurrection...

Since I have been going on and on about saving Arrested Development, I feel in all fairness I should mention the possible resurrection of Firefly. Also I just finished watching the series on DVD and I thought it was pretty good. I would like to see more. Though Serenity, the feature film based on the series, was not what many would call successful at the box office, the DVD's for both the film and series have been selling very well.

Rumor has it that an independent production company is looking to buy the rights from Fox, and produce the show for another network. I am not sure if the show was shopped around while it was still being produced at Fox, but maybe there is some network that would be interested now that the DVD market is proven.

There is also some talk that the show might be produced for on demand viewing only or possible straight to DVD release.

Here is a link to sign up to be a "recruit." http://www.fireflyseason2.com/index.asp

I am not holding my breath for any of this to happen. It is completely unprecedented and I'm not sure what the future of "independent" television is. The registrar of the above website is a production house called Brilliant Screen Entertainment located in Avondale, Arizona. While they have a fairly impressive list of local projects they are not on the level of a network studio.

I'm not sure where they would get the financing to produce a show like Firefly, and I'm even more not sure whether all involved with Firefly would want to try something like that. Maybe we would get a completely new cast and Joss Whedonless Firefly?

The prospect of television shows bybassing network air, or having a short network run, and then going straight to DVD and pay per view is exciting though.

Arrested Development...The Obsession

Is it the end???? Currently Fox has updated their Arrested Development homepage to say, "All-New Episodes Coming Soon!" Whether this will prove to be true or not remains to be seen, after all, for half of Monday the Fox.com homepage advertised 2 new episodes that night. Instead, viewers who expectantly tuned in got a re-run of House.

Obviously this is not a good sign. All season Arrested Develoment has aired sporadically, and most people think it's already been cancelled. If you look at AskFox.com you will see that the remainder of the third season of Arrested Development is currently listed as mid-season back up replacement -- in layman's terms that means one of Fox's new shows will probably have to fail for the rest of the AD season to air. Now you have to ask yourself if it's morally acceptable to wish for the loss of other's people's jobs just so you can see a few AD episodes?

Whether the 4 episodes air or not is beside the point - they will eventually be on DVD anyway. The real question is: Does Arrested Development have a future?

There are rumors about ABC and Showtime taking it over, there is even the smallest of small chances Fox will keep it, but will there be anything left to save when all is said and done?

Chances are good the actor's are already exploring other options. They can't just sit around, passing up other offers, and have know idea whether AD will continue or not. Jason Bateman and Will Arnett seem to be jumping into feature film careers, and it wouldn't surprise me if they have other TV offers already on the table. I'm sure the rest of the cast will not have much trouble finding other projects.

But maybe the actors love the show as much as its fans do, maybe they want to stick around and see what happens. Despite the low ratings, the fans have been loyal and vocal, and they're not all nobody internet bloggers like me. E! Online's Kristin Veitch has been campaigning for the show for months - she always has new and hopeful info about the show.

We may not know the fate of Arrested Development until May, when Fox has to finally decide, so until then the fans will continue their campaigning, speculation, and hope beyond hope the show continues.

The confusion is over...No AD tonight

My last post can be ignored. Fox has updated their sight to show two episodes of House starting at 8PM tonight.

Who knows if and when the final episodes of Arrested Development will air.

I accept that the ratings are bad, and they can't get enought advertising $ to keep the show going, but I will never understand why.

New Arrested Development tonight!

According to Fox there are two back to back new episodes of Arrested Development tonight. One of the episodes will feature Justine Bateman.