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Some TV news that I am happy to hear about:

LesStroud.ca: SurvivorMan Returns!

Deadline: Netflix Picks Up New Episodes Of ‘Arrested Development’

Paste: Flight Of The Conchords Look To Make Film

Updates On An Arrested Development Movie

MTV.com: David Cross Knows The 'Arrested Development' Movie Plot... And It's 'Awesome'

DigitalSpy: Ron Howard could appear in 'Arrested' movie

HuffPo: 'Arrested Development' Movie Coming THIS YEAR, Says Mitch Hurwitz

What The Frak!?

Suddenly, Battlestar Galactica is getting mentioned in the blogosphere. Despite Caprica getting canceled.

Could be due to a new book and a new prequel.

Wired has the links:

SyFy Greenlights Battlestar Galactica Prequel With Young Bill Adama

Exclusive Excerpt: The Science of Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica’s Science Explained

And since it is election day, a re-post from The Onion: Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale



So say we all.

Alton Brown Is A 5 Tool Threat

Editor, director, producer, writer, star.

USAToday has an in-depth profile of AB who is doing a tour to promote his latest book: Alton Brown barely has time to enjoy his 'Good Eats' green

Related news: Good Eats hits Hulu (yeah!!!)

'Running Wilde' Is How Mitch Hurwitz Teaches Fox A Lesson

Via B&C: Is 'Running Wilde' 'Arrested's Heir Apparent?

No, but it is how the Arrested Development players get back at Fox.

" When asked by an audience member if viewers of Running Wilde could expect the same sort of foreshadowing they saw in Arrested, Hurwitz answered with a cryptic "If I say yes, wouldn't I be doing exactly what Fox told me not to do?"

"Arrested Development didn't work in the ratings because of its complexity, so we have to bury that," Hurwitz said."

My prediction is each episode will include a buried homage to AD.

So far we have:
-the "made a huge mistake" moment in the Pilot
-the treehouse in the last week's episode

Instead of AD's multi-variant story lines and triple entendre jokes, Mitch and crew have dumbed the new show down and focus on the one story line. Basically taking the GOB and George Bluth relationship storyline and turning it into a show. The Switch Hitter episode expanded for the masses in other words.

Iron Chef! Iron Chef!

Via Wired: Food: How Iron Chef America Engineers a Visual Feast

Life Was Made In Pinedale

Well, just a little bit, the sage grouse part.

See the Sublette Examiner: ‘Life’ filmed near Pinedale

Official site: Life at the Discovery Channel

AD Sure Is Popular For A Show That Was Cancelled

That Funke Arrested Development is some kind of something. Boy, this Funke Arrested Development is all anybody's ever talking about. So sick and tired of hearing about how brilliant that Funke Arrested Development is. Overrated

Movieline: Jessica Walter On Archer, Arrested Development, and the Lost Classic Dinosaurs

PopEater: Will Arnett Talks Baby Helmets, 'Arrested' Secrets and Loving Conan

[Update 2/9/2010]
Collider: Ron Howard Interview

Are you surprised at the passion people have for Arrested Development, so long after it went off the air?

Ron: I’m gratified by it. From the very first conversations with Mitch Hurwitz, I was passionate about it and always frustrated that the broad audiences weren’t there to really sustain it on network television. But, it’s been incredibly gratifying. You’re always a little surprised when something really takes off.

Ron Howard image (2).jpgWhat’s the status of the movie now?

Ron: Mitch Hurwitz is working on a story on script. He would direct it. Everyone is hoping. We’re not going to go through with anything we don’t think is up to the standards.

Everyone is chomping at the bit for it.

Ron: Me too. I’m chomping too.

Would it pick up where the show left off?

Ron: No clue. I have no clue as to who’s in it or what the storyline is, but every time I get together with Mitch, he gives me these fragments and they’re all hilarious.

Would you still narrate the film?

Ron: Oh, yeah. They couldn’t stop me. They couldn’t hold me back.

Fast Company Does Not 'Get' 30 Rock And This Is Why Arrested Development Faield

FC: '30 Rock' Ends Product Placement Speculation, Writes Cisco Into Last Night's Episode

Yes, they did. But it was no different than when AD went over the top with their Burger King placement. I'm surprised that the writer missed this. But then not surprised that Arrested Development was cancelled.

No, 30 Rock Is Not Arrested Development.

But it can be in the same ballpark with it and that is the best compliment. For example, other people report on the longing to have something fill the void left by Arrested Development as attested by a Google search for "the new Arrested Development" and most people say "30 Rock".

"Just Ring It Up With The Dong Tea"

[Update on 10/26/2009: Hulu has confirmed programming will stop being free at some point]

Hulu is removing Arrested Development seasons 1 and 2.

See TBM: Fox Kidnaps Itself

The article speculates that this is being done to drive DVD sales of Seasons 2 and 3. I disagree - this move seems more in line with Hulu offering paid subscriptions (currently in testing) and FOX's Murdoch love of paywalls to his properties.

See LAT: Will Hulu make you pay to watch?

Fortunately, shortly after AD was canceled syndication rights were sold to MSN. And because of that every episode is available at ArrestedDevelopment.msn.com.

A warning to FOX, content wants to be free. Removing dearly loved content like this will only drive your audience to other outlets.

G.O.B.: So is it for sale? I could use it in my act.

Asian Man: Maybe. Sword of Destiny hundreds of years old. Come with ancient story of warning, and...

G.O.B.: Yeah, I make up my own patter. Just ring it up with the dong tea.

Via: The OP (don't call it that)

These Are The Daves I Know

Watch at MilkAndCookies Bruce singing 'The Daves I Know'

Their movie 'Brain Candy' may have been a let down, but it appears the Kids In The Hall will be returning to the CBC for eight very special episodes.

See: Kids in the Hall to return to CBC

BSG Updates

Salon: Frak this prequel

As premises go, "Caprica's" dead teenager uploaded into battle robot is a promising one ("Terminator" meets "Freaky Friday"?), but the pilot lacks the dramatic heft of its predecessor. It doesn't have the same sense of scale or tragedy as "Battlestar" and feels considerably more generic, both dramatically and stylistically. The drama builds slowly, and scenes unfold without much, if any, tension. What little tension it has owes to viewers' knowledge of what will happen 58 years later. There are no hostage crises or food shortages to resolve, since the show's main concern is the emotional state of its two families. In fact, robot subplot and holographic excursions aside, there really isn't much that’s science fiction-y about "Caprica."

TheOnion: Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month's two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.

"The president seems to be someplace else lately," said one high-level official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Yesterday we were all being briefed on the encroachment of Iranian drone planes into Iraq, when he just looked up from the table and blurted out, 'What am I supposed to watch on Fridays at 10 p.m. now? Numb3rs?'"

And now that I have had time to reflect on the series my favorite episode was the first one after the mini-series: "33"

Caprica

Sci Fi Greenlights Caprica TV Series

We only have to wait until 2010.

A Talking Bear

Bear Grylls: How are we going to face up to energy crisis?

Simpsons + AD = Comedy Gold?

We shall see.
Variety - 'Simpsons' duo draw 'Up' new show

Chef Symon Gets An Additional Show

Via SeriousEats - Michael Symon Taking Over Food Network's 'Dinner: Impossible'

Now I'll watch it...

Chow.com Interview With Alton Brown

Crushing Bones with Alton Brown

Mitch Hurwitz News

Arrested Development cast to voice Fox animated show

BSG Season Four

The final season finally begins tonight, and back on Fridays thank goodness.

Feel the love from Wired.com:
Cylon Mania Blazes Back in Battlestar Galactica

Why Battlestar Galactica Must Self-Destruct

And watch BSG for free from the new web service Hulu.

Striking Writers And Chickens Don't Dance - Optimistic It [a movie] Can Be Done

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MOVIE PLANS CLOSE TO COMPLETION?

Jason Bateman Refuels Hope For ‘Arrested Development’ Movie