Do you know how many episodes ...
Question: Do you know how many episodes of
Arrested Development Fox has picked up for this year? According to the network's site,
House will be taking over the show's time slot in January, but I don't see
AD listed on another night then. Has Fox just not decided where they'll move it to or is it going to be having a shortened season?
Answer: A studio contact tells me
Arrested Development was renewed for a full 22-episode order. Of course, that didn't keep Fox from cutting the number short last season. And no, if Fox follows through on its mid-season schedule changes, it hasn't yet figured out where
AD would go. To me, it would have made more sense for Fox to order only 13 episodes, which would take the show to the December holiday break. (
AD feels more like a cable show anyway; why not produce it like one?) But Fox is also notorious for laying out a long-term schedule (such as
House migrating to Mondays in January as the
24 lead-in, once
Idol returns) and not following through, so I wouldn't be surprised if Fox's winter schedule undergoes some significant change once it's clear which shows are and aren't working. How
AD will fare amid all that turmoil remains to be seen.
