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May 13, 2013 | video | editor | 0 Comments
Now more than ever, network TV executives follow the “What have you done for me right now?” model with regard to new sitcom series, so if shows don’t perform well within the first season, they’re typically canceled. And if they air on NBC, they might not even make it that long. That means that a show like Arrested Development, that was adored by critics but ignored by viewers, would have never made it three seasons if it aired today. But of course Charlie Sheen would still have a huge contract, because cocaine.
Fortunately for the show’s rabid, diehard and mostly annoying cult followers, Netflix decided to revive Arrested Development as one of its own exclusive online series, and the trailer for season four, which will be available all at once on May 26, debuted yesterday.
I think the biggest question about Arrested Development’s new season and the future of online sitcoms is would you watch Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi?