Ron Howard talks about "Arrested Development" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

For Ron Howard's full interview visit http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ron-howard from the Archive of American Television.

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[xoomphresh]

Arrested Development was really something special. My 74 year old grandmother just discovered it through Netflix. She's so heartbroken that her new favorite show has been canceled. I don't understand how this show could have been unsuccessful. I think it's perceived as a niche show when it really isn't. My nanna and I couldn't be more different but we both can sit down and watch this show again and again. Maybe it was just ahead of it's time.

Bring back our Bluths!

[costapasta80]

Fucking genius. This show is brilliant.

[antonio610]

Ever since I discovered Arrested Development, it's completely beyond me why anyone would ever make a comedy with a laugh track anymore. I can't even watch sitcoms that have them nowadays, it makes me cringe.

[QuesoGr7]

@UncleT0ny

Mistah Eff...

[UncleT0ny]

Mr. F was the sole reason the show ended. 

[littleboyblueballs23]

I don't understand the question, and i WON'T respond.

[XxlaZaktorxX]

@leebeer The show was not cancelled immediately. In fact, Showtime actually tried to pick up the series, but the creator did not wish to continue it. It just one of those TV shows that isnt meant for the big networks. But we can appretiate how great those 3 seasons were, and according to its creator, thats why he did not wish to continue; to preserve how great those three seasons were.

[leebeer]

why this show go cancelled after 3 seasons is beyond me. best series ever! too clever for america haha

[askl23]

@Littlemisshavoc Occasionally, when I find myself saying one thing but then doing another, I hear a Howard-esque narrator outlining my inevitable failure.

[pleasedontask]

@xoomphresh i love the show but i feel that there are some very alienating elements to it. the episode i just watched was the one right after buster lost his hand. you'd expect everyone to be much more somber but the show plays it for laughs. this plus the gay cop couple might not have been very accepted by the mainstream back then.

[JoeyMags7]

didnt he just explain what the office does, improvising and all, i dont know anything about flim or tv shows

[ajudaaduja]

The general americans can't understand the show. I'm from Portugal and if I was rich I would pay myself for more 6 seasons.