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Jason Bateman and Will Arnett man the Bluth Banana Stand

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000

The Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand World Tour kicked off in London on May 8, celebrating the return of "Arrested Development," the three-season cult comedy about the dysfunctional Bluth family axed by Fox in 2006. The tour has been across the U.S., landing in Los Angeles and New York City.

Fans of David Cross's character, the never-nude Tobias Funke, descended upon Times Square, today:

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Even "Arrested Development" stars Will Arnett and Jason Bateman stopped by to serve up some frozen bananas:

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The show returns by way of Netflix, where 15 new episodes will arrive on May 26.

Are low ratings the new normal for network TV?

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:34:00 +0000

While the Northeast was dealing with Sandy, Los Angeles was going about its business: NBC announced yesterday that the Christina Applegate–Will Arnett–Maya Rudolph sitcom “Up All Night” will be overhauled for a second time (a third, if you count the original pilot that was sent to critics and industry people), taking a hiatus and then transforming itself into a multicamera sitcom that will be taped in front of a live studio audience. “Up All Night,” which is in the middle of its second season, has always had a great cast, but has never been as consistently good or widely watched as NBC must have hoped when it signed such a killer lineup. Why is NBC giving a series with pretty low ratings and even less buzz so much slack? What does a series have to do to get canceled these days? The new normal for ratings — low, very low — seems to be precipitating a new normal for patience.

America’s funniest divorce

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:50:00 +0000

The only celeb couple America ever believed in is splitting up. If marriage doesn't last for the massively talented and all-around-cool Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, then what hope is there for the rest of us?

Us Weekly reports that after nine years of marriage, the two comedians -- who looked great together as Gob Bluth and that woman he married on "Arrested Development" -- are getting a divorce. To add to America's collective frustration at seeing the two split, a source told the magazine that "It's very amicable." They have two children, Archie, 3, and Abel, 2.