The plot for Arrested Development revolves around the members of the Bluth family, who generally lead excessive lifestyles. At the center of the show is the relatively honorable Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), who strives to do the right thing and keep his family together, despite their materialism, selfishness and manipulation. His teenage son, George Michael (Michael Cera), has the same qualities of decency, but feels a constant pressure to live up to his father's expectations, and is reluctantly willing to follow his father's plans, ...

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Besides the short ukulele-based theme song composed by David Schwartz, which is also used as Lindsay's cell phone ringtone, a couple of other songs are featured prominently in Arrested Development. GOB uses Europe's 1986 hit single, "The Final Countdown" in his magic acts, attempting to increase the audience's excitement through improvised dancing and rapid-fire magic tricks. The dramatic, synthesized chords, combined with GOB's high energy and overacting are a clear parody of modern magic acts. "The Final Countdown" is also GOB's ringtone. To add to this, on the season 2 finale, he sings a rendition of another 80's era song, B ...

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The first season of Arrested Development premiered in the U.S. on November 2, 2003, on Fox. The time slot has been repeatedly changed in attempts to increase its ratings. Three seasons, totalling 53 episodes, have been produced. The final 4 episodes of season 3 of Arrested Development will be shown back-to-back in a special two hour block on 10 February 2006 from 8pm ET/PT on Fox. The series also airs in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, among others. In Canada, the show airs Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET on either Gl ...

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The first season was released on DVD on October 19, 2004. Extra features include the unaired, extended pilot episode, commentary by creator Mitchell Hurwitz and other members of the cast, and various behind-the-scenes featurettes.[4] The second season was released on DVD on October 11, 2005, and includes such featurettes as commentary, deleted scenes, bloopers, and the campaign videos featured in the episode titled "The Immaculate Election".^{See also:}

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Arrested Development - First season. George Bluth Sr., while retiring as CEO of the Bluth Company, is arrested by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding customers and gross spending of the company's money for "personal expenses". His wife Lucille becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new president her youngest son Buster, who proves ill equipped. Seeing no other options, the family turns to Michael, the middle son, giving him control of the company. To keep the family together, Michael convinces his son and twin sister Li ...

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The show focuses on the tension that developed between the members of the Bluth family, primarily from their diminished spending power. Each show pulls from a serpentine mix of sibling rivalries, unresolved oedipal conflicts, sexual incompatibilities, personal identity crises, adolescent trauma, aging, pride, miscommunication, lying, guilt, subterfuge, determination, manipulation, mutilation, social status anxiety, incest taboo and countless other themes. Much like other dysfunctional-family comedies such as Malcolm in the MiddleSee also:

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For the first season, the show won five Emmy Awards in 2004, including "Outstanding Comedy Series", "Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series", and "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" for the pilot episode. In 2005, the second season brought eleven Emmy nominations in seven categories and one win, "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series", by Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely for the finale "Righteous Brothers". Other awards include: The Television Critics Association Award for "Best Comedy" and "Outstanding New Series ...

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The show frequently brings in celebrity guests. A partial list is included below. Arrested Development - Recurring roles. Scott Baio — as "Bob Loblaw" in "Forget Me Now", "Notapusy", "Mr. F", and "Making a Stand" John F. Beard — as himself in numerous episodes Ed Begley Jr. — as "Stan Sitwell" in "Switch Hitter", "Queen for a Day", "Burning Love", and "Ready, Aim, Marry Me" Zach Braff - as Phillip Litt in "Spring Breakout" and "S.O.B.'s" Rob Corddry — as "M ...

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Arrested Development - Ratings. The show is a hit with critics but has not gained a sizeable audience. According to the Nielsen Ratings system, U.S. ratings in the second season averaged about six million viewers, while the third season averaged about four million viewers.[11] To promote their highly anticipated re-broadcast of the animated series Family Guy, FOX announced that it would halt the production of the second season at 18 episodes—4 ...

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