Arrested Development

Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz said yesterday that the series will be returning for one more season, with a limited number of new episodes, to air before the forthcoming movie. The announcement was made at “A Bluth Family Reunion”, an Arrested Development panel being held at The New Yorker Film Festival in Manhattan.

Arrested Development veterans Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter were all in attendance with Hurwitz, speaking about the series and the movie that’s been in the works for some time.

The season would span 9-10 episodes, with each one focusing on one of the much-loved characters – with the first episode focusing on Buster. Details are scarce, but presumably the episodes would air in the weeks (in the US) or months leading up to the Arrested Development movie.

It’s important to know that even though it isn’t a certainty; we know that Hurwitz is actively working on the film and at one point hoped to release it this year. Despite possible plot points being revealed, Fox Searchlight has yet to officially greenlight the project.

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8:30pm – Thursday, August 25 on ABC2

George Senior (Jeffrey Tambor) starts his own line of priced-to-own videotapes after he experiences a religious revelation during a stay in solitary confinement.

Meanwhile, Michael (Jason Bateman) falls for George-Michael’s (Michael Cera) ethics teacher.

8:30pm – Thursday, August 18 on ABC2

George Senior (Jeffrey Tambor) starts his own line of priced-to-own videotapes after he experiences a religious revelation during a stay in solitary confinement.

Meanwhile, Michael (Jason Bateman) falls for George-Michael’s (Michael Cera) ethics teacher.

8:30pm – Thursday, August 11 on ABC2

It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone but Michael (Jason Bateman) has a reason to celebrate. Buster (Tony Hale), tired of dealing with his mother, goes to live with the rest of the family in the model home. But soon Marta (Patricia Velasquez) realises that Michael is the one she has feelings for, not GOB (Will Arnett).

After Tobias (David Cross) moves into his room, George Michael gets a rather curious tip about his cousin’s origins, so he decides to investigate. GOB, worried about his girlfriend Marta, heads down to the TV studio to visit the set of her show, to confront a man named ‘Hermano’.

Pawn Stars, Seven, 8.30pm
See inside the doors of a family run pawnshop on the strip in Las Vegas, where three generations of men from the Harrison family run the business, with clashing and camaraderie every step of the way.

Seven Deadly Sins – Greed, GEM, 10.30pm
Greed is examined, including biblical teachings on the vice by Moses and Jesus, the thoughts of Aristotle, and economist Adam Smith’s theory that greed was fundamental to capitalism.

America’s Port, ONE, 7.30pm
America’s Port provides an unblinking view of a vibrant and colourful nerve centre for global trade – the Port of Los Angeles. Get a look inside this dynamic and dangerous 24/7 operation.

Arrested Development, ABC2, 8.31pm
It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone but Michael has a reason to celebrate. Unbeknown to him, Marta has decided it is Michael not Gob that she has feelings for. Stars Jason Bateman and Portia De Rossi.

Food Quarter, ABC News 24,10.46pm
From the farm to the plate, join Jessica Harmsen in Adelaide for a look at the latest stories about food.

8:30pm – Thursday, August 4 on ABC2

The family’s new public relations director gives them each a task while Michael (Jason Bateman) tries to get his son in to the prestigious Milford Academy.

Buster (Tony Hale), a graduate, is to be neither seen nor heard. Tobias (David Cross) heads to Boston to get his medical licence back, only to meet Carl Weathers on the way there, and GOB (Will Arnett) makes the academy’s founder disappear.

8:30pm – Thursday, July 28 on ABC2

Buster (Tony Hale) asks George-Michael (Michael Cera) to buy him some marijuana to treat Lucille Austero’s vertigo; and with the help of some male strippers dressed as cops, Michael (Jason Bates) stages a phony bust to teach George-Michael a lesson about the dangers of drugs.

But after the well planned charade starts to unravel George-Michael works out that all is not as it seems. George Snr (Jeffrey Tambor) tells Michael that in future he should avoid trying to teach his son lessons, as he had done.

8:30pm – Thursday, July 21 on ABC2

Determined to get back in the Magician’s Alliance, GOB (Will Arnett) puts on one last big show, thanks to his brother Michael (Jason Bateman). Michael, hoping to steal Marta away from GOB, tries to pull a scam almost as great as GOB’s magic act. Meanwhile, Tobias (David Cross), hoping to impress his daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat), becomes a ‘leather daddy’.

8:30pm – Thursday, July 14 on ABC2

Michael (Jason Bateman) cannot remember anything about the car accident he and his mother Lucille (Jessica Walter) were in. And because she doesn’t correct him, George assumes he was driving. While he’s trying to piece together the accident, GOB (Will Arnett) thinks Michael is planning to escape to South America with his father. Meanwhile, Lindsay (Portia De Rossi) makes repeated visits to the prison in hopes of scoring a date – and is put out when she gets no catcalls.

8:30pm – Thursday, July 7 on ABC2

The family’s attorney, Barry Zuckerkorn, wants to arrange George Senior’s (Jeffrey Tambor) release from prison for the Christmas holiday; but although it is possible it will cost $20,000 in bail money.

Expensive or not, if the deal does go through it will mean that George Senior can take part in the annual ‘Living Classics Pageant,’ an event featuring live presentations of classic works of art. In the past the Bluth family has played an integral part in its most popular exhibit: Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam.

Michael (Jason Bateman) and Lindsay (Portia De Rossi) work out that their mother is manipulating them, and with that in mind decide to get rid of the family attorney by arranging a date between him and their devious mother; meanwhile George-Michael (Michael Cera) faces the prospect of wearing an embarrassing codpiece in the ‘Living Classics Pageant’…