Thursday, July 27, 2006

New Homes For ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

(From Cynopsis)

In a precedent setting pact, FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, MSN, HDNET and G4 will make all three seasons of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT available online, on hi-def TV and on basic cable at the same time.

In a three-year term, MSN will have the portal rights to syndicate the program on the internet. MSN will also produce interactive segments to help build a new audience, and later this year each of the episodes will be streamed on MSN Video and available free on demand to MSN customers.

HDNET will air the series exclusively for three years starting this September. The hi-def net is available both via cable and satellite.

And, finally G4 has acquired the basic cable rights for the series in a three year deal beginning in October.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is produced by TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION and IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT and ran for three years on FOX with 53 episodes in total.

To paraphrase JASON BATEMAN at the EMMYS one year, it was the most critically-acclaimed show no one ever saw.

[Except for Tommy, Karen, and myself. Come on!]

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