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Mitch Hurwitz and the cast of Arrested Development appeared together at a Netflix panel at the National Association of Broadcasters convention yesterday, and they gave up a whole bunch of details on just how this revival is gonna work. Vulture was there and captured all the juicy details.

Firstly, all 10 episodes are going to drop on Netflix streaming on the same day rather than them being released weekly like a traditional TV show. So that's good for the bingers: after this years-long wait, you'll be able to tear through the entire new season in less than five hours. As for what the episodes will actually be like: [...]

Here is today's tiny scrap of information/hearsay/hope about the mythical Arrested Development movie: Jason Bateman met with Mitch Hurwitz last week about the in-progress script, and he says that the plot is "incredible" and left him "vibrating." Vibrating! That's good, right? He wasn't having a seizure or anything? We'll just assume it's a good thing and keep on planning to have our collective lives changed by this thing when it finally comes out.

Mitch Hurwitz has become somewhat of a poster boy for good things getting cancelled. Despite Arrested Development lasting a comparatively-long three seasons, the show's cancellation still causes comedy nerds to get all verklempt at its mere mention. And his most recent show, Running Wilde, only made it halfway through its first season. So he's sort of an expert on how to get networks to give you the axe. Which is the focus of his new piece for the Guardian, conveniently enough.

He's got some good advice! On complicated plots: If in your particular medium an audience is used to a simple plotline or maybe one or two [...]

Ron Howard has casually tossed some fuel on the Arrested Development movie fire by talking about how Mitch Hurwitz is totally going to make it now: "What happened is that [Hurwitz] became such an important television superstar that he began developing a lot of pilots and he really wanted to follow through with that," Howard said. "So he put in a couple years doing that — always letting the Arrested Development movie percolate — and now he's done that. I think this is really now front-and-center in his mind."

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The years working in TV have also given Hurwitz, who had never directed an episode of the series [...]

Running Wilde's ratings slipped again last night, down to 3 million viewers. It's pretty much 100% done for, the only question is when Fox is going to pull the plug. Keep your heads held high, Hurwitz and company! You're great and people out there care about you! Tomorrow is a new day!

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Up until, oh, last October, if you wanted to dull the pain of Arrested Development being wrongfully cancelled by FOX, you were limited to [...]

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Lots of peeps asking about reports of @mitchhurwitz working on a different project other than AD movieless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhoneWill Arnettarnettwill

Yesterday, it was announced that Mitch "Arrested Development Movie" Hurwitz had taken a gig directing a remake of a Lars Von Trier movie. Because that movie is not the Arrested Development movie, people are just not happy. This [...]

Mitch Hurwitz seems close to done with his script for the mythical Arrested Development movie, and he's now looking at a timetable. I'm no expert on the nitty gritty of making movies, but is shooting and releasing it in 2011 really possible? File this one under ambitious but unlikely: "We've started that process and it is our sincere hope to shoot it this year and get it out this year. That's what we're hoping, but a lot of things have to fall into place for that to happen." [via]

Fox hasn't "officially" cancelled Mitch Hurwitz's Running Wilde, but between shelving it for reruns of Raising Hope for a couple weeks and this new scheduling change, it's as done as a show can be. If you want to catch the rest of the 13 episode run, here's when Fox will be airing it: Episode 7 – Tuesday, November 30 at 9:30/8:30c Episode 8 – Tuesday, December 7 at 9:30/8:30c Episode 9 – Sunday, December 12 at 7:00/6:00c Episode 10 – Sunday, December 19 at 7:00/6:00c Episode 11 – Sunday, December 26 at 9:30/8:30c Episodes 12 & 13 – Tuesday, December 28 at 9:00/8:00c

You had potential, Running Wilde, [...]

Sad news: Running Wilde, which needed a bump in its ratings last night to stave off cancellation, lost 17% of its viewers compared to last week, dropping to about 3.5 million viewers.

The stars and creators of the show have been pushing hard on Twitter over the last week, making it clear that it's do-or-die for the fledgling show. It's already been preempted on October 26th for an extra episode of Raising Hope, so the chances of it surviving the month are pretty slim.

Worse? Mitch Hurwitz has said that Running Wilde doing well is what would make the much-hyped Arrested Development movie actually happen.

Every year, TV networks horde up pilots for potential new shows and then whittle this group down to a few programs that actually make it to air. While it's often the case that these passed-over pilots are rejected for good reasons, there have been tons of high-profile projects from respected comedy auteurs to get shot down by trigger-happy network brass (especially at Fox!). Let's take a look at some of the comedy series that almost were, and how they could have changed the careers of those involved and the face of television as we know it.

Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development, has signed on to direct Boss of It All for Universal. Boss of It All, which is not the Arrested Development movie, is a remake of the 2006 Lars Von Trier film of the same name and has the following plot: The movie focuses on the owner of a small IT company who pretends there's another boss above him in order to more easily break bad news to his employees.

When he sells the company and the new owner wants to meet said boss, he has to hire a failed actor to play him … with wacky results.

Another comedy that [...]

Peter Serafinowicz is not a household name here in the States, but he's been a major part of Britain's comedy scene for years. In addition to appearing in beloved shows such as Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge, Little Britain and The IT Crowd, he also created and starred in both Look Around You and The Peter Serafinowicz Show. But his first major introduction to American audiences was in Mitchell Hurwitiz's short-lived followup to Arrested Development, Running Wilde.

Running Wilde was burdened from the start with unreasonable expectations. Coupled with a heavy hand from network executives, the show never really got a chance to find its footing and build a solid [...]

Just like in Arrested Development, Jeffrey Tambor is going to be playing Will Arnett's dad in a Mitch Hurwitz sitcom. This time, however, it's in Running Wilde, according to a tweet by costar Peter Serafiniwicz. How many more episodes the show has left is unclear, but it's great that Arnett and Tambor get to team up again while it's still kicking.