Netflix finally announced today the exact premiere date of the long-awaited new season of Arrested Development: May 26th. On top of that, they've revealed that Season 4 will be 15 episodes, not 14 as they had previously said in January. All episodes will debut simultaneously on the streaming service at 12:01am PST on Sunday, May 26th. Each episode will focus on one character from the show, with some characters getting two episodes and others just getting one. Other main characters will appear in each other's episodes. Hurwitz has said you can watch the episodes in any order as they all take place simultaneously, but there is an [...]
Craig Ferguson, host of CBS's The Late Late Show announced via Twitter last week that he'll be releasing a new hour-long stand-up special on Netflix later this month. Called Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help, this is his third stand-up special, following two that debuted on Comedy Central, 2011's Does This Need to Be Said? and 2009's A Wee Bit o' Revolution. I'm Here to Help makes its Netflix debut on March 15th, continuing the trend of comedians releasing specials straight to the streaming service. It's pretty impressive that Craig Ferguson is the only late night host who releases his own stand-up specials and that he's been able to put out [...]
Don't worry, Arrested Development is still set to come back for a 14-episode fourth season this May, but after that, don't expect to see any more new episodes. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings referred to the upcoming season as a "fantastic one-off" at a conference for investors today, adding that the season was made under "non-repeatable circumstances." Hasting continued, "We don't anticipate being able to do seasons five, six, seven. We have less of a stake in it. Arrested Development is a wildly successful tactic as opposed to fundamental to the strategy." A Netflix spokesperson elaborated to The Wall Street Journal that it would be "extremely difficult to [...]
As Netflix becomes a spot for television binge-watching, ventures into the world of original content with House of Cards, and prepares to make a lot of people really, really happy by finally bringing back Arrested Development, it can be hard to remember what Netflix was originally there for — flix for the Net! Right?
The website is constantly adding a ton of new titles that can often slip by unnoticed if they don't make it into your homepage recommendations. Amid the weird knock-off movies and forgettable television that is forever at everyone's fingertips, there is also a pretty good amount of quality comedy on the streaming service.
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Creator Mitch Hurwitz spoke to USA Today this week about the new season of Arrested Development and revealed some more details about how the show will look when it debuts a new run of original episodes on Netflix this spring. Each of the 13 to 14 episodes (it seems like Netflix and the folks behind the show still haven't decided exactly how many episodes they're making) will focus on a single character, with Hurwitz revealing that Jason Bateman's Michael Bluth is the only character who appears in every single one of the new episodes. "The show will look very different," Hurwitz explains, calling the new season a "very, [...]
