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Mitch Hurwitz and Christopher Guest on board, and it's not picked up!?!?


I'm shocked at the lack of trust in these certified geniuses. ABC should be ashamed of themselves. I feel cheated on a very individual level. As if they didn't pick this up just to rub salt in the wounds of FOX's premature cancellation of Hurwitz's masterwork Arrested Development. How can we get this show on the air? Seriously what do we have to do?


Jason Bateman on John Michael Higgins:"What a pro"

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here here, we should start our own network. we'll call it "no execs allow especially you MURDOCH!" yea, that'll show 'em... how much money you got?

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wow. i want to see this show.

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Apparently this was an appalling travesty. According to Armando Iannucci, director of the original, this turned out to be truly bad. Terrible, bad and rubbish.

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I can confirm this. I saw Armando Iannucci give a talk the other night and he showed a clip from the US version. It was pretty dire.

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so again a special us version of a good uk show.. i really dont understand this. why do these brilliant works need to be changed to success on us markets? theres no real reason behind is there? or is it actually the british accent thats so offputting?

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