Arrested Development is a ground-breaking sitcom that originally aired 53 episodes over three seasons from November 2, 2003 to February 10, 2006 on FOX. Since cancellation it has developed a cult following and its popularity has grown - a fourth season was released in 2013 and the first eight episodes of the fifth season release on Netflix on May 29, 2018.
The series follows family man Michael Bluth as he tries to keep his family and business from collapsing after his father George is sent to prison for embezzling money. As the family adjusts from riches to rags Michael helps his mother Lucille keep up appearances, sister Lindsay and brother-in-law Tobias with their failed marriage, son George Michael and niece Maeby through adolescence, and brothers Buster and G.O.B. adjust to working life.
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The cast and crew of Arrested Development were in attendance on the evening of May 18, 2018 for the Netflix Premiere of Arrested Development Season Five in Los Angeles, California.
Season Five of Arrested Development will be released on Netflix in 2018. The first eight episodes will be available on May 29, 2018. The entire original cast has been confirmed to return and will appear collectively together more frequently than in the previous season to solve the murder of Lucille 2.
On May 20, 2018 members of the Arrested Development cast were in attendance at Good Morning America in New York City for a live interview, talking about Season Five.
Portia de Rossi and Jason Bateman were on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about Arrested Development Season Five.
The Bluths want to award themselves the Golden Anchor award and give themselves the title of Best Family of the Year. They are doing a campaign to prove just how deserving they are including a website, campaign poster and more!
On May 1, 2018 Mitch Hurwitz announced on Twitter that he had re-edited Season Four of Arrested Development into a twenty-two episode chronological ordered season, titled Season Four Remix: Fateful Consequences, will be released on Netflix on May 4th, 2018!