Contrary to earlier rumors, Brian Grazer, co-creator and co-executive producer of the American TV sitcom “Arrested Development,” says filming for the Season 5 of the once regarded as the funniest show on television will begin early next year and the series will premiere in Netflix in about four months after that.
There have been rumors last month stating that filming for the fifth season of the sitcom will begin anytime soon.
“Arrested Development” has been confirmed for 17 episodes for Season 5, which is a marked improvement as Season 4 only had 15 episodes.
Grazer confirmed the schedule of filming and release date of the series on June 2 during an interview with Adam Carolla which was aired via Carolla’s podcast.
He also revealed during the interview that he and series co-creator Mitch Hurwitz have been told by Netflix that they should do more episodes which they did, citing that they will need a lot of juggling with all the lives of the stars in the show.
Netflix revived the show that previously aired on Fox from from cancellation in May 2013 with a Season 4. The show features Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, and Alia Shawkat, details Deadline.
Loyal viewers
In a recent interview with a US magazine, Grazer said that he loves “Arrested Development” and never realized that the show commands some of the most loyal TV viewers.
Sentimental and loyal fans of the American television sitcom which originally aired on Fox for three season from November 2, 2003 to February 10, 2006, followed by a 15-episode fourth season that took a long time coming and shown on Netflix on May 26, 2013, hopes that the upcoming fifth season will go back to the treatment used in the first three seasons.
Accordingly, the show has been cancelled after Season 3 due to low viewership ratings but it has been renewed a few years later.
Back in 2011, “Arrested Development” was even referred to as the funniest TV show of all time. But when its fourth season started airing on Netflix some two years later, the series has somewhat lost its punch
Wants the original treatment
Although Season 4 was well received by viewers when it was aired on Netflix in 2013, many of the loyal fans of the show believed that something was missing, in terms of treatment on the sitcom.
They are now hoping that when “Arrested Development” returns for Season 5, it shall go back to the original treatment used by the show creator and producers during its first three seasons since it has been proven to draw the best laughs among televiewers..
“Arrested Development” does not have a huge fan following but the few fans that it have are very sentimental and loyal to the TV series. They are surely excited to know that the show is coming back for a fifth season this year.
Because “Arrested Development” Season 4 fell a tad short from the three previous seasons of the show in terms of treatment, nearly everyone already expected that there will be no more Season 5.