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Arrested Development's ratings were low by Fox's standards and they dropped the show. Showtime made an offer to air a fourth season, but the creator Mitchell Hurwitz declined, claiming to be burnt out on the show. See: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1178690,00.html

If you have the new windows vista, just go to the windows media center. all three seasons are on there for free. Just go into Internet Tv, go to tv, Under tv go to series, and you will see all three seasons available for free. The shows only have two 30 second commercials in between.

You can also go to hulu.com, which has all of season 1 and 2 available for streaming, with only a few commercials in between. On October 9th, 2009, season 2 will no longer be showing on hulu.com, but season 1 will still be available.

TVShack.net has all the seasons, without commercials, but they are missing a few episodes (9-11 I believe) of Season 3.

All episodes can also be found at the following link: http://arresteddevelopment.msn.com/

If you're asking this, then you've probably been skipping the "On the next Arrested Development" segments, which is not wise. They're not actually previews for the next episode, they're conclusions to the story. The banana stand was rebuilt in the "On the next" segment of the second episode, Top Banana.

Tracy Bluth died 2 years before the show began, after a coma (according to the episode "For British Eyes Only") while suffering from ovarian cancer (implied in the episode "Prison Break-In"). The episode "Whistler's Mother" implies Michael and Tracy knew each other since high school and the episode "Public Relations" reveals they married during his second year of university. According to GOB in "The Immaculate Election", Michael had knocked her up before they married.

Annyong, who was adopted by Lucille in the middle of season 1, appears in some episodes in the early second season, but in Afternoon Delight Lucille says she sent him to the Milford Academy boarding school. This was to teach him a lesson, but she can't remember about what. In season 3, Annyong returns as a mole, spying on the family, and is instrumental in getting Lucille arrested in the final episode.

"The Final Countdown" by Europe

It was written specifically for this show by its composor David Schwartz. It's called "You Here With Me." An instrumental version (without lyrics) can be heard in Beef Consomme and much later in Exit Strategy.

"Gonna Get Together," by Leroy

"Cry Love" by John Hiatt

The bleeps are a joke, so they're kept on the DVDs, with one exception. You can watch either the TV version of the Pilot or the Extended Pilot on DVD. The TV version's bleeped, and the extended version isn't.

Deleted scenes for most episodes, commentaries for three episodes per season (the Pilot, Beef Consomme, Let 'em Eat Cake, Good Grief, Ready, Aim, Marry Me, The Righteous Brothers, 2 Rita episodes and Development Arrested), some documentaries, and blooper reels for seasons 2 and 3.