[nyg23]

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This has gotten a ton of votes but I wish there was some sort of season or episode minimum for shows to qualify. It lasted what, 2-3 seasons (love the show but still forget this detail)? It's the comedies like Cheers and Seinfeld that are still at least pretty good 6-7+ seasons in that should be given more credit.

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I understand your point completely and it was 3 seasons with the third being cut short by Fox to I think only 13. The reason Arrested Development is getting so many votes is because of how unique it was. Theres nothing like it that I know of in comparison to the writing, cast chemistry/interaction and perfect delivery of the jokes by the entire cast(cant say that about Jerry who has that huge grin half of the time after delivering his punchlines (dont get me wrong Seinfeld is still great)). Whoever casted AD deserves alot of its credit along with the writers. At no point did I see one episode I didnt think was great in three seasons. One of the main reasons it got cancelled was because it was just too expensive to make(rumors of 1M+ per episode). Sorry for the rant we AD fans are pretty hardcore.

Cliffnotes: Arrested Development makes the cut for me because of its uniqueness(actually interpretting their cancellation into the final episodes and many, many running jokes),nearly impeccable writing, acting and no signs what so ever of slowing down before being cancelled. They didnt get Emmy's for no reason. AD will stand the test of time. If youve only seen the episodes once do it again because you will find alot of stuff you missed.