Netflix’s Redemption

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:43:42 -0500
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Thanks to Gizmodo!

Netflix has had a rough few months. In July, they angered customers by bumping up their prices. Then, in October, they saw record losses, as thousands of subscribers fled.

But one move is likely to make up for it all.

They’re bringing back Arrested Development!

The show’s revival became news a couple weeks ago. An announcement of a feature film preceded by a handful of new episodes left fans wondering where they could watch. Having beat out Hulu and Showtime, Netflix will be the series’ new home.

Since Netflix started licensing original series, the service has been seen as a potential savior for ill-fated productions that get shuttered over the objections of a cult following too narrow to sustain them. But rescuing a show that comes with a built-in audience–albeit one too small to survive on TV–may be a safer strategy than creating a new property out of whole cloth.”

New episodes won’t be available until 2013, but it doesn’t mean we can’t be excited now!