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MSN to Stream 'Arrested Development'

By the Betanews Staff | Published July 26, 2006, 3:30 PM

MSN and Fox said Wednesday they had reached an agreement that would give Microsoft exclusive rights to stream the entire three-season run of the cult favorite comedy "Arrested Development." The deal will make all 53 episodes of the show exclusively available for three years on MSN at no charge.

A spokesperson for MSN said that the site also plans to build an interactive community around the offering, allowing fans to interact. Fox also announced that the show would be available in high-definition through HDNet, and on G4 in standard definition beginning in October of this year.

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KSzostek
Jul 27, 2006 - 4:57 PM

Great move for us!

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PC_Tool
Jul 27, 2006 - 8:53 AM

Meh...

Let me know when they start streaming NCIS and House.

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GoodThings2Life
Jul 27, 2006 - 8:05 AM

This is fantastic! :)

But I also wish they'd put it back on the air and help forever destroy reality shows!

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Tokar
Jul 27, 2006 - 2:51 AM edited

Not that Im a fan of the show, but hasn't Fox seen enough to say "Hmm...maybe we should put Arrested Development back on the air?"

They are getting all this pub and all these deals for Arrested Development...you'd think that they would try to cash in one more time.

If they would put it back on the air it would mean less of the David Cross plague that has infected my favorite show, Wonder Showzen!

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Practice
Jul 26, 2006 - 10:37 PM

Great show!
Love HDNet!
G4 is Crap!

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dmainzman
Jul 26, 2006 - 5:42 PM

........Cool?

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ChaosDeus
Jul 30, 2006 - 6:48 PM edited

personally, I love the show because of the dry wit, and I find that there aren't enough... intelligent comedies on television. Saddly, I heard that one of the directors is pulling out, so even though fox did offer to continue the show, they can't.

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