20th Century Fox Television, the studio behind the series, has thrown in the towel for Arrested Development. The studio announced that AD creator Mitch Hurwitz is ready to call it quits.  For three seasons, Arrested Development was the darling of critics and award givers, but failed to be a ratings’ winner, or even a serious contender. In February, Fox, the network, not the studio, burned off the series’ final four episodes in a suicide time-slot, opposite the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.

For a while, Arrested Development had hoped to find a new home on Showtime, but a deal to bring AD to cable was arrested in its development.  With Mitch Hurwitz’s decision to move on, the Showtime deal is DOA.

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