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Rate TV Highlights for Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept., 13, 2009

Original at Washington Post external link    Fri, Sep 11

Fox has a busy Saturday night, as "Cops" (at 8) and "America's Most Wanted" (at 9) air season premieres; at 12:30 a.m., the network offers new episodes of animated show "Sit Down, Shut Up," pulled off the air this spring.

Rate Will Arnett- Geared up like always

Original at Thaindian.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

 Thailand Will Arnett is finishing all his current projects starting from Disney romantic comedy, When in Rome, he voiced over the English teacher in Sit Down, Shut Up on the Fox network. Will Arnett and Amy Poehler became parents to a son, recently, ...

Rate FOX Shuts Up Sit Down

Original at Animation World Network external link    Thu, May 14

 CA Entertainment News International is reporting that FOX has given up on the new animated series SIT DOWN, SHUT UP! After a weak debut, the show was moved from the SIMPSONS follow-up spot at 8:30 pm to the 7:00 pm slot on Sundays. ...

Rate Sit Down, Shut Up: "Back in Time" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Mon, May 11

 CA Apparently the writers of Sit Down, Shut Up also have a soft spot in their hearts for those films because this episode was a condensed and perverted version of all of them. Essentially, it was an animated Not Another Teen Movie with a better cast and ...

Rate Opinion: It's Miracle Versus Larry in New “Sit Down, Shut Up” Episode

Original at TheCelebrityCafe.com external link    Mon, May 4

Ironically, on the Sit Down, Shut Up Fan Site page, there are mixed reviews; such as “appalled,” “loved,” “horrible,” and “awesome,” to describe the animated program created by Mitchell Hurwitz (Arrested Development, executive producer). ... Sit Down, Shut Up HitFix

Rate Sit Down, Shut Up: "Miracle's Are Real" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Mon, Apr 27

 CA When the voices of Jason Bateman and Will Arnett are fighting over the same woman, you can't help but think of the love triangle story on Arrested Development between the Bluth brothers and Marta, the gorgeous Spanish soap opera star. ... Sit Down, Shut Up: Miracle's Are Real TV Squad

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Original at New York Times external link    Wed, Apr 22

 United States A television review on Friday about “Sit Down, Shut Up,” a new animated comedy on Fox, referred incorrectly to the roles of two alumni of the show “Two and a Half Men” in the production of “Sit Down, Shut Up.” While the two, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim ...

Rate Sit Down, Shut Up

Original at PSU Daily Vanguard external link    Mon, Apr 20

Granted, I'd much rather have this over King of the Hill, which FOX announced (last October) that it intended to cancel in favor of newer animated programming (Sit Down, Shut Up and the forthcoming Family Guy spinoff The Cleveland Show) on their ...

Rate Sit Down, Shut up: Review zur neuen Fox-Comedy

Original at serienjunkies.de external link    Mon, Apr 20

Als Sprecher angeworben wurden die ehemaligen „Arrested Development“-Hauptdarsteller Jason Bateman und Will Arnett sowie der Darsteller eines der Familienanwälte der Bluth, Henry Winkler (Der Fonz in „Happy Days“, „Out Of Practice“). ...

Rate Review: 'Sit Down, Shut Up' should have been better

Original at San Jose Mercury News external link    Sat, Apr 18

  USA Along with Bateman and Kroll, the undeniably impressive cast includes Will Arnett (preening English teacher Ennis Hofftard), Henry Winkler (pathetic German teacher Willard Deutschebog), Cheri Oteri (mannish school librarian Helen Klench), Will Forte ...

Rate 'Sit Down, Shut Up' review - Sepinwall on TV - The Star-Ledger

Original at NJ.com external link    Fri, Apr 17

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Bateman is one of the voice actors on "Sit Down," as are "Arrested" alums Will Arnett and Henry Winkler. But there's only so much any of them -- or co-stars Kristin Chenoweth, Will Forte, Cheri Oteri and Kenan Thompson -- can do with their voices alone ...

Rate TV: Will Forte expands weekend presence with 'Sit Down, Shut Up'

Original at Scripps News external link    Thu, Apr 16

 DC By PATRICIA SHERIDAN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In his seventh season on "Saturday Night Live," comic-writer-actor Will Forte is branching out once again in the new Fox animated comedy about teachers and students called "Sit Down, Shut Up." He does the ...

Rate New Fox animated show reunites 'Arrested' cast

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Thu, Apr 16

 PA By Ellen Gray "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" creator Mitchell Hurwitz did everything he could to bring about the mini-reunion in the Fox Sunday premiere of his animated series, "Sit Down, Shut Up." Including leaving one "Arrested" veteran's character out of ...

Rate Henry Winkler Goes From 'The Fonz' to Teacher In 'Sit Down, Shut Up'

Original at Starpulse.com external link    Mon, Apr 13

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Henry Winkler was the ultimate cool kid on Happy Days. Now he's playing a teacher who's not so cool. Sit Down, Shut Up casts Winkler as the voice of an animated schoolteacher. Henry Winkler was the ultimate cool kid on Happy Days. Now he's playing a teacher who's not so cool. Sit Down, Shut Up casts...

Rate Mitchell Hurwitz talks Sit Down, Shut Up and Arrested Development

Original at TV Squad external link    Fri, Apr 10

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By Nick Zaino With Arrested Development, Mitchell Hurwitz went through the ringer with critical support, winning awards, and grassroots campaigns to convince Fox to keep the show on the air that ultimately failed. So what does Hurwitz do for a follow-up? He takes some of the same cast (Will Arnett, Ja...

Rate ‘Arrested’ Folk Join ‘SNL’ Talent to Voice ‘Sit Down Shut Up’

Original at Television Week external link    Thu, Apr 9

By TVWeek Blinkers “Sit Down Shut Up” is bringing back some “Arrested Development” flair to Fox Sundays, as the animated comedy reunites creator Mitch Hurwitz with cast members Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Henry Winkler. Set in a high school, the animated series... “Sit Down Shut Up” is bringing back some “A...

Rate Hollywood Outbreak » Blog Archive » DAMIEN LEWIS: LOOKING AT LIFE

Original at Hollywood Outbreak external link    Wed, Apr 8

SIT DOWN, SHUT UP is the latest addition to FOX-TV’s ‘animation domination’ line-up. It’s an interesting hybrid of animated characters set against live-action backgrounds that gives the show a fresh look and original style. ... We spoke with series star WILL ARNETT recently and he told us th...

Rate Arrested Development Friends Reunite For New Fox Comedy

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Wed, Apr 1

Later this month, Fox’s new animated series Sit Down, Shut Up is set to premiere. Fans of Arrested Development will be pleased to know that some of the brilliant-but-cancelled series’ cast will be reuniting to lend their voices to this new ... We’ve got some videos featuring Will Arnett, Jaso...

Rate Creator Teases About Arnett's 'Arrested Development' Movie Role ...

Original at Starpulse.com external link    Sun, Mar 29

Days after Will Arnett publicly begged his Arrested Development writer/director Mitch Hurwitz for mercy, we got Hurwitz to respond exclusively. It looks like Arnett can expect things to get worse. ... "We're probably going to find new and exotic ways of humiliating Will Arnett, and coincid...

Rate Q&A With 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Star Will Arnett -- New York Magazine

Original at New York Magazine external link    Sun, Mar 29

To his fans, Will Arnett will always be Gob, the heedlessly idiotic brother on the dearly departed sitcom Arrested Development. ... You’ve got another project with Hurwitz, the animated show Sit Down, Shut Up (April 19 on Fox), which co- stars Jason Bateman. It’s about teachers as students in...

Rate Will Arnett: Just call him the king of voiceovers | Showbiz News ...

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Fri, Mar 27

By Lynette Rice Arnett will lend his vocal cords to the role of an English teacher named Ennis Hofftard in Fox's animated TV comedy Sit Down, Shut Up (premiering April 19) from Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested Development). He has also accepted an uncredited ...

Rate 'Arrested Development' Actors Will 'Sit Down' with FOX in April

Original at BuddyTV external link    Thu, Mar 26

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By editor@buddytv.com Will the Arrested Development movie ever see the light of day?  That's a question that only time will tell as producers Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard are still trying to close deals for their much-awaited project. But there's a way to catch Arrested Development actors Jason Bateman, Will A...

Rate Review -- King of the Hill: "Nancy Does Dallas"

Original at Firefox News external link    Mon, Mar 23

 AZ NEXT EPISODE: King of the Hill remains on hiatus until April while Fox tries out the new animated program “Sit Down, Shut Up” in its timeslot. The next episode to air will be entitled “Reborn Again on the Fourth of July”, and will bow on April ...

Rate Arnett vs. Bateman Sit Down and Shut Up | Scathing Reviews for ...

Original at Pajiba external link    Fri, Mar 20

Will Arnett vs. Jason Bateman. COME ON! / Dustin Rowles. We haven’t heard a ton about Mitch Hurwitz’s follow-up to the brilliant “Arrested Development,” a show called “Sit Down, Shut Up.” It’s animated. It’s set in a high school. And the voice work is done by three “AD” alums, Jason Bateman, Will...

Rate Sit down, shut up, and watch Will Arnett and Jason Bateman totally ...

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Wed, Mar 11

By Annie Barrett Sit Down, Shut Up premieres April 19 -- it's an animated series about the dysfunctional faculty of Knob Haven High, created by Arrested Development overlord Mitch Hurwitz. Along with Arnett (who teaches Health) and Bateman (ha -- P.E.! ... SNL peeps Will Forte, Kenan Thompson (who plays a lady...

Rate Linkdown: 3/11/09

Original at twoguns (WordPress) external link    Wed, Mar 11

By twoguns Must see for “Arrested Development fans:” Jason Bateman and Will Poehler talk ish about each other; both lend their voices to Mitch Hurwitz’s upcoming animated series “Sit Down, Shut Up”

Rate Jason Bateman: Will Arnett Isn't The Father Of Amy Poehler's Baby, Wears A Toupee (VIDEO)

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Mar 11

By The Huffington Post News Editors Despite the fact that this promo doesn't really mention the show, it is designed to advertise the upcoming Fox comedy "Sit Down, Shut Up," an animated series created by "Arrested Development" founder Mitchell Hurwitz that three members of the AD cast as voices.

Rate the comic's comic: "Sit Down, Shut Up" Promo Battle Comparison

Original at the comic's comic external link    Wed, Mar 11

By Sean L. McCarthy The promos play up the reunion of Arrested Development cast members Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, which is good for all of the people who loved that sitcom but also odd because FOX didn't really stand by that award-winning show, did it now ? Also odd, the promos don't even ... Here is a promotio...

Rate Amy Poehler is "surprisingly promiscuous" - VIDEO

Original at TV Squad external link    Tue, Mar 10

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By Kona Gallagher The fact that Will Arnett may not actually be the father of wife Amy Poehler's baby is just one of the shocking tidbits you learn from Jason Bateman on the soundstage for Sit Down, Shut Up, Mitch Hurwitz's upcoming animated comedy in which he and Arnett both lend their voices. We heard about t...

Rate "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz and actor Will Arnett interviewed on the TV Talk Machine podcast.

Original at sfgate.com external link    Tue, Mar 3

By tgoodman@sfchronicle.com (Tim Goodman) Here's the promised podcast interview with Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett. Hurwitz is the creator of "Arrested Development" and Fox's upcoming animated series "Sit Down, Shut Up" airing in April. Hurwitz also has a plethora of pilots that could be picked up this season including a remake o...

Rate Easily the funniest thing I've seen all week

Original at Reel Fanatic external link    Sat, Feb 28

Tags: amy poehler, nathan fillion, mitch hurwitz, Ian McShane, "The Office", "South Park", "Arrested Development", "Watchmen", "Castle", "Parks and Recreation", "Sit Down, Shut Up", "Kings" via Blogdigger blog search for "Sit Down Shut Up" ("Cheri Oteri" OR "Arrested Developmen...

Rate "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz and actor Will Arnett stopped by for a podcast.

Original at sfgate.com external link    Fri, Feb 27

By tgoodman@sfchronicle.com (Tim Goodman) It was great end to a crazy week having Hurwitz and Arnett spice things up in the now much-ridiculed Podcave. Hurwitz, whose new animated series "Sit Down, Shut Up" starts on Fox in April, and Arnett, who provides the voice for one of the characters, were in San Francisco for WonderCon . I......Read...

Rate Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) *english*

Original at EPisodeWorld external link    Thu, Feb 12

FOX heads back to school when SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, a new animated comedy joining the Sunday Animation Domination lineup, premieres Sunday, April 19 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. From Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of "Arrested Development," SIT DOWN, SHUT UP focuses on the dysfunctional facul...

Rate 2009 WonderCon Movie Event Schedule

Original at /FILM external link    Wed, Feb 11

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Comic Con has announced the complete programing schedule for the 2009 WonderCon in San Francisco. I’ve included the tv/movie-related highlights after the jump. Friday, February 27th 2009 1:00-2:00 Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox, and FOX: Sit Down, Shut Up —Get ready to S...

Rate Arrested Development creator returns to the network that killed him, possibly for vengeance?

Original at TV Squad external link    Sun, Jan 18

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By Danny Gallagher Fox announced that Hurwitz's new show, Sit Down, Shut Up, will air sometime next fall. Critics also got an advance screening at the Television Critics Association conference last week. Continue reading Arrested Development creator returns to the network that killed him, possibly for v...

Rate Arrested Development in Development Say De Rossi, Hurwitz

Original at TV Feeds My Family external link    Fri, Jan 16

By Bill Brioux(tvfeedsmyfamily@rogers.com) Of course, critics knew that already. Hurwitz himself told us that a few days ago when he was at the Fox portion of press tour promoting his new animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up (which co-stars A.D.'s battling Bluth brothers Jason Bateman and Will Arnett). “We have a deal more or less in place fr...

Rate TCA: ‘Sit Down, Shut Up’...Now, Let’s Talk About ‘Arrested ...

Original at Broadcasting & Cable external link    Thu, Jan 15

Now, Let’s Talk About ‘Arrested Development’. January 13, 2009. Fox offered its luncheon panel at the TCA press tour Tuesday on behalf new animated sitcom Sit Down, Shut Up, about a high school faculty in a small Florida fishing town. TCA members lunched on mac ... But the conversation turned co...

Rate Fox Runs Counter to Industry Trends, Recommits to Live-Action Comedy

Original at Comedy Central Insider external link    Wed, Jan 14

By dustin chinn In a shocking strategy that will no doubt warm the blackened spirits of WGA West members, Fox is ordering up more carbon-based comedy series. "We're doubling down our commitment to comedy, and we're rebuilding the live-action comedy brand," says Fox...

Rate TV Newsround

Original at thecathoderaychoob (WordPress) external link    Wed, Jan 14

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By The Cathode Ray Choob Fox’s new animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up - produced by Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz  and with voices provided by that show’s Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler, along with Pushing Daisies‘ Kristin Chenoweth - with debut on Sunday, April 19, according to V...

Rate "Sit Down, Shut Up" and talk about "Arrested Development"

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Tue, Jan 13

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Fox has a new animated comedy titled "Sit Down, Shut Up" coming up, so naturally a lot of the questions during its TV Press Tour session today were about ... "Arrested Development." Which is because "Sit Down, Shut Up" is executive produced by Mitchell Hurwitz, who created "AD," and features t...

Rate 'Arrested Development' cast voices animated 'Sit Down, Shut Up'

Original at blogs.pioneerlocal.com external link    Tue, Jan 13

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So, the "Arrested Development" movie has hit some snags, but Fox has given "Arrested" creator Mitch Horwitz's new animated show, "Sit Down, Shut Up" an April 19 premiere date. Among the group doing the voice talent will be Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Henry Winkler. Other characters wil...

Rate Fox Cancels Prison Break + Schedules Sit Down, Shut Up

Original at entertainmentnow (WordPress) external link    Tue, Jan 13

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By Rosario T. Calabria In other Fox news, the network announced that Mitch Hurwitz’s animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up, will premiere on April 19, 2009, filling in for the King of the Hill slot on Sundays at 8:30pm after The Simpsons.  ‘Sit Down’ will take over after the series finale of King of the Hill.

Rate 'Prison Break' Sent To Death Row By Fox [Cancellations]

Original at Defamer external link    Tue, Jan 13

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By Kyle Buchanan The show is just played out," he said today at TCA. Thus, the network plans to shunt the show's final episodes to Friday nights in April, where it can extend one clammy, tattooed hand and attempt to take down the beleaguered Dollhouse with it. But, there is some good news: the same month will se...

Rate 'Prison Break' Sent To Death Row By Fox

Original at Gawker external link    Tue, Jan 13

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By Kyle Buchanan The show is just played out," he said today at TCA. Thus, the network plans to shunt the show's final episodes to Friday nights in April, where it can extend one clammy, tattooed hand and attempt to take down the beleaguered Dollhouse with it. But, there is some good news: the same month will se...

Rate The Rough Draft

Original at TAG Blog external link    Mon, Jan 5

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By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) But what's happening in the teevee sector of animation is, work has been up and down, putting it politely, for a long time. (People who've worked steadily for years have found themselves really scraping by in recent months ... and in many cases longer than months. Arggh.)

Rate The end for King of the Hill

Original at snarkerati.com external link    Fri, Nov 7

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By Angela To blame for the axe coming down on the series seems to be the Fox network introducing a couple of new animated series into their schedule. First up will be the Family Guy spin-off series The Cleveland Show and another series titled Sit Down! Shut Up!

Rate This headline about Fox's fall schedule isn't very good, either; the next one will be better, promise

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Thu, May 15

Other midseason series include the animated comedies, "The Cleveland Show," which spins off a character from "Family Guy," and "Sit Down, Shut Up," a comedy about burned-out schoolteachers based on a live-action Australian comedy. It was developed for Fox by "Arrested Development" c...

Rate New J.J. Abrams Series 'Fringe' Billed By Fox As 'Felicity With Smoke-People'

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, May 15

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By Seth · Fox's fall schedule announcement introduces only two new shows: a comedy called Do Not Disturb (formerly The Inn), and J.J. Abrams's new series Fringe, which will air Tuesdays at 9 after House. Details on Fringe are being kept under close wraps, but based upon a slew of promotional images o...

Rate How Do You Say 'Friendo' In Italian? [Trade Roundup]

Original at Defamer external link    Mon, Apr 28

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By Seth · The Simpsons writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein will executive produce a new animated series for Fox, called Sit Down, Shut Up. Originally written by Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz, it's based on a live-action Australian sitcom, and revolves around "the lives of seve...

Rate Buzz News Roundup, 3/12

Original at BuzzSugar external link    Wed, Mar 12

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By BuzzSugar Two more have joined the cast of My Sister's Keeper: Jason Patric will play the girls' father and Thomas Dekker (formerly Zach on Heroes) will play "the older sister's boyfriend and a fellow cancer survivor," writes Hollywood Reporter.Online video service Hulu is now open to the public,...

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