This Isn’t a Review Either

It’s The Futon Critic’s First Look at Do Not Disturb.

We Got a Little Something on Our Noses

The Hurwitz ass-kissing continues. And we are not ashamed.

Get a load of the best cast assembled in a comedy. Ever.



Do we have to wait for Spring 2009?

Another Arrested is Inn

Abraham Higginbotham wrote the script for the multi-camera comedy pilot “The Inn,” which is set at a hip New York hotel.

Niecy Nash plays the outrageous and motherly head of human resources who looks out for the staff. She battles with Jerry O’Connell, the hotel’s image-conscious general manager.

The cast also includes Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the head of housekeeping, Molly Stanton as the front desk clerk, Jolene Purdy as the reservations girl and Brando Eaton as the bellman.

So what, you may ask, is the Arrested Development angle on this one? None other than Jason Bateman is directing the pilot. Higginbotham used to write for the show.

Mitch Hurwitz = God

It’s a normal day at FOX when someone quotes a line from Arrested Development. So it wasn’t surprising to learn we were developing another show with its mastermind, Mitch Hurwitz. What was surprising is that his latest concept would be animated.

“Sit Down, Shut Up” is based on the live-action Australian series that centers on staff members at a high school who are preoccupied only with themselves. This means that the students come second.

Hurwitz is now blessing all AD fans by casting some well known voices to the new show — Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler.

They join the voice cast of Cheri Oteri, Will Forte, Regina King, Nick Kroll, Tom Kenny and Maria Bamford. (Look up all their credits cause you know them…)

We couldn’t find any clips of the original Australian show on youtube. But if for some reason you can’t remember what Michael Bluth, GOB Bluth and Barry Zuckerkorn sound like, do yourself a favor and watch full episodes or clips of Arrested.