The following is a list of episodes from Arrested Development, an American television

Television comedy

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 sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz

Mitchell Hurwitz

Mitchell D. Hurwitz is an American television writer and producer. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom Arrested Development as well as the co-creator of The Ellen Show, and a contributor to The John Larroquette Show and The Golden Girls.-Birth and early life:Hurwitz was born...

 for the Fox Broadcasting Company

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. The show is centered around the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family

Dysfunctional family

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 and is presented in a pseudo-documentary

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 format, incorporating hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage. Ron Howard

Ron Howard

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 is an executive producer

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 and the uncredited narrator

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. Although set in Newport Beach

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 and Balboa Island

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, California

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, Arrested Development was primarily filmed around Culver City

Culver City, California

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 and Marina del Rey

Marina del Rey, California

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Three seasons and 53 episodes of the show were produced and aired between 2003 and 2006 before it was canceled by Fox. On October 2, 2011, Hurwitz announced a possible new 9–10 episode fourth season that would lead up to the movie.

Series overview

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Season 1 (2003–2004)

The episodes below are listed by the order on the DVD and not their original broadcast order, as there are three instances where Fox aired the episodes out of chronological order. "Charity Drive" was aired before "Visiting Ours", but chronologically takes place after it; "In God We Trust" was produced and aired before "My Mother, the Car", but appears after it on the DVD; and "Missing Kitty" was aired after the two-part episode "Altar Egos" and "Justice Is Blind", but appears before them on the DVD.

Season 2 (2004–2005)

Fox originally ordered a full 22-episode season, but the production order was cut down to 18 episodes.

Season 3 (2005–2006)

Fox originally ordered a full 22-episode season, but the production order was cut down to 13 episodes.