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Posted: Mon., Oct. 19, 2009, 8:36am PT

IFC picks up 'Arrested Development'

Cable network nabs rights to comedy series

Cabler IFC is getting in biz with the Bluth clan.

Cable network has picked up the off-net rights to all 53 segs of "Arrested Development" and will air a double dose of the show on Sunday and Tuesday nights starting Oct. 25.

Emmy-winning "Arrested," created by Mitch Hurwitz, never drew a large crowd in its three-season run on Fox but has endured as a cult fave. There's also been endless chatter about a possible feature adaptation of the laffer, which starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor.

Fox's Twentieth Television struck the deal with IFC.


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