| rdfs:comment | - Arrested Development never had a wide audience, as determined by viewership ratings for American audiences. The series itself was never designed to appeal to a mass audience, with themes of incest, ambiguous sexuality, and the standoffish nature of the characters. Arrested Development also aired during a time of technological change, namely the advent of DVRs and DVD sales which were not taken into Nielsen's account. Additionally, Fox Network marketed the series poorly and constantly moved the timeslot, which never help a series find footing.
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| abstract | - Arrested Development never had a wide audience, as determined by viewership ratings for American audiences. The series itself was never designed to appeal to a mass audience, with themes of incest, ambiguous sexuality, and the standoffish nature of the characters. Arrested Development also aired during a time of technological change, namely the advent of DVRs and DVD sales which were not taken into Nielsen's account. Additionally, Fox Network marketed the series poorly and constantly moved the timeslot, which never help a series find footing. The Netflix distribution model was a much more native fit for the series, one of the many reasons Ted Sarandos and other Netflix executives ordered the fourth season. Netflix, however, does not release viewership numbers of its original programming so it is unknown how large the audience for Season Four really was.
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