For now, bye bye Bluths!

Arrested Development will air its most likely final episodes on Fox Friday night at 8. The two hour event coincides with the opening night ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Really, you don't have a choice in the matter of what to watch. There's a reported nasty bidding war going on between ABC and Showtime to pick up the show. I'm hoping ABC gets it as they might be able to nurture it into a decent sized hit given their recent track record. While the promise of an uncensored show on Showtime is appealing, it just seems like more perfect for it to be on a network given it so subversively lampoons the politics of network television.

The show has so many hysterical, maniacally hilarious moments it would be almost impossible to recount a list of my favorite. A certain mole vs. jetpack springs to mind, though. And here's hoping Charlize Theron can get an Emmy win out of the most bizarre guest turn in television history.

Check out IMDB for a list of quotable quotes which exemplify everything that was so brilliant about the writing of AD.

And if this is in fact the end for this series, here's something other comedy series that are worth your time:

-Gilmore Girls
TV's wittiest gals are in their 6th season and show no sign of slowing down. Rumor has it next season will be the last. The sexy Lauren Graham is TV's hottest mama, but you'll love all the rampant pop culture references and so-fast-it-needs-a-speeding-ticket banter.

-My Name Is Earl
Watch it for Jason Lee's pornstache. But more so, watch it for the Emmy ready Jamie Pressly as the scheming ex-wife who delivered the knockout line of the season: To her sons - one white, one black - who wouldn't stop carrying on: "If you two don't knock it off, I'll slap you into each other so hard you'll switch color."

-The Office
Yes, you love Carrel. But stick around for the sweet ever-growing romance of Jim and Pam. I particularly enjoy office religious bitch Angela who when asked what she'd want if she were stranded on an island: "I'd bring The Da Vinci Code. So I could burn it."

-Scrubs
Most in line with Arrested Development, this medical comedy feels like a live action version of The Simpsons when that show was in its very best years. Check it out currently for Braff's real life gal, Mandy Moore. It's hard to believe how great Sarah Chalke is on the show given how awful she was as Becky #2 on Roseanne.

(And while it's not quite a comedy series, I would like to say just how awesome Grey's Anatomy was this past Sunday. Arrested Development aside, that was easily the best television of this season.)