* Arrested Development ( TV series ), a Fox Network comedy

Although there were less in this decade than there were in the 1990s, the 2000s still saw many popular and notable sitcoms, including Will and Grace, Malcolm in the Middle, The King of Queens, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and 30 Rock, among many others.

* In the comedy series Arrested Development, Tobias Funke said " Who'd like a banger in the mouth?

After shedding most of these shows, Fox filled its lineup with acclaimed dramas such as 24, The O. C., House and Bones, and comedies such as The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle, and Arrested Development.

The Parents Television Council has criticized many popular Fox shows for perceived indecent content, such as American Dad !, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, Married ... with Children, Prison Break, and That ' 70s Show.

* Mitch Hurwitz in his acclaimed TV-series Arrested Development, which is widely noted for its unusually intricate and complex use of word play.

Imagine has produced several films including Friday Night Lights, 8 Mile, and Inside Deep Throat, and the television series 24, Felicity and Arrested Development.

Howard also narrated Arrested Development.

In the series finale of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed series Arrested Development ( which he executive produced and narrated ), Howard appears as himself in an epilogue at the end of the episode and refers to himself as " a Hollywood icon ".

She had guest appearances in the sitcom Arrested Development and had a small role in the movie The OH in Ohio, while continuing to tour internationally.

Recently, Minnelli has made guest appearances on such shows as Arrested Development, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Drop Dead Diva.

In 2004 and 2005 she appeared as a recurring character on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning TV sitcom Arrested Development as “ Lucille Austero ”, the lover of both the sexually and socially awkward " Buster " Bluth and Buster's brother “ GOB .”

In 2005, he appeared in the episode " Sword of Destiny " in Arrested Development as Dr. Stein, a deadpan incompetent doctor.

* Franklin Delano Bluth, a puppet from the TV show Arrested Development

He has also directed episodes of the television series Arrested Development and Grosse Pointe, among others.

* Speech ( rapper ) and Arrested Development, the hip hop group

Instead Louis-Dreyfus scored a recurring guest role as the deceitful prosecutor and love interest of Michael Bluth on the Emmy Award winning comedy Arrested Development from 2004 to 2005.

He is named as the only man James Lipton has ever called a coward in an episode of Arrested Development.

* Alia Shawkat, actress, ( Arrested Development )

* Speech ( rapper ), lead of Arrested Development ( group )

The double meaning of the word was exploited in a 2005 episode of the American comedy program Arrested Development, where the word was censored if used as an insult, but not censored if used to mean sweet or gentle ( as in pussycat ).

* Jim Vallely, Emmy Award winner writer from Arrested Development.

The two main actresses, Shawkat and Whitman, went on to co-star on Fox's Arrested Development.

* Arrested Development ( group ), an alternative hip-hop music group from Atlanta, Georgia

* Arrested Development ( radio series ), a radio series that aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2000

* According to the audio commentary of the " Extended Pilot " episode of Arrested Development, this song was to be heard when the Fünkes were leaving their Beverly Hills hotel without paying their bill, but it was decided that it would be too costly to obtain permission.

* Mitchell Hurwitz — Arrested Development ( episode: " Pilot ")

* Byron " Buster " Bluth, a character from the comedic television series Arrested Development

Baio was also in the Emmy award winning comedy series Arrested Development as the madcap Bluth family's serious but overpaid lawyer, Bob Loblaw ( pronounced similar to " Ba-bla-bla, a running joke ).

* Buster Bluth, a character from Arrested Development

From 2003 – 2006, de Rossi starred as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Fox Television's critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series Arrested Development.

De Rossi will reprise her role as Lindsay Bluth Fünke in 2012's film adaptation of Arrested Development.

In Arrested Development, the failed Bluth company frequently features on The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day segment.

* George Michael Bluth, a fictional character on the television show Arrested Development

When Winkler moved to CBS for one season to star in 2005 – 06's Out of Practice, his role as the Bluth family lawyer on Arrested Development was taken over by Happy Days co-star Scott Baio in the fall of 2005, shortly before the acclaimed but Nielsen-challenged show ceased production.

This legend is referenced in the American television show Arrested Development in which the wealthy Bluth family of Orange County owns a frozen chocolate banana stand on Balboa Island.

* In the television series Arrested Development, Lucille Bluth many times winks at her son, who expresses great discomfort thereafter.

* Simple Simon is the cheapest item offered on the menu of the Bluth ´ s Original Frozen Banana stand in the TV show Arrested Development.

* George Oscar " Gob " Bluth II, a fictional character on the TV show Arrested Development

Jeffrey Michael Tambor ( born July 8, 1944 ) is an American actor and voice actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, and George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development.

In 2003, he starred in the television comedy Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr. and in some episodes his twin Oscar Bluth.

After appearing in several 1980s and 1990s sitcoms, including It's Your Move, and The Hogan Family, Bateman came to prominence in the early 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, for which he won a TV Land Award, a Golden Globe, and two Satellite Awards.

He played George Michael Bluth in the award-winning television series Arrested Development for three seasons before it was canceled.

Tony Hale ( born September 30, 1970 ) is an American actor, best known for his role in the Fox comedy series Arrested Development as the neurotic Byron " Buster " Bluth.

From 2003 to 2006, Hale found success in television when he was cast as Byron " Buster " Bluth, the hapless, neurotic youngest son with " mother issues " on the Fox sitcom Arrested Development.

Jessica Walter ( born January 31, 1941 ) is an American actress, known for the films Play Misty for Me, Grand Prix, and for her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development.

From 2003 to 2006, she appeared in a regular role as the scheming, alcoholic socialite matriarch Lucille Bluth on FOX's critically acclaimed comedy series, Arrested Development.