Looks like Fox is doing its part to reduce the amount of television I watch every week:

The Bluth clan of Fox's ratings-challenged "Arrested Development" is... headed for the exit after Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning comedy to 13 episodes. [...] There is a possibility that the show will be shopped around, but its high cost is expected to be prohibitive for a cable network.

As much as I want to criticize Fox for pulling the plug on one of the best comedy series to ever appear on television, I don't think I blame them. After all, the show has had a tiny audience from the start and never managed to pull in new viewers despite an unusually high amount of promotion (for an underperforming show) from the network. Given its ratings performance, most networks would have canceled the show early in its first season, yet Fox has stuck with it well into its third season. And no matter how good this show is, the (sad) fact remains that the average American would apparently rather watch "The King of Queens." I just hope the show's producers can find a way to cut costs so that a move to cable will become more feasible. [Yahoo! News] Networks cancel '7th Heaven,' 'Arrested'