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In each episode before each commercial break, the scene cuts to an all-white screen instead of a typical all-black screen.
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Arrested Development won the following awards during its series run:
2004 Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
- Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series: Mitchell Hurwitz
- Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
2004 Television Critics Association Awards
- Outstanding New Program of the Year
- Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
2005 Golden Globe Awards
- Best actor (comedy or musical): Jason Bateman
TV Land Awards
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Season 1 ended with an average 4.8/7 Neilsen rating.
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Neither David Cross (Tobias) nor Jeffrey Tambor (George Sr.) were planned as being series regulars. After their auditions, the writers decided to add them as regular cast members.
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Throughout the series, David Cross (Tobias) improvises on most of his dialogue.
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Ron Howard was never meant to be the narrator of the series. He filled in for the original narrator in the "Pilot" and his voice "worked" so he was cast as the narrator.
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All main cast members except for Tony Hale (Buster Bluth) appear in each of the 53 series episodes.
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