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"Arrested Development's" Family Ties
Though viewers may come and go--or sometimes never come at all--it's nice to know that even in TV land you can always count on family.
Which is exactly the case at Arrested Development.
Former Family Ties star Justine Bateman has signed on to guest star opposite baby brother Jason on what could be one of the final episodes of the Emmy-winning sitcom.
E! Online TV columnist Kristin Veitch first reported the casting news Tuesday, saying sources close to the show confirmed that, in a typically meta move, the erstwhile Mallory Keaton would be playing Michael Bluth's (Bateman) "sister" in an episode titled "Family Ties."
A press release issued by Fox Thursday elaborated on the news, confirming Justine is currently filming her guest spot on the show.
Per the network PR department, Michael will investigate the possibility that he may have a long-lost older sister named Nellie Bluth, and to figure out if they are, indeed, blood, he hires her as a consultant for the Bluth Company. But Michael discovers she's not who he thinks she is.
News of the guest-starring stint comes nearly a year after more disturbing rumors started popping up online that the acting siblings would play potential love interests on the show.
The Bateman double play is the latest stunt casting this season.
Oscar winner Charlize Theron recently wrapped a five-episode stint on the show, playing a mentally disabled British woman who was briefly engaged to Michael. And former Chachi Scott Baio is due back for an encore turn as Bob Loblaw, the attorney who took over as Bluth family lawyer from Barry Zuckerkorn (former Happy Days cousin Henry Winkler, who left to star in CBS' Out of Practice).
The Batemans' all-in-the-family episode is scheduled to air Jan. 9, as Fox burns off the remaining episodes before February sweeps.
Fox benched the criminally low-rated show for the duration of November sweeps, and last month cut back the season order from 22 to 13 episodes. The news came after eight shows were already in the can, leaving production just five new episodes to wrap up the Bluth family saga.
At least on Fox. Producer Brian Grazer told CNN last week that he is working feverishly to move the sitcom to another home.
"I think we'll get picked up by some other network, possibly," he said. "You never know.
"I can't tell you anything other than I'm hoping it works out in the way that we want it to. But I'm optimistic."
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