New Cable Homes for 'Arrested,' 'Sunny' Reruns

Two of the most beloved and obsessed-over TV comedies of the decade are about to find new homes on cable for their reruns: IFC, which has been slowly building itself up as a comedy destination (with original shows, British imports and the recent Monty Python extravaganza), will be showing all 53 episodes of the revered Fox comedy Arrested Development beginning October 25, with two episodes airing each Sunday night at 10 p.m. EST and Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EST. Given that the second and third seasons were recently taken down from Hulu, this is probably the best way to catch the whole series now, aside from getting the DVDs.

And in a somewhat strange development, Comedy Central has picked up the syndication rights to FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which means that starting next summer, reruns of Sunny will air on Comedy Central even while the show is still producing new episodes for FX. Given FX's strong commitment to Sunny, it seems likely that the show will air on both networks simultaneously for at least a little while. It's odd for two basic cable networks to share a show like that, but I guess more Sunny is always a good thing.

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