Busy pre-upfront weekend

May 10, 2008 Welcome to post-strike upfront season 2.0, where the traditional pilot cycle has been turned on its head and network executives are readying fall schedules in between pilot casting sessions and development meetings. Fox's new series orders went to J.J. Abrams' sci-fi drama "Fringe" and the Jason Bateman-directed comedy "The Inn," along with Mitchell Hurwitz's animated comedy "Sit Down, Shut Up." The pickups stage a big "Arrested Development" reunion at Fox for creator Hurwitz and star Bateman, who also voices "Sit Down" with "Arrested Development" alums Will Arnett and Henry Winkler.

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