You would think that Ron Howard, the veteran of Happy Days and Andy Griffith Show, would get why I am not crazy about this show. Unlike Happy Days and the Andy Griffith Show, Arrested Development lacks warmth in it's main family. One of the many reasons people watch family oriented sitcoms is because they like the family. As much as I tried to like this show, I couldn't get pass the characters. Except for Jason Bateman, the show never really catches my attention. Jeffrey Tambor is always wonderful but he is not enough. I found this show to be confusing and often bewildering. I wanted to like this show and I tried but I never caught on like the critics. One of the many reasons that we watch the same sitcoms over and over is for the laughs and because we like the family or the cast of characters. I found this group to be unlikable and shallow and I am sorry that I am not a critic. But I think if you look at all the popular sitcoms in history, you will find that the characters who became endearing to its audience won both critics and fans. Just look at them again.