Arrested Development Returns
With Charlize Theron

The Emmy Award-winning comedy Arrested Development returns to the schedule with a full hour Monday, Nov. 7 (8 to 9 p.m. ET/PT) on Fox. [Kitchen Confidential will be pre-empted for this night only. It will return to the schedule on Monday, Nov. 14, 2005.]

In the “Notapusy” episode (8 to 8:30 p.m.), Rita (guest star Charlize Theron) calls Michael (Jason Bateman) a word that he thinks means “weak or cowardly” when – in the British sense – it actually means “sweet or gentle.” In an effort to prove to Rita he’s not one of these, Michael tries to convince George-Michael (Michael Cera) to join him in some manly activities, but George-Michael is too busy prepping girlfriend Ann (Mae Whitman) for an “Inner-beauty Pageant” at the Church and State Fair. So Michael and his recently-discovered nephew Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade) enter a triathlon, only to discover Gob (Will Arnett) is the one who stumbles at the finish line. Meanwhile, George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) tries to get some good P.R. by volunteering to speak at a “Scared Straight” meeting, but ends up giving advice about his prison days to the wrong group. Scott Baio returns as Bluth family attorney Bob Loblaw and Dave Thomas as Trevor.

In the “Mr. F” episode (8:30-9 p.m.), Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster (Tony Hale) team up with George Sr.’s surrogate, Larry (guest star Bob Einstein), to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias (David Cross) mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can’t refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.

Arrested Development comes from Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Mitchell Hurwitz are executive producers.