Claim: Portia de Rossi was on Arrested Development.

Arrested Development is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox network from November 2 , 2003 to February 10 , 2006 . A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26 , 2013 . Created by Mitchell Hurwitz , the show centers on the Bluth family , a formerly wealthy , habitually dysfunctional family , and is presented in a continuous format , incorporating hand-held camera work , narration , archival photos , and historical footage . The series stars Jason Bateman , Portia de Rossi , Will Arnett , Michael Cera , Alia Shawkat , Tony Hale , David Cross , Jeffrey Tambor , and Jessica Walter . Ron Howard serves as an executive producer on the show , as well as its narrator .   The main characters of Arrested Development are made up of the Bluth -LRB- -LSB- ˈbluːθ -RSB- -RRB- and Fünke -LRB- -LSB- ˈfjuːŋkeɪ -RSB- -RRB- families .