LOS ANGELES, March 28 (UPI) -- "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz says he is exiting the show, which quashes a deal to air the Emmy-winning series on Showtime.
A deal was in the works with 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine Television to air the series on the premium cable network, but it was contingent on Hurwitz coming along, Daily Variety reported Tuesday.
"The fans have been so ardent in their devotion and in return ... I've given everything I can to the show in order to try to live up to their expectations," Hurwitz told Variety in a phone interview from New. York. "I finally reached a point where I felt I couldn't continue to deliver that on a weekly basis."
Hurwitz said he "would have happily abandoned the fans' need for quality" if there "was enough money in it."
"But as it turns out, there wasn't," he said.
Hurwitz said he told executive producer Ron Howard he would be willing to act as a consultant if the producers find a home for the series, "but as a showrunner, I've gone as far as I could go."
Showtime and 20th Century Fox refused to comment, Variety said.
