Entertainment / Arrested Development Arrested Development Is Coming Back Netflix confirms 5th season By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted May 17, 2017 4:45 PM CDT Copied This undated publicity photo provided by Netflix shows actress Jessica Walter, front right, and the cast of "Arrested Development." (AP Photo/Netflix, F. Scott Schafer) Arrested Development will be back for a fifth season. Netflix, which revived the beloved sitcom for a fourth season in 2013, confirmed Wednesday that the series' fifth season will air on the streaming service in 2018. The original cast and creator Mitch Hurwitz are once again returning, Rolling Stone reports. Reaction so far is mixed; for example, Vanity Fair wonders whether a fifth season "can erase the memory of season 4." (More Arrested Development stories.) Report an error