Sam Bellikoff

Arrested Development fans, rejoice! The Bluths are finally coming back to town—well, at least two of their biggest supporters are.

With the re-emergence of a throwaway joke from months past, Tina Fey’s brilliant showbiz satire and all-around absurdist lark returned last week with an episode titled “MILF Island”—a tribute to trashy reality shows that makes exploitative dribble like The Moment of Truth look like... well, nothing can make The Moment of Truth look good.

“The sitcom is dead!”

That has been the rallying cry of industry types and the public alike ever since the end of Friends.

Sometimes things aren’t exactly as they appear on television. No, the hyper-sexualized and overly pontificating young things on Grey’s Anatomy aren’t actually doctors. Those dying-off Oceanic Flight 815 survivors Lord of the Flies-ing it up on some mystical uncharted island? That’s actually Hawaii.