I’m not going to get my hopes up, I’m not going to get my hopes up, I’m not going to get my hopes up…

Fox still hasn’t officially canceled “Arrested Development,” but if it does, other networks are interested in the show.

Both ABC and Showtime have had conversations with 20th Century Fox TV and indicated they’re open to making a deal for new episodes of the critically beloved, Emmy-winning comedy from creator Mitch Hurwitz. No formal negotiations have taken place, and there are still numerous hurdles that might prevent such a move — including the show’s hefty pricetag.

That said, those familiar with the talks described them as serious, with Showtime said to be in particularly hot pursuit of the ratings-challenged laffer, now on life support at Fox. SkeinSkein’s third-season order was recently cut to 13 episodes.

Showtime could be a good place for “Arrested.” Skein’s subversive humor and heavily serialized storylines always made it a tough sell as a mass-appeal broadcast series. What’s more, Showtime already has a potential companion for “Arrested” in “Weeds,” which just received a second-season pickup. That show is a suburban satire centered on a drug-dealing soccer mom played by Mary-Louise ParkerMary-Louise Parker.

Since Arrested Development is the funniest show on TV, I often get lines from the show stuck in my head. Lately, it’s been this scene from the pilot :

Lindsay: You know, Michael, Dad did name Mom as his successor.

Lucille: And I’m putting Buster in charge.

G.O.B.: He’s a good choice.

Michael: Buster? The guy who thought that the blue on the map was land?

Lucille: He’s had business classes.

Buster: Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. 18th-century agrarian business, but I guess it’s all the same principles. Let me ask you, are you at all concerned about an uprising?

This scene from a recent episode :

Lindsay: How do you think I feel? Bob Loblaw’s a handsome, professional man and I’m only used to… well, none of those things.

Tobias: Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over— an analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist.

And G.O.B.’s brilliant sexual harassment speech which has to be heard to be appreciated. Why isn’t this the most popular show on television?