Editing Will Arnett (section)

=== 1996–2002: Rise to prominence === 
[[File:Will Arnett at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|thumb|upright|Arnett at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival]]
In February 1996, Arnett made his first television pilot with [[Kevin Pollak]] and Pollak's wife Lucy Webb for [[CBS]], that was not picked up.<ref name="twop4" /> In 1999, Arnett was in another pilot for ''[[The Mike O'Malley Show]]'' on [[NBC]] as the protagonist's friend Jimmy. The show was picked up, but it was cancelled after two episodes. Arnett has referred to 2000, the year after that show was cancelled, as "the darkest year of [his] life", and he admits that he "didn't get a lot of work" and "drank those years away".<ref name="twop4" /> In summer 2000, a friend helped pull Arnett out of his battle with alcoholism, and he began to get his career back on track.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chun|first=Wing|title=Page 5|url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/the_will_arnett_interview.php?page=5|work=JASON IS SO MUCH LIKE A SISTER TO ME|access-date=March 8, 2011|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012081853/http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/the_will_arnett_interview.php?page=5|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, Arnett was cast in the [[CBS]] television pilot, ''[[Loomis (TV pilot)|Loomis]]'' as the slacker brother of a local news reporter ([[Cheri Oteri]]), that was not picked up. In 2002, Arnett was cast in a fourth television pilot which was for the CBS sitcom ''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]'', which was picked up and ran for several seasons, but his character was cut from the series after the pilot.<ref name="variety" /> Arnett became so frustrated, after his fourth failed pilot, that he "swore off pilots"<ref name="variety" /> altogether, until his agent persuaded him to audition for the pilot for ''Arrested Development''. In 2002, prior to ''Arrested Development'', Arnett guest-starred in ''[[The Sopranos]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Will Arnett Filmography| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004715/ |publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref>