Futurama Cast Inks New Deal with Fox, Confirmed to Return

[VonBrewskie]

Family Guy, and Futurama? Listen, all other whatnot aside, can we the fans just take a moment to pat ourselves on the back? You know that a big part of those two franchises coming back was the fact that the fans swarmed to the reruns wherever they were airing. We bought DVDs, we flooded message boards, OUR AD DOLLARS,(well, the risk of losing them anyway), ARE WHY THE COMPROMISE BETWEEN FOX AND THE ORIGINAL FUTURAMA ACTORS CAME TO BE!!!!! LET US REVEL IN OUR GLORY FANS!!!!! YESSSSSSS!

 

[Evil the White]

I am not going to say there is a god, because I am Buddhist.

But I will say that there are some (mildly) clever people at Fox.

 

[Heytred]

SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS! I guess they cured the brain slug infestation over at FOX...well at least partially.

Sham-pag-nee-ah and snoo-snoo for everyone!!! Party in my Lovenasium for all Leela's, bring your own velour.

 

[VoltySquirrel]

Chester A. Bum 1: Hooray!
Chester 2: Hooray!
Chester 3: Hooray Indeed.

People who get that are now my friends.

I guess I'm your friend now. YOU GOT CHANGE!? CHANGE?

 

[Napalm_Man]

We used are nerd powers!

Family Guy, and Futurama? Listen, all other whatnot aside, can we the fans just take a moment to pat ourselves on the back? You know that a big part of those two franchises coming back was the fact that the fans swarmed to the reruns wherever they were airing. We bought DVDs, we flooded message boards, OUR AD DOLLARS,(well, the risk of losing them anyway), ARE WHY THE COMPROMISE BETWEEN FOX AND THE ORIGINAL FUTURAMA ACTORS CAME TO BE!!!!! LET US REVEL IN OUR GLORY FANS!!!!! YESSSSSSS!

yeah but family guy sucks.

 

[KjellKanon]

When Futurama was canceled, I was pretty upset. Seeing as it's probably one of the (if not THE) best cartoons out there.

Can't wait to get the new seasons on DVD!

 

[Zedzero]

Why was it canceled anyway?

From what I can remember it went something like this.

Fox thought that because it was another Matt Groening cartoon they would have another Simpsons on their hands. The thing is Futurama was not the Simpsons, infact it really wasn't anything like The Simpsons. Now I am not an American so I can;t debate with much accuracy the TV scheduling over there but from what I read FOX ended up sticking Futurama on after the Football. Now I am lead to believe that Football can and does overrun which meant that a lot of people who wanted to watch Futurama would tune in to find guys to afraid to play Rugby on the screen instead of the show they wanted to watch.

In essence being that folk couldn't tell what time Futurama was on so it got lower viewing figures than it should have FOX saw that as Futurama = not very good, cancel it.

I am lead to believe that it's initial shift to after the football started the problems and FOXs constant movement of it's viewing times finished it off.

Back on topic, great news. Who couldn;'t see the actors were just holding out to see what they could get from FOX?

Yea basiclly FOX kept moving it around and scratched their head as they did it every freakin' month.

 

[SmugFrog]

Will we get to see Scruffy?

 

[SUPERtwinky]

FUTURAMA,
Nuff Said...

 

[Pimppeter2]

At least the giant red button will get a rest....


for now...

 

[Danpascooch]

Fox? I thought the new deal was with Comedy Central...?

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Oh, it's Phil LaMarr. That guy.

What do you have against Samurai Jack?

But, thank God that Fry will still be Invader Zim, at least. And Leela will still remind me of Major Kusunagi.