Futurama on Fox again?

[Frankychan]

I'm watching Fox right now (7:16 Pacific Standard Time) and they have Futurama on!

I thought Fox dropped Futurama. Did it get picked up again or is this some twisted joke by the execs?

[Jon Miller]

it was on today


don't know about average

KPm

[DarthVeda]

They are playing the last of the fourth season that they never played last year I think.

[Demerzel]

yeah I think the idiots cancelled the programme and stopped showing it at the same time which left about 8 unseen episodes for future usage.

[MikeH]

Futurama is great.

[Demerzel]

Futurama > Simpsons

Simpsons is stale and losing its edge ( latest episodes just aren't that funny ) yet they still make it and cancel Futurama which is far superior.

*sigh*

[Imran Siddiqui]

Demerzel: It is this strange thing called 'ratings'. Perhaps you've heard of them?

[ixnay]

Don't forget that Cartoon Network plays old episodes of Futurama Sunday-Thursday.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Demerzel: It is this strange thing called 'ratings'. Perhaps you've heard of them?

Putting Futurama in a kiss-of-death timeslot ratings wise sure didn't help it's longevity.

Fox is top heavy with good cartoons anyway, what with Simpsons, King of the Hill, and that goofy Bill O'Reilly character.

[Gatekeeper]

King of the Hill is boring, IMHO. BTW, I thought that Futurama and The Simpsons were both created by Matt Groening?

Gatekeeper

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
King of the Hill is boring, IMHO.

I thought it was mildly amusing when I watched it every once in a while, but a local station has been playing it every night in syndication, and now I think the show is hilarious. The running propane jokes are pure insanity.

BTW, I thought that Futurama and The Simpsons were both created by Matt Groening?

They are in fact Groening creations.

[Case]

Futurama: it promised so much and delivered so little

[red_jon]

I prefer Family Guy - hasn't that also been cancelled?

[ixnay]

Yes, and Cartoon Network has also picked it up and plans to start airing it next month, I believe.

[mactbone]

April 20 is the start date for Family Guy, but CN can't air the first season for awhile (they just released it on DVD). It'll air at 11:30 M-TH, right after Futurama.

Futurama was never "canceled", in that it wasn't actually taken off the air it was just being pre-empted almost all the time. In fact, last night instead of Futurama (which was a new one you all got to see) I had an Indianapolis Fox Weather Special - explaining the intricacies of lightning and tornadoes - wow!

Today they're going to start the Futurama run again - so if you wanted to see every (almost, some haven't aired on Fox yet and can't be shown) episode in order, tune in at 11:00. On the same note, Trigun, a new series to Adult Swim is premiering - I plan on seeing if this anime series is for me, it's said to be really good.