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Futurama Confirmed on Cartoon Network

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bite-my-shiny-metal-ass dept.

MrChubble writes "A quote from the cartoon network Adult Swim FAQ: "Starting January 12th the block will be extended to five nights a week (Sunday-Thursday) 11pm-2am et/pt and FUTURAMA will be added to the schedule." Sounds like fun to me." Jamie asks: it's nice to get confirmation of reruns, but will they be buying new episodes? Anyone know?

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  1. Syndication Rights Only by finny · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not new episodes, according to the press release.

    Cartoon Network has acquired rights to air all 72 episodes of FUTURAMA, which recently won the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

  2. Two interesting links by CBNobi · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. Its Official - Futurama will be part of Cartoon Networks "Adult Swim" from Jan. 2003
    Although Cartoon Network has a 5-year contract for Futurama, 20th Century Fox has the right to sell to syndication if TV stations show an interest in buying the reruns.

    2. Chat Transcript: 20th Century Fox
    A chat transcript, including Peter Staddon of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
    [peterstaddon] There are so many TV titles coming down the road that I don't know where to start/ Futurama, The Shield, King of the hill, Son of the Beach, nypd Blue, Dark Angel, Angel, Family Guy, and probably a couple that I've overlooked as well. There's more than enough to keep you watching tv 24/7 .

  3. DVDs out soon too... by Masem · · Score: 5, Informative
    Season 1 of Futurama has been confirmed for R1 release on March 25, 2003 (3 disks, with audio commentary on each episode with some deleted scenes), and related, Family Guy's first box set for R1 (apparently the first season, but may be more) is listed on April 15, 2003 (4 disks, some selected audio commentary).

    I know that Futurama season 1 has already been released in other regions (R2 I think), and has been reasonably well done from what I've talked to people about.

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  4. Re:New Shows? Why bother? by gilroy · · Score: 3, Informative
    Blockquoth the poster:

    I agree Reboot was excellent and its a shame I never got to see more than two series over here either.

    If you only saw the first two seasons, it's almost as if you didn't see ReBoot at all. The third season -- when the makers were liberated from the strait-jacket that was ABC's Bureau of Standards and Practices -- blossomed into a really sharp show. Luckily for you, you can get all 16 episodes of the third season on DVD.


    I only saw the first half of the fourth season. (Cartoon Network, in its infinite wisdom, only ran the episodes once ... so when I missed a pair, it was over.) It was OK but not, IMHO, on par with the third. Although, I really liked the nature of the Daemon virus -- woo hoo, go Unix geeks! :)

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  5. Re:Boy by helmutjd · · Score: 2, Informative

    They've received the rights to air 72 episodes, so it'll be about 14.4 weeks, or 3.6 months, before they have to show repeats.

    Even so, repeats can be a good thing if (like me) you don't have time to religiously watch TV 5 nights a week. :)

  6. Re:Time Slot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Get a TiVo. Create a Season Pass for Futurama. Never worry about what "time slot" that Futurama is on, ever again. Or create a Wish List for Futurama, and never worry about what channel, or time slot, that Futurama is on, ever again.

  7. Re:How will they pre-empt it? by Sacarino · · Score: 3, Informative

    Follow the money trail.

    I'm sure a half-hour of national TV time isn't cheap. There's got to be some sort of loophole they're wiggling through.

    I'm sure there's probably a kickback or two in the mix somewhere as well.

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